Page Resources Not Populating

[jaredwolff]

In my process of taking advantages of the page resources feature, I’ve run into some frustrating issues that I haven’t been able to figure out.

Currently running on the following from Homebrew:

hugo version
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.38.2 darwin/amd64 BuildDate: 

I’m attempting to reference some static image files within a sub-folder of content. (as a branch bundle) I realize in order to reference anything within the markdown of any page, I would have to use a shortcode which would then be able to access the context of that particular page.

So for instance, I have this simple line in the shortcode html file:

{{ $img := $.Page.Resources.Match (.Get 0)}}

When evaluating {{$img}} it has always come up as an empty array.

I’m calling that shortcode in the markdown file in question (_index.md) as follows:

{{< file "*test*">}}

The intended file I’d like to find according to the resources I’ve set is test.png

I’ve set all of that up in the front matter as follows:

resources:
- src: "images/test.png"
  name: test

Here is the file structure.

content
├── _index.md
└── project
    ├── _index.md
    ├── images
    │   └── test.png

I’m using the _index file underneath the project directory.

Any insight on this would be helpful. I’ve read and re-read the documentation but it’s not so clear what I’m doing wrong.

[kaushalmodi]

@jaredwolff

{{< file “test”>}}

Use the super asterisk… so: {{< file "**test*" >}}.

Related:

[SOLVED] List.html with content and resources of _index.md

You didn’t need to do that. You can just use the “super asterisk” (**) assuming that that images/ dir is inside that bundle too. So "**header" instead of just "header".

[jaredwolff]

Hey @kaushalmodi, thanks for the reply.

I’m having no luck. Even if I change the shortcode directly to something like this

{{ $file := $.Page.Resources.Match "*"}}

or

{{ $file := $.Page.Resources.Match "**"}}

I still get an empty array. The .Match function searches by name: correct?

Are there any configuration flags or anything that I have to do to outside of setting resources:, placing the files in the appropriate places and using the shortcode structure that I’m missing? Is the shortcode referencing the correct page context?

Btw, I’m running the local server with:

hugo server -D --disableFastRender

[kaushalmodi]

Ah, OK. I missed that the first time. You need to use .GetMatch in that context.

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Nevermind. I think that as bep said, it’s difficult to say anything for sure without looking at your site source.

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See another related post on that:

[SOLVED] How to use the new Resource.Content feature

Just to add a little bit of clarification… .Resources.Match is syntactically correct too, but not when used in this context: ( .Resources.Match "code.txt" ).Content – Docs on .Resources methods. .Resources.Match -> Returns a slice of matches… so you need to then use a range to go through the returned slice/list. .Resources.GetMatch -> Returns only the first match. So yes, .Resources.GetMatch is the right method in this context.

[bep]

@jaredwolff

Is the shortcode referencing the correct page context?

It is referencing a page, but it is … impossible to tell if it is the page with the resources without seeing the source.

[jaredwolff]

Hi @bep,

Here’s an example:

jaredwolff/resource

If you navigate to http://<local path>/glob/ that should give you an idea of what I’m trying to do.

[bep]

OK, now I understand:

You need to read up on the difference between branch and leaf bundles.

jaredwolff/resource/blob/master/content/glob/_index.md

This needs to be renamed to “index.md” if you want ot access resources in subfolders.

[jaredwolff]

Ok. So Branch bundles cannot have page resources? I’ve seen conflicting examples maybe because they were incomplete. (and thus me writing this in the first place!)

I see now that the page resource is populating after changing over to index.md.

Thanks for your help.

[kaushalmodi]

@jaredwolff

So Branch bundles cannot have page resources?

Correct

[bep]

@jaredwolff

Ok. So Branch bundles cannot have page resources?

That is ALSO true, but in your case it was the /images sub-folder.

So “branch bundles” are sections and taxonomies; they are nested by nature. They cannot be nested inside a bundle.ges
You can, however, do (.Site.GetPage "section").Pages.