Newbie questions

[ctuxboy]

Hello,

I'm experimenting with twig variables in pico themes. Reading this document

So trying this: <p>{{ page.intro.title }}</p> Doesn't work!

<p>{{ pages.intro.title }}</p> Shows the title from the intro.md file!

So if i understand, filter the right page, when the first parameter needs pluralize pages ?

In the docs, the variables: page.id page.url page.title ... are singular.

It is confusing.

[PhrozenByte]

The Twig variable pages is a list of all pages, indexed by page ID. There's no Twig variable page (without s), unless you define it; page.title refers to the pages loop shown below:

{% for page in pages if not page.hidden %}
    <p>{{ page.title }}</p>
{% endfor %}

This snippet tells Twig to iterate the pages list and assign the currently iterated item to the page variable, allowing you to print out the page's title using {{ page.title }}.

If you want to access the current page, use the current_page variable, e.g. {{ current_page.title }}.

[ctuxboy]

@PhrozenByte thanks for your help! The reason trying this is building a theme with a 'hidden' md-file: _social.md

Trying out for show in a current page, the only way i found is this: {{ pages._social.meta.icon }}

Is this the right way, for doing this?

[PhrozenByte]

Yes.

I'd just recommend using a slightly different syntax. The current syntax doesn't allow you to access pages in sub dirs (like sub/page.md). Use {{ pages["_social"].meta.icon }} instead.

[ctuxboy]

Oh okay, now i understand. Thanks a lot for your help! Looking in several themes; but couldn't find a good example.

Thanks a lot man :)

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