Template Functions
These functions can be used inside template.html to build your own custom templates:
- content()
- head()
- homelink()
- languagemenu()
- lastupdate()
- locator()
- loginlink()
- mailformlink()
- newsbox()
- nextpage()
- onload()
- pagename()
- previouspage()
- printlink()
- searchbox()
- sitemaplink()
- sitename()
- submenu()
- toc()
- top()
- content('search highlight background','search highlight text')
Displays the content of CMSimple pages. This function is mostly used without parameters.
Accepted parameters:
- search results background:
The background color of the text in the search results - search results text:
The text color in the search results
Example:
<?php echo content('#920','#fff');?>
Search results are shown in the text with dark red background color (#920) and white text color (#fff).
Without parameters, content() will show the search results with a yellow background color.
- head()
Inserts the html header in CMSimple pages.
Accepted parameters: none
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<?php echo head();?>
</head>
...
- homelink('image')
Creates a link to the home page.
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo homelink('homelink.gif');?>
Without parameter, homelink() uses a language variable.
- languagemenu()
Inserts a language selection with flags for your CMSimple pages. Useful only for multilingual websites.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo languagemenu();?>
- lastupdate()
Shows the date and time of the last page update (content.php).
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo lastupdate();?>
- locator('delimiter')
Creates a breadcrumb navigation (path navigation). This function is mostly used without parameters.
Accepted parameters:
- delimiter: the separator character used between the path elements
Standard character: >
Example:
<?php echo locator('<');?>
Without parameter, locator() uses the > (greater than) as the separator character.
You also can use a picture or icon as a separator. In the following example, the location of the picture locator.png is located inside the template images folder.
<?php echo locator('<img src="' . $pth['folder']['templateimages'] . 'locator.png" alt="delimiter">');?>
- loginlink()
Creates a link to the login page.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo loginlink();?>
- mailformlink('image')
Creates a link to the CMSimple Mailform if an email address is entered in the CMS configuration.
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo mailformlink('mailformlink.gif');?>
Without parameter, mailformlink() uses a language variable.
- newsbox('pagename')
Displays the content of a CMSimple page. This function is often used to display latest news in a sidebar, as well for links to important pages, so actually for user behavior control.
Usually such news pages are hidden and not part of the website navigation menu.
Accepted parameters:
- pagename: Name of the page whose content is to be displayed. The page name must be written as it appears in the address bar of the browser.
Example:
<?php echo newsbox('News01');?>
Displays the content of the (hidden) page News01.
- nextpage('image')
Creates a link to the next page.
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The image location must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo nextpage('next.gif');?>
Without parameter, nextpage() uses a language variable.
- onload()
As of CMSimple 4.6. this function is no longer necessary. However, it should still be used in the body tag for backwards compatibility. Otherwise the editor will not work in versions older than CMSimple 4.6.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage: in the body-tag
<body id="body" <?php echo onload();?>>
- pagename()
Inserts the title of the current loaded CMSimple page.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo pagename();?>
- previouspage('image')
Creates a link to the previous page.
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo previouspage('prev.gif');?>
Without parameter, previouspage() uses a language variable.
- printlink('image')
Creates a link to the print preview.
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo printlink('printlink.gif');?>
Without parameter, printlink() uses a language variable.
- searchbox()
Creates a search bar for the CMSimple website search.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo searchbox();?>
- sitemaplink('image')
Creates a link to the CMSimple website index (sitemap).
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo sitemaplink('sitemaplink.gif');?>
Without parameter, sitemaplink() uses a language variable.
- sitename()
Inserts the title of the CMSimple website.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage: Mostly in the header of the page
- submenu()
Generates a menu to the subpages of the current CMSimple page, if available.
Accepted parameters: none
Usage:
<?php echo submenu();?>
- toc(menulevel from,menulevel up to,opentoc)
Displays the CMSimple main menu (pages menu). This function is mostly used without parameters.
Accepted parameters:
- menulevel from: lowest displayed menu level
default: 1 - menulevel up to: highest displayed menu level
default: accordingly to the CMS configuration - opentoc:
0 => dynamic menu
1 => open menu
default: 0
Example:
<?php echo toc(1,2,1);?>
Displays the CMSimple pages menu from menu level 1 to menu level 2, as an open menu. Pages of menu level 3 and higher are not displayed.
Without parameters, toc() creates a dynamic menu across all menu levels.
- top('image')
Creates a link to the beginning of a page or to an html element with id = "TOP".
Accepted parameters:
- image: File name of the image or icon. The location of the image must be inside the template images folder.
Example:
<?php echo top('top.gif');?>
Without parameter, top() uses a language variable.
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