Compare .Site.BaseURL with a string

tips & tricks
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If you want to compare .Site.BaseURL with a string, convert it to string first:

{{ $baseurl := printf "%s" .Site.BaseURL }}
{{ if eq $baseurl .Site.Params.lasturl }}
...
{{ end }}

Since its type is “template.URL”, not string. You can check it by {{ printf "%T" $.Site.BaseURL }}

I use different url’s for my development and production sites. And set the base url via command line (using make).

2

Thanks this was helpful in setting my RSS feed title in rss.xml:

        <!--
             If the page's .Title exists AND if it is not the same as the site's title,
             set the title to

             "Subsection title" on "My site title"

             else, just

             "My site title"

           -->
        <title>{{ with .Title }}{{ $title := printf "%s" $.Title }}{{ if not (eq $title $.Site.Title)}}{{$title}} on {{ end }}{{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}</title>