Edit Site Content: What variables can I use when I edit language?

[Dale M.]

When you click the link "Turn Edit Links On" you can edit your communities language fields. Sometimes it is helpful to add a dynamic variable to these language values that updates over time. This is the list of common variables available to you:

Community Email (%common:community_email%) An HTML version of your community email address that is protected from spam spiders, yet is easy for your members to click
Community Name (%variables:sitename%) The name of your community
Forum (%common:forum%) The word your community uses for the Forum feature
Group Name (%variables:group_name%) The name of the group you are looking at
Group Shortcut (%variables:group_shortcut%) The URL shortcut of the group you are looking at (only the portion after the site domain name)
Library (%common:library%) The word your community uses for the Library feature
Member (%common:member%) The word your site uses for "Member"
Members (%common:members%) The word your site uses for "Members"

You can reference any other language value this way:
%PAGE_NAME:FIELD_NAME%
Ex/ %common:member% pulls the value from value "member" on the page named "common" in the "Admin Tools" > "Manage Site Content and Branding" > "Edit (advanced)" page

You can display any configuration setting this way:
%variables:board_config.CONFIG_NAME_HERE% where "CONFIG_NAME_HERE" is what you see in "Admin Tools" > "Database Settings"

See also "How to add/change text on a site page"

[Mark P.]

Can the Group Shortcut variable be accessed? If so, what is that variable name?

[Dale M.]

Hi Mark, I have added the following in version 2.21.19, which should be pushed to your site within the week:

Group Shortcut (%variables:group_shortcut%) The URL shortcut of the group you are looking at (only the portion after the site domain name)

So for example, this variable would show "mygroup" for the following URL:
http://share.agn.org/mygroup