Template Variables & Helper Methods

As a Mura theme developer, your layout templates are initially filled with static text. However, the primary reason for using a content management system (CMS) such as Mura, is so non-technical end users can create new content, and maintain existing content, quickly and easily.

Using the Mura Scope, theme developers are given the power to replace static text, with code that can dynamically display text and data entered into Mura by content managers. In addition to displaying text and data, the Mura Scope provides a number of useful helper methods to assist theme developers by dynamically generating navigational elements, display objects, as well as a special method to dynamically output the main content/body region, but only if the user accessing the content is allowed to do so.

Throughout this section, you'll find references to some of the most commonly used helper methods and template variables to help you get your theme integrated into Mura as quickly and efficiently as possible.

While reviewing the template variables and helper methods, you may find <cfdump>, a CFML tag, quite useful for inspecting them further than the documentation provides. For more information on <cfdump>, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-tags/tags-d-e/cfdump.html

This section primarily covers template variables and helper methods frequently used by theme developers. Many of the helper methods covered in this section are found in Mura's contentRenderer. If you wish to learn more, visit the Mura Developer Guide, and/or the Mura Component API.

Note: Unlike JavaScript, and many other programming languages, CFML is case-insensitive. In other words, CFML does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase variables, functions, or arguments/parameters. So, you don't have to strictly follow the casing found within the documentation when using CFML.