Tags in the core

There are plenty of tags included with the CMSMS core. Some of them are demonstrated here, for any questions as to the parameters they can take or anything else please see the Tags Help.

{anchor}

Syntax used

{anchor anchor='here' text='Scroll Down' class='myclass' title='mytitle' tabindex='1' accesskey='s'}

Display

Creates a link to an anchor on the same page. Used for example for the ^Top link at the bottom of this page.

{cms_breadcrumbs}

Syntax used

{cms_breadcrumbs root='Home'}

Display

Breadcrumbs are a navigational technique displaying all visited pages leading from the home page to the currently viewed page. You find it under the header on this page.

{cms_module}

Syntax used

{cms_module module='somemodulename' param1='something' param2=true}

Display

This tag is used to insert modules into your templates and pages. Used for any module that you download. In the default templates, wrapper tags are used for inserting modules though. That is, a tag is made to insert a cms_module tag.

{cms_selflink}

Syntax used

{cms_selflink page="1"} or {cms_selflink page="alias"}

Display

Creates a link to another CMSMS content page inside your template or content. Can also be used for external links with the ext parameter.

Example

Link to the modules page

This is an external link to the CMS Made Simple website(external link)

{cms_version}

Syntax used

{cms_version}

Display

Displays current version number of CMS Made Simple.

Example

See the footer on this page.

{cms_versionname}

Syntax used

{cms_versionname}

Display

Displays current version name of CMS Made Simple.

Example

See the footer on this page.

{current_date}

Syntax used

{current_date format="%A %d-%b-%y %T %Z"}

Display

Prints the current date and time.

Example

Thursday 25-Apr-24 19:20:35 CEST

{embed}

Syntax used

{embed url="http://www.cmsmadesimple.org"}

Display

Enable inclusion (embeding) of any other application into the CMS. The most usual use could be a forum.

{global_content}

Syntax used

{global_content name='footer'}

Display

Inserts a Global Content Block (previously known as HTML blob) into your template or page. The code for the footer of this page is in a Global Content Block.

{menu_text}

Syntax used

{menu_text}

Display

Prints the menu text of the page.

Example

Tags in the core

{modified_date}

Syntax used

{modified_date format="%A %d-%b-%y %T %Z"}

Display

Prints the date and time the page was last modified.

Example

Sunday 29-Mar-15 18:29:09 CEST

{print}

Syntax used

{print}

Display

Creates a link to only the content of the page.

Example

{site_mapper}

Syntax used

{site_mapper}

Display

Prints out a sitemap.

Example

• Home
• Kate's KangooClub
  • KJ DANCE™ (Kangoo Dance)
  • Kangoo Power
  • Kangoo Jumps Outdoor-Training
  • Schnuppern? - jederzeit!
  • Kangoo Jumps - 33 Benefits
  • Kangoo Jumps Preise
  • Kangoo Links
  • Schnupperkurs in Warendorf
• Drums Alive®
  • Fitball
• Step-Aerobic
  • Step-Kurs bei der WSU

{valid_xhtml}

Syntax used

{valid_xhtml}

Display

Creates a link to the W3C HTML validation service.

Example