View source for Liquid Template Variables - blog

The Liquid template variable '''blog''' has the following attributes:

== <code>blog.id</code> ==

Returns the unique internal number of the blog.

This is normally only for internal usage.

== <code>blog.handle</code> ==

This is the blog handle. The handle uniquely identifies the blog in the URL address.

The handle is usually the blog's title in lower case with all blanks replaced by a dash. "My New Blog" would have the handle "my-new-blog".

== <code>blog.title</code> ==

Returns the title of this blog.

== <code>blog.articles</code> ==

Returns a collection of all of this blog's [[Liquid_Template_Variables_-_article|articles]].

== <code>blog.articles_count</code> ==

Returns the number of articles in the blog.

== <code>blog.url</code> ==

The is the relative URL address of the blog.

== <code>blog.rss_feed</code> ==

The is the relative URL address of the RSS feed for the blog.

== <code>blog.type</code> ==

Returns the type of the object, in this case, 'blog'.

== <code>blog.images_count</code> ==
Return the number of images associated with this blog. As blogs do not support associated images at this stage, the value of 0 is always returned.
== <code>blog.all_tags</code> ==
Returns all tags for all articles in the blog. This includes tags of articles that are not in the current pagination view.
<pre>
{% for tag in blog.all_tags %}
  {{ tag }}
{% endfor %}
</pre>

== <code>blog.metafields</code> ==
Return the [[Liquid Template Variables - metafields|metafields]] for the blog.

Metafields can only be managed using the Spiffy Stores API.
== <code>blog.comments_enabled?</code> ==
Returns <i>true</i> if comments are enabled for the blog.

== <code>blog.moderated?</code> ==
Returns true if comments are enabled for the blog and are moderated.

== <code>blog.next_article</code> ==

Return the URL of the next older article. 

If an older article doesn't exist, then return ''false''.

A valid URL will only be returned when called from an [[Article.liquid]] template which is displaying the current article.

== <code>blog.previous_article</code> ==

Return the URL of the previous newer article. 

If a newer article doesn't exist, then return ''false''.

A valid URL will only be returned when called from an [[Article.liquid]] template which is displaying the current article.

== Further Reference ==

* [[Liquid Basics]]
* [[Liquid Tag Reference]]
* [[Liquid Filter Reference]]
* [[Liquid Variable Reference]]
* [[Liquid Paginate Tag|Pagination ]]