Top Level Template Variables

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`