The article object

The article object has the following attributes:

article.author

Returns the full name of the article's author.

article.comments

Returns the published comments of the article. Returns an empty array if comments are disabled.

article.comments_count

Returns the number of published comments for the article.

article.comments_enabled?

Returns true if comments are enabled. Returns false if comments are disabled.

article.comment_post_url

Returns the relative URL where POST requests are sent to when creating new comments.

Input

{{ article.comment_post_url }}

Output

/blogs/news/10582441-sale-starts-today/comments

article.content

Returns the content of the article.

article.created_at

Returns the timestamp of when the article was created. Use the date filter to format the timestamp.

Input

{{ article.created_at | date: "%a, %b %d, %y" }}

Output

Fri, Sep 16, 11

article.excerpt

Returns the excerpt of the article.

article.excerpt_or_content

Returns article.excerpt of the article if it exists. Returns article.content if an excerpt does not exist for the article.

article.handle

Returns the handle of the article.

article.id

Returns the id of the article.

article.image

Returns the article's image object.

article.image.alt

Returns the article image's alt text.

article.image.src

Returns the relative URL to the article image.

Input

{{ article.image.src | img_url: '500x' }}

Output

//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0087/0462/blogs/summer_article_500x.png?v=1334084726

article.moderated?

Returns true if the blog that the article belongs to is set to moderate comments. Returns false if the blog is not moderated.

article.published_at

Returns the date/time when the article was published. Use the date filter to format the timestamp.

article.tags

Returns all the tags for the article.

Input

{% for tag in article.tags %}
    {{ tag }}
{% endfor %}

Output

news new-products photography

Total tag count

When looping through article.tags, you can print how many times a tag is used with tag.total_count. This number shows visitors how many blog posts have been tagged with a particular tag:

Input

{% for tag in article.tags %}
    {{ tag }} ({{ tag.total_count }})
{% endfor %}

Output

news (5) new-products (2) photography (1)

article.title

Returns the title of the article.

article.updated_at

Returns the date/time when the article was updated. Use the date filter to format the timestamp.

article.url

Returns the relative URL of the article.

Input

{{ article.url }}

Output

/blogs/news/10582441-my-new-article

article.user

Returns an object with information about the article's author. This information can be edited in the Staff accounts options on the Account page in your Shopify admin.

article.user.account_owner

Returns true if the author of the article is the account owner of the store. Returns false if the author is not the account owner.

article.user.bio

Returns the bio of the author of the article.

article.user.email

Returns the email of the author of the article.

article.user.first_name

Returns the first name of the author of the article.

article.user.homepage

Returns the home page of the article author.

article.user.image

Returns the image object of the author of the article.

Input

{% if article.user.image %}
  {{ article.user.image | img_url: '200x200' }}
{% endif %}

Output

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article.user.last_name

Returns the last name of the author of the article.