Global Template Variables

Plone defines a few useful global variables to use them in your templates

Note: This page covers the methods for referencing variables for Plone 3. It has changed slightly for Plone 4 (see https://plone.org/documentation/manual/upgrade-guide/version/upgrading-plone-3-x-to-4.0/updating-add-on-products-for-plone-4.0/no-more-global-definitions-in-templates/)

While writing templates for Plone, you will notice a set of variables you use more often, like the URL of the portal or the currently authenticated member.

For your convenience, Plone defines a few global template variables that are pulled into main_template via global_defines. Some of the most useful ones are:

portal

The portal object.

portal_url

The url of the portal.

member

The current user (None if user is anonymous)

checkPermission

A function to check if the current user has a certain permission in the current context, e.g. checkPermission('View portal content', context).

isAnon

True if the current user is not logged in.

is_editable

True if the current user has edit permissions in the context.

default_language

The default language of the portal.

here_url

The URL of the current object.

To see the full list list of these variables, see the docstring for ``globalize()` in the interface Products.CMFPlone.browser.interfaces.IPlone <http://dev.plone.org/plone/browser/Plone/branches/3.2/Products/CMFPlone/browser/interfaces.py#L199>`_.