app.template

<baris>

If you have a custom theme please add the app.template property in your header.tpl.

Here is a sample from lavender.

<script>
	var RELATIVE_PATH = "{relative_path}";
	var config = JSON.parse('{configJSON}');
	var app = {
		template: "{template.name}"
	};
	app.user = JSON.parse('{userJSON}');
</script>

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-theme-lavender/blob/master/templates/header.tpl#L20-L27

app.template will give the current template the user is on and is updated as the user ajaxifies around the site.

trevor

In my case, my theme doesn't depend on Vanilla or any other theme. Does this matter? I have like all custom templates 30+ partials.

And I'm having problems calling the {name} variable in category.tpl Could this have anything to do with it? I did add the code above by the way as well.

<baris>

The above code looks incorrect due to a bug in templates.js

Take a look here

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-theme-lavender/blob/master/templates/header.tpl#L20-L27

You header.tpl should have that block in the <head> tag.

What problem are you having exactly?