Use Placeholders in element designs

Portal Express, Version 6.0
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Use Placeholders in element designs

You use a placeholder tag to display metadata within an element design.

<placeholder tag=" " start=" " end=" " />
<placeholder Opens a Placeholder Tag.
tag=" " Determines which placeholder is being referenced:

Name
Title
Href
Namelink
Titlelink
Sitepath
Idnum
Listnum
Treenum
Paddedtreenum
Depth

start=" "
end=" "

The start and end attributes are used to wrap the data returned by an IBM^® Workplace Web Content Management™ tag within other tags, such as HTML. These attributes are not mandatory. See the Using start and end attributes topic for more information on using these attributes.
/> Closes a Web Content Management tag.

Placeholder types

Name This is used to display the name of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
Title This is used to display the title of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
HREF This inserts a link to the page of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
noprefixhref The URLs generated by "HREF" parameter will be fully qualified when viewed through a portal. To generate URLs with no prefix, use the "noprefixhref" parameter instead of the "HREF" parameter.
NameLink This is a combination of the name and HREF tags. It assembles a complete link based on the name of the item being returned.
TitleLink This is a combination of the title and HREF tags. It assembles a complete link based on the title of the item being returned.
sitepath This is similar to the HREF placeholder except that it only display the site path of an items URL.
For example, an HREF placeholder tag displaying a content item may give you:

/ILWWCM/connect/metaorg/intranet/press+releases

Whereas the site path will give you:

/metaorg/intranet/press+releases

For example, an HREF placeholder tag displaying a site area may give you:

/ILWWCM/connect/metaorg/intranet/

Whereas the site path will give you:

/metaorg/intranet
Note that the final / slash is not included when the site path is displayed for sites and site areas.
Idnum This returns the hexadecimal id value of an item. This can be used when creating static URLs in menus and navigators. You could hard-code the site/site area path in a menu or navigator element design and use the Idnum for each content item being displayed. This would allow you to display content with a different presentation template (for example, a printer friendly presentation template) or use different security settings.
Listnum Displays a single column list of numbered links:

First
Second
Third

Treenum Displays a hierarchical numbered list:
1.0
1.1
1.2
2.0
2.1
2.2

Paddedtreenum Similar to Treenum, but the numbers are padded:
0001
00010001
00010002
000100020001
000100020002

Depth Displays the depth of the currently processed node (in a navigator or menu) as a number. A top-level node has a depth of 1.

Parent topic:
Working with element designs

<placeholder tag=" " start=" " end=" " />
<placeholder	Opens a Placeholder Tag.
tag=" "	Determines which placeholder is being referenced: Name Title Href Namelink Titlelink Sitepath Idnum Listnum Treenum Paddedtreenum Depth
start=" " end=" "	The start and end attributes are used to wrap the data returned by an IBM^® Workplace Web Content Management™ tag within other tags, such as HTML. These attributes are not mandatory. See the Using start and end attributes topic for more information on using these attributes.
/>	Closes a Web Content Management tag.

Name	This is used to display the name of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
Title	This is used to display the title of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
HREF	This inserts a link to the page of the site area or content being retrieved in a menu or navigator.
noprefixhref	The URLs generated by "HREF" parameter will be fully qualified when viewed through a portal. To generate URLs with no prefix, use the "noprefixhref" parameter instead of the "HREF" parameter.
NameLink	This is a combination of the name and HREF tags. It assembles a complete link based on the name of the item being returned.
TitleLink	This is a combination of the title and HREF tags. It assembles a complete link based on the title of the item being returned.
sitepath	This is similar to the HREF placeholder except that it only display the site path of an items URL. For example, an HREF placeholder tag displaying a content item may give you: /ILWWCM/connect/metaorg/intranet/press+releases Whereas the site path will give you: /metaorg/intranet/press+releases For example, an HREF placeholder tag displaying a site area may give you: /ILWWCM/connect/metaorg/intranet/ Whereas the site path will give you: /metaorg/intranet Note that the final / slash is not included when the site path is displayed for sites and site areas.
Idnum	This returns the hexadecimal id value of an item. This can be used when creating static URLs in menus and navigators. You could hard-code the site/site area path in a menu or navigator element design and use the Idnum for each content item being displayed. This would allow you to display content with a different presentation template (for example, a printer friendly presentation template) or use different security settings.
Listnum	Displays a single column list of numbered links: First Second Third
Treenum	Displays a hierarchical numbered list: 1.0 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.1 2.2
Paddedtreenum	Similar to Treenum, but the numbers are padded: 0001 00010001 00010002 000100020001 000100020002
Depth	Displays the depth of the currently processed node (in a navigator or menu) as a number. A top-level node has a depth of 1.