Miscellaneous shortcodes | Solodev Help Center

The following shortcodes can be used periodically in any Solodev website.

Google Search with Ads – Embed Google Custom Search with ads on the website.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[google_cse_id](required)	Specify Google Custom Search ID.

Shortcode:

[google_search]

Code Example:

[google_search google_cse_id="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"]

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Google Search No Ads – Embeds Google Custom Search without ads on the website.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[google_cse_id](required)	Specify Google Custom Search ID.
[google_api_key](required)	Google Custom Search ID.

Shortcode:

[google_website_search]

Code Example:

[google_website_search google_cse_id="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" google_api_key="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"]

YouTube – Embed YouTube videos to your website. The YouTube video shortcode has two attributes, one required and one optional, listed below.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[youtube id](required)	Specify YouTube video id
[youtube aspect_ratio](optional)	Specify YouTube video aspect ratio. Default is 16:9

Shortcode:

[youtube id="fg_O2cdOQxA"]

To obtain the video id:

Browse to the YouTube page where your video is hosted.
Click the Share button on the right just below the vldeo.

Select the Embed Link and copy the video's YouTube ID. For example, if the link reads https://www.youtube.com/embed/fg_O2cdOQxA?controls=0, you only need to copy the fg_O2cdOQxA after the forward slash.

Insert the shortcode at the appropriate place in the tpl or html file associated with your page.
```
[youtube id="fg_O2cdOQxA"]
```
Review and click Publish to save your changes.

Note: In terms of the best practices, we don't recommend uploading any videos to the CMS due to file size and playback performance. For alternate streaming options such as Wowza, Vimeo, or Wistia, please contact us.

Conditionals – Provides functionality to add a conditional statement to the template. Much like standard if/else statements, the [cond] shortcodes allows the user to create conditional statements with little coding knowledge.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[type](required)	is, is_not, greater_than, less_than.
[subject](required)	The thing being compared. A subject is typically a variable. For example: [contype=is_not subject=”start_time” \|\| [value=”end_time”] The event has not started yet…[/cond].
[value](required)	What to compare it to.

Shortcode:

[cond]

Code Example:

[cond type=is subject="{{index}}%3" value=0] code goes here… [/cond]

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Sub Conditional – Operates much like an if/else or else statement. It is the child of the parent conditional statement.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[type](required)	is, is_not, greater_than, less_than.
[subject](required)	The thing being compared. A subject is typically a variable. For example: [contype=is_not subject=”start_time” \|\| [value=”end_time”] The event has not started yet…[/cond].
[value](required)	What to compare it to.

Shortcode:

[sub_cond]

Code Example:

[cond type=is subject="{{index}}%3" value=0] 
  [sub_cond type=is_not subject="{{index}}" value=0]
    </div>
    <div class="row">
  [/sub_cond] 
[/cond]

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Set & Empty

Is Set – Verifies that a given variable is set. For example, is_set can be used to verify if a user variable is set, such as active, and execute functions accordingly.

Shortcode:

[is_set]

Code Example:

[is_set value="{{image}}"]
  <img alt="{{event_title}}" class="img-thumbnail img-responsive" src="[get_asset_file_url id={{image}}]"> 
[/is_set]

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Is Empty – Verifies that a given variable is empty. For example, is_empty can be used to verify is a user variable empty and execute functions accordingly.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[value](required)	Value of the object set.

Shortcode:

[is_empty]

Code Example:

[is_empty value="{{image}}"]
  <img alt="{{event_title}}" class="img-thumbnail img-responsive" src="/core/fileparse.php/268/urlt//placehold.it/360x245"> 
[/is_empty]

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Value Set – Verifies that a specified value set.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[override](required)	Used if the default being passed as an argument is not set.
[default](optional)	Default attributes.

Shortcode:

[value_isset]

Code Example:

<div landing-section-firstContent">
  <h1 class="landing-h1">[value_isset default="{{name}}" override="{{h1_title}}"]</h1>
</div>

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Random – Returns a random number.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[min](optional)	The lowest value to return(default: 0).
[max](optional)	The highest value to return (default: 50000).

Shortcode:

[random]

Code Example:

[random min = 3 max = 7] (prints a random number between 3 and 7 that includes 3 and 7).

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Month Filter – Month filter from January to December.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[id](optional)	Specify an id for CSS styling.
[class](optional)	Specify a class for CSS styling.
[label](optional)	Specifies a label for the select box.

Shortcode:

[month_filter]

Example Code:

<div class="row">
  <div class="col-md-4 form-group">
    [month_filter class="month_filter"]
  </div>
</div>

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Login/Logout – Creates a link to log in or log out of a given session.

Attributes:

Attributes	Description
[logout_redirect](optional)	Where to send the user after they are logged out (default: /).
[login_page](optional)	Page where the user can log in (default: /login.stml).

Shortcode:

[login_logout_link]

Example Code:

[login_logout_link logout_redirect="/contact/" login_page="/welcome/"]