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author: Cyrill Schumacher <[email protected]>
date: Thu Feb 12 05:16:03 EST 2015
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+Dynamic content with a static site generator? Yes it is possible!
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+In addition to the [built-in variables](/templates/variables/) available from Hugo, you can specify your own custom data that can be accessed via templates or shortcodes.
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+Hugo supports loading data from [YAML](http://yaml.org/), [JSON](http://www.json.org/), and [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml) files located in the `data` directory.
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+**It even works with [LiveReload](/extras/livereload/).**
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+## The Data Folder
+
+As explained in [Source Organization](/overview/source-directory/), the `data` folder is where you can store additional data for Hugo to use when generating your site. These files must be YAML, JSON or TOML files (using either the `.yml`, `.yaml`, `.json` or `toml` extension) and the data will be accessible as a `map` in `.Site.Data`.
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+**The keys in this map will be a dot chained set of _path_, _filename_ and _key_ in file (if applicable).**
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+This is best explained with an example: