Editable Footer Markdown text, that is repeated on all pages

mot

Hi again I have been able to port one of my website themes to Automad, and it looks and works great! Thanks for creating and sharing Automad, I really can't find any other platform like it.

One thing I have tried to find documented in the tutorials or this forum is how to add an editable content area to the footer that can be edited using the backend, but it also shared across all pages. The way I currently have it implemented, there are separate footer content variables for all of my pages, that can be edited in the scope of each page. Can you please help me, change it so I only have one shared content box that is edited and shared across all pages globally and not tied to the page I am on?

Many thanks!

mad

mot Hi there! Happy to see you have fun with it! The concept behind shared content is quite simple. You can just add a variable to a template. In case the variable should have the same content on all pages, you have to edit its content in the shared settings. However as soon as you define content for the very same variable in a page context, that value will override the shared value.

So it just depends on where you enter the content. The user guide has more detailed information about editing content.

mot

Thanks @mad!
For anyone else coming here to find a solution, what I basically did was define the variable as normal. For example:

@{ footer-text| markdown }

Then I went to /dashboard > General data and files > Default template settings

I set the default value of the footer text there, and it will show up on all pages that have the footer-text variable in their page template. You then can edit it on any page, which will replace the default value for that page. However, if you want to change it globally and for all pages you will have to change it from the dashboard.