MySite Template Tags Explained

Following are the tags in your custom MySite templates and their explanations:

Feed Related tags

%SOURCE_TITLE% / %SOURCE_TITLE()%

This tag will be replaced by the Title of the feed. If you wish to truncate the long feed titles then use %SOURCE_TITLE(length)% where length is the number of the characters to be shown.

Example: %SOURCE_TITLE(30)% will truncate the title to 30 characters

%SOURCE_URL%

This will be replaced by the URL of the feed source.

%SOURCE_FEED_URL%

This will be replaced by the Feed URL.

%SOURCE_IMAGE_URL%

This will be replaced by the URL of the image associated with the feed.

Note: If you are not sure if there's an image associated with the feed you can enclose the %SOURCE_IMAGE_URL% tag within the <if-image>...</if-image> tags. <if-image> will show the image if it exists.

%ADD_TO_MYSITE%

This will be replaced by the +MySite button.

%ADD_TO_MYSITE_LINK%

You can use this tag to place your own link in place of the default +MySite button.

Item Related Tags

%TITLE% / %TITLE()%

This will be replaced by the Item Title.

%URL%

This will be replaced by the URL of the Item.

%DESCRIPTION% / %DESCRIPTION()%

This will be replaced by the item Description in plain text. Meaning, use this tag if you would like the HTML formatting to be removed from the description.

%DESCRIPTION_HTML% / %DESCRIPTION_HTML()%

Use this tag if you like your description to render the HTML formatting.

%DATE% / %DATE()%

This represents the pubdate of the item. %DATE% will give you the date in the timeago format. If you like the date to appear in a custom format then you can use the %DATE(format)% where format can be any of the PHP format characters.


To learn more about the PHP date formating characters please visit PHP Date.

%ENCLOSURE_URL%

This represents the URL of the associated enclosure of an item.

%ENCLOSURE_TYPE%

Use this for the enclosure type.

%ENCLOSURE_LENGTH%

This will be replaced by the size of the enclosure in bytes.

Note: If you are not sure if there's an enclusre attached with the item you can enclose the above enclosure tags within the <if-enclosure>...</if-enclosure> tags. <if-enclosur> will show the enclosure if it exists.