Variables in HTML and YML files

[syeda-git]

Hi,
In my mkdocs yml file, i have defined a variable as follows:
extra:
prodname: XYZ

In the markdown files, when i use {{prodname}}, they render correctly to XYZ in the HTML pages. However, i have a home.html file in the theme_overides folder. There is also a nav section in mkdocs.yml file. When i use {{prodname}} in home.html and mkdocs.yml, they don't render correctly to XYZ. Instead,

Does that mean that the variables in the macros plugin do not work on HTML and YML files?

Thanks...
Syed

[fralau]

Yes mkdocs-macros works only on markdown pages, not on YAML files.

It's important to realize that template pages do use a jinja2 templating engine, but that's a different one (belonging to mkdocs). You can "trickle" values into it, through the metadata of the markdown page.