# General Node Trees This document provides an overview of various general node trees used within ProteanCMS, including how to retrieve and manipulate data from the XML structure. --- ## Pages To access the main page element: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable stores the root `` node, which serves as the primary context for further data extraction. --- ## Page ID To retrieve the unique identifier for the page: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable captures the `id` attribute of the `` node, which can be used for referencing or conditional logic. --- ## Article ID To extract the article ID from the query string: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable converts the `artid` query string parameter to a number, ensuring it can be used for numeric operations. --- ## Application Path To define the application path based on server variables: ```xml / ``` ### Description: This variable checks for an application root path in server variables and sets it, defaulting to the root `/` if not found. --- ## Menu To access the menu structure: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable references the `` node, which contains all navigational items for the site. --- ## Cart To retrieve the shopping cart details: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable stores the `` node, allowing access to cart-related data. --- ## Cart Page To determine if the current page is a cart order page: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable checks if the cart type is 'order' and whether a command exists, indicating an active cart page. --- ## Admin Mode To check if the page is in admin mode: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable retrieves the `adminMode` attribute, which can be used to enable or disable certain features in the CMS. --- ## Current Page To find the current page in the menu: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable locates the `` that matches the current page's `id`, enabling specific menu item highlighting. --- ## Section Pages To access different levels of menu items in sections: ```xml ``` ### Description: These variables provide access to various hierarchical levels of menu items, enabling more granular control over navigation. --- ## Match Height Tree Type To define the match height type for layout purposes: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable sets a constant value for layout configurations that require equal height elements. --- ## Gutter Widths To specify gutter widths for layout spacing: ```xml ``` ### Description: These variables define gutter widths for responsive design, ensuring consistent spacing between elements. --- ## Responsive Image Sizes To control responsive image settings: ```xml off ``` ### Description: This variable allows for the toggling of responsive image size adjustments, optimizing image loading based on screen size. --- ## Site URL To construct the base URL of the site: ```xml : ``` ### Description: This variable constructs the full site URL, considering both base URLs and potential cart-specific URLs, handling different server ports appropriately. --- ## Site Name To derive the site name based on server settings: ```xml http s :// ``` ### Description: This variable constructs the site name by checking whether a site URL is defined and including the appropriate protocol based on HTTPS status. --- ## Href To determine the correct href for navigation: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable evaluates whether the current page has content details and applies the appropriate templates to retrieve the corresponding href. --- ## Script Version To define the version of the script being used: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable sets the script version number, which can be useful for compatibility checks and version control. --- ## ewCmd To extract the command from the query string: ```xml ``` ### Description: This variable captures the `ewCmd` parameter from the query string, which may dictate the action to be taken by the application. --- - [Back to Functions.xsl](/Front-End-Developer-Guide/v5/XSLT-Guide/Functions.xsl) ---