Template tags
When editing a template design you will notice the use of template tags which look similar to;
{TAG}. Tags are used to let Ripe know exactly where you want certain dynamic content. For example Ripe will find {CONTENT} in the template and replace that tag with the content of the page the visitor is currently viewing.
There are two types of template tags. ripe tags and component tags.
Ripe tags
Ripe tags are the most common tags in a template design. They are essential to making your template include dynamic content. Here is a list of the Ripe tags.
SITE_NAME = Will be replaced with the name of the website.
DESCRIPTION = Will be replaced with the description of the website.
SITE_SLOGAN = Will be replaced with the slogan of the website, set in preferences.
TMPL_PATH = Will be replaced with the path to the template being used.
FILES_PATH = Will be replaced with the path to the files folder.
TITLE = Will be replaced with the title of the current page.
HEAD = Is used by modules to add code to the head part of the html.
CONTENT = Is replaced by the content of that page.
LAST_UPDATE = Will be replaced to display the date the page was last updated.
JQUERY = Will add code to include the jquery library.
FLASH_JS = Will add code to include the flash js library.
MENU = Will be replaced by the navigation menu.
MENU_EXT = Will be replaced by the navigation menu and sub menu of current page.
MENU_ALL = Will be replaced by the navigation menu and all sub menus.
SUBMENU = Will be replaced by the current submenu.
SUBMENU_EXT = Will be replaced by the submenu and its sub menu of current page.
SUBMENU_ALL = Will be replaced by the submenu and all its sub menus.
Component tags
Component tags are a little more advanced. These run a module that may be installed in your Ripe account. They send multiple parameters to the module and the module can then replace the tag with some dynamic content. An example tag would be a media player module which will replace the the tag with a video player. The tag would look something like; {{video_player::video.flv}}. vedio_player tells what module is being used. Then after the :: is the parameters, here it is the name of the video.