template tags
conditional template tagsThe tags described below only display their contents on certain kinds of pages. tag | description |
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<MainOrArchivePage>...</MainOrArchivePage> | encloses items that should only be displayed on the main or archive pages of your blog. In other words, elements contained within these tags will be hidden on post pages. |
<MainPage>...</MainPage> | encloses items that should only be displayed on the main page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on archive and post pages |
<ArchivePage>...</ArchivePage> | encloses items that should only be displayed on an archive page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on the main page or on post pages |
<ItemPage>...</ItemPage> | encloses items that should only be displayed on a post page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on the main page or on archive pages |
template tags for previous postsThe tags described below are used to make a listing of previous posts. tag | description |
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<BloggerPreviousItems>...</BloggerPreviousItems> | generates the code contained within its tags for each of the 10 previous posts; on the main page, these are the 10 most recent posts; on post pages, these are the 10 posts before the one being displayed |
<$BlogPreviousItemTitle$> | generates the title of one of the previous posts; must be enclosed in opening and closing <BloggerPreviousItems> tags to work properly; often used with <$BlogItemPermalinkURL$> (described on previous page) to generate a link to the previous post in question. |
79); should be used to enclose all comment tags<$BlogItemCommentCount$> | generates the number of comments that a post currently has |
<BlogItemComments>...</BlogItemComments> | generates the code contained within its tags for each of a post's comments; you may want to enclose this section within <ItemPage> tags (see previous page) so that the comments only appear on post pages, and not on the main page or on archive pages |
<$BlogCommentNumber$> | generates the unique identifier for a comment; analogous to the <$BlogItemNumber$> tag |
<$BlogCommentBody$> | generates the body of the comment |
<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$> | outputs the URL of an individual comment's permalink |
<$BlogCommentAuthor$> | outputs the contents of the Display Name field of the profile of the blogger who wrote the comment; includes a link to that blogger's profile, if available |
<$BlogCommentDateTime$> | outputs the date and/or time the comment was posted; depends on the TimestampFormat field on the Settings | Formatting page |
<$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$> | creates an icon for deleting the comment; only appears if the person viewing the comment is the comment's author or the blog's owner |
<$BlogItemCreate$> | creates a link so that the visitor can post a comment |