Tokens are the key to integrating dynamic content management functionality with your custom website designs. Tokens are small bits of code that our servers replace with dynamic content and functionality when the site is run on our system. The content that each token outputs can often be styled through your CSS files to meet your design objectives.
This guide is designed to help you understand and use tokens correctly and efficiently. The links at the left show all available tokens. Click each link to get more detailed information.
A printable version of the information below is also available here.
Token Visual Reference
The following image gives a visual reference for how some of the most powerful tokens display in a live site environment. See the legend below the image for more information.
- Editable Region -- all of the actual content in an editable region is input by the user/administrator of the website through our content management tools.
- Root Menu -- The menu links are output as unordered lists. Notice how this menu is styled using CSS. CSS is also used to "highlight" the menu item representing the root section in which the current section resides.
- Section Menu -- this particular section menu displays the child pages of the current page.
- Breadcrumbs -- See how this token traces the hierarchical path from the home page all the way to the current page. This particular breadcrumb uses a " / " as a separator.
- Search -- The search token provides full search functionality to the entire site.
Other available tokens include: