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Work in Progress.

Top level variables are objects inserted into the Velocity Context so you may access the directly without having to go through another variable or creating them with a #set command.

These variables should be available to all storefront templates

Variable Name	Object Type	Comments
`$advancedItemSearchManager`	`AdvancedItemSearchManager`
`$amazonS3`	`AmazonS3`
`$baseThumbnailUrl`	`string`	`"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/" or "http://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/"`
`$baseUrl`	`string`	`https://yoursite.com`
`$baseUrlHttp`	`string`	`http://yoursite.com (non-SSL)`
`$breadcrumbHelper`	`BreadcrumbHelper`
`$cart`	`Cart`	`$cart.getCartId() to retrieve the shopping cart id`
`$checkoutHostName`	`string`
`$checkoutUrl`	`string`
`$checkoutUrlHttps`	`string`
`$containerManager`	`ContainerManager`
`$cssManager`	`CssManager`
`$ctx`	`Context`
`$dateManager`	`DateManager`
`$escape`	`EscapeTool`
`$fontManager`	`FontManager`
`$formatHelper`	`FormatHelper`
`$geolocationManager`	`GeolocationManager`
`$JSONManager`	`JSONManager`
`$languageIsoCode`	`string`	`"ENG"`
`$menuManager`	`menuManager`
`$merchantID`	`string`
`$merchantId`	`string`
`$merchantLoggedIn`	`boolean`	`true if merchant is logged in and viewing the page`
`$myAccountUrl`	`string`
`$myAccountUrlHttps`	`string`
`$number`	`NumberTool`
`$paymentMethodManager`	`PaymentMethodManager`
`$queryString`	`string`
`$referrer`	`string`	`this is theHeader("Referer")`
`$remoteIPAddress`	`string`
`$render`	`RenderTool`
`$requestURI`	`string`
`$scriptManager`	`ScriptManager`
`$searchEngine`	`boolean`	`true if this page is a search page`
`$searchTerm`	`string`	`the search terms found in the query string`
`$site`	`Site`
`$socialNetworkHelper`	`SocialNetworkHelper`
`$sorter`	`SortTool`
`$theme`	`Theme`
`$twitterManager`	`TwitterManager`