Liquid Template Variables - template

The Liquid template variable template returns the current template type.

For example in the blog.liquid file, the template type is blog.

Similarly, the product.liquid template returns the type product.

For example, you can specify different layout options depending upon which template is being rendered.

</ul>{% if template == 'index' %}
<span class="sidebar-title">latest news</span>
<ul id="latest-news">{% for article in blogs.frontpage.articles limit: 6 %}
  <li>
    <a href="{{ article.url }}">{{ article.title | strip_html }}</a>
    <br/>{{ article.content | strip_html | truncate: 70 }}{% endfor %}
  </li>
</ul>{% else %}...