.Site.Params access in a theme partial

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Hi All,

I’ve having some trouble, and either my google fu is weak (likely) or something else is up.

I’m trying to access .Site.Params. defined in config.toml from a partial in a custom theme I’m working on - but it I can’t access any vars.

If I move the code to a layout file (instead of a partial) it works.

The partial is definitely being loaded (I can see the plain html from the partial make it into the final build of the site).

Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?

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Har to say without seeing what you’re doing, but you have to make sure to pass on the “correct context” to the partial to be able to access the Site.

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Fair call - sorry, I should have included some code.

themes/bluejam/layouts/partials/column.html
<div class="blurb"> {{ .Site.Params.description }} </div>

themes/bluejam/layouts/index.html
snip
<div class="four columns"> {{ partial "column.html" }} </div>
snip

config.toml
snip
theme = "bluejam" [params] description = "Some text"
snip

Hopefully that helps?

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You have to pass the context down to the partial.

This is probably what you want:

{{ partial "column.html" . }}

I say probably because it is hard to say without seeing the full picture. Getting the context right is maybe the hardest thing in Go templates. A trick can sometimes be to always use $. when refering to the outer-most context (page, node, shortcode).

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Passing down the context down using the extra “.” I missed absolutly fixed the problem. Thankyou bep!