Reference elements
Use IWWCM tags to reference elements within presentation templates.
Elements can be referenced from sites, site areas, content items and components:
The tag you use will depend on the type and location of the element being referenced.
- Reference Elements
The Element tag is used to reference an element within a presentation template or element design.
- Reference a Document Manager element
The Document Manager element tag is used to reference a Document Manager element within a presentation template or component design. It is also used to reference the content of Document Manager documents in a personalization element design.
- Reference a Federated content element
The federated content element tag is used to reference a federated content element within a presentation template or element design.
- Reference Components
The Component tag is used to reference the content of a component within a presentation template or element design.
- Reference a Document Manager component
The Document Manager component tag is used to reference a Document Manager component.
- Reference a Federated content component
The federated content component tag is used to reference a federated content component.
- Reference Personalization content
The Personalization element tag is used as a placeholder to display attributes from a content spot or Personalization rule within a Personalization element design. It cannot be used in a presentation template or other element types.
- Use an alternate design tag
Use an alternate design tag to display a different component based on the type of item that a navigator or menu is rendering.
- Use start and end attributes
The start and end attributes are used to wrap the data returned by an Web Content Management tag within other tags, such as HTML. These attributes are not mandatory.
- Set parameters to format dates
These parameters are used to set the format of dates.
- Note on formatting numbers
The Java Number Format Pattern Syntax is used to set the format of numbers.
Parent Topic
Display Web content