How to define global variables in Liquid?

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Austin Bravo picture Austin Bravo · Jan 29, 2016 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

Right now it seems variables I create can't communicate across files.

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Anthony Manning-Franklin picture Anthony Manning-Franklin · Aug 29, 2016

It seems the templates are loaded before the theme, so variables set in your layout/theme file wont be present in templates. Frustrating. However you can set them via a snippet, and include this snippet in your templates, layout, etc

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