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davidtwamley's avatar
davidtwamley
Expert
15 years ago

Page Title from FreeMarker

I've seen how to retrieve page.name in FreeMarker. It returns a value like "BlogPage" which is really more of a template name. Is there a way to get at the actual title of the page (the value that gets echoed in the <h1> tag)? This would provide a useful avenue for branching logic.

  • AdamT's avatar
    AdamT
    15 years ago

    Hi, David.

     

    There is, but it depends on the page. For example, if you're on a board/blog/idea page, a category page or the community homepage, you can use coreNode.title to get the name. If you're on a message, however, you'll need to use page.context.thread.topicMessage.subject.

     

    Hope that helps!

  • AdamT's avatar
    AdamT
    Lithium Alumni (Retired)
    15 years ago

    Hi, David.

     

    There is, but it depends on the page. For example, if you're on a board/blog/idea page, a category page or the community homepage, you can use coreNode.title to get the name. If you're on a message, however, you'll need to use page.context.thread.topicMessage.subject.

     

    Hope that helps!

    • davidtwamley's avatar
      davidtwamley
      Expert
      15 years ago

      Very nice! This provides another way to treat specific pages special:

       

      <#if coreNode.title == "My Page Title">
...content just for this page goes here...
</#if>
      • ChiaraS's avatar
        ChiaraS
        Lithium Alumni (Retired)
        8 years ago

        Another option is to take the last part of the breadcrumb:

        <#assign crumb = page.content.nav.breadcrumb.crumbs?last />
<#assign pageTitle = crumb.text />
  • ttadej's avatar
    ttadej
    Advisor
    8 years ago

    This is the best way to get the page title:

     

    <#assign pageTitle = (page.content.head.title)! />

     

     Then you can create a function to strip out the appended "- Community name" if need be