github.com/rabbouni145/gg@v0.47.1/docs/content/en/functions/param.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: .Param 3 description: Calls page or site variables into your template. 4 godocref: 5 date: 2017-02-01 6 publishdate: 2017-02-01 7 lastmod: 2017-04-30 8 keywords: ["front matter"] 9 categories: [functions] 10 menu: 11 docs: 12 parent: "functions" 13 toc: 14 signature: [".Param KEY"] 15 workson: [] 16 hugoversion: 17 relatedfuncs: [default] 18 deprecated: false 19 draft: false 20 aliases: [] 21 --- 22 23 In Hugo, you can declare [site-wide params][sitevars] (i.e. in your [configuration][]), as well as params for [individual pages][pagevars]. 24 25 A common use case is to have a general value for the site and a more specific value for some of the pages (e.g., an image). 26 27 You can use the `.Param` method to call these values into your template. The following will first look for an `image` param in a specific content's [front matter][]. If not found, Hugo will look for an `image` param in your site's configuration: 28 29 ``` 30 $.Param "image" 31 ``` 32 33 {{% note %}} 34 The `Param` method may not consider empty strings in a content's front matter as "not found." If you are setting preconfigured front matter fields to empty strings using Hugo's archetypes, it may be best to use the [`default` function](/functions/default/) instead of `Param`. See the [related issue on GitHub](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/3366). 35 {{% /note %}} 36 37 38 [configuration]: /getting-started/configuration/ 39 [front matter]: /content-management/front-matter/ 40 [pagevars]: /variables/page/ 41 [sitevars]: /variables/site/