{bb_blog} Print

The {bb_blog} module tag renders a list of "published" Blogs within a website.

This module tag supports Liquid.

Syntax

{bb_blog source="" filter="" sort="" limit="" displayPagination="true|false" resultsPerPage="10" emptyMessage="No items found." collectionName="" layout=""}

Parameters

• source – This parameter identifies the Blog from which to pull the data to render on a web page. If left blank, returns blog items from every Blog within a website.
• filter - The filter parameter is used to filter out a subset on blog posts using the fields and associated values build a filter string as follows:
  filter="fieldname1:fieldValue1 | fieldname2:fieldValue2"
  Each name-value pair needs to be separated using a pipe character "|".
• sort - These parameters can be used for sorting the order in which Blog Post are displayed.
  sort="blogName:Ascending" or sort="publishedDate:Descending"
• limit - Set the maximum number of posts to return.
• displayPagination - Renders the pagination section when there are more in the data items than the resultsPerPage value.
• resultsPerPage - When displayPagination is set to "true" this number will determine the number of items displayed in a page. Enabled only if displayPagination check box is checked. Default value is 10 items per page.
• emptyMessage - Your custom value that is rendered. Default text is “No items found.”
• collectionName - Use this parameter to access the Liquid tags.
• layout - Renders the module output using:
  • layout="Blog Post List Layout" or you can simply leave out the "layout" parameters totally to render the default list view template;
  • layout="My Custom Layout" - a custom layout template (see How to create a custom Blog module layout);
  • layout="" - which allows you to code a custom layout using Liquid.

Areas Available

The {bb_blog} module tag can be placed within these areas.

• Page Templates
• Web Pages
• Landing Pages
• Content Holders
• Data Collections

Liquid Tags

• {{blogId}} – Renders the system generated blog ID.
• {{blogName}} – Name of the blog with a hyperlink to the blog overview page.
• {{blogNameNoLink}} – Name of the blog without a hyperlink.
• {{blogDescription}} – Renders the description of the blog.
• {{blogPublishDate}} – Date to publish the blog.
• {{blogExpiryDate}} – Expiry date of the blog. If the blog Is expired, hides all blog posts.
• {{blogLastUpdated}} – Date of the last update to the blog.
• {{blogLastPostDate}} – Date of the last post of the blog.
• {{blogRecentPosts | count:20}} – Renders a simple <ul> list of recent post in a blog. Default is 10.
  
• {{blogPageList}} – Renders a list of all the pages in your blog. Provides a hyperlink to each page. Number of pages In a post list based on resultsPerPage. (Future release)
  
• {{blogTagCloud | count:20}} – Displays a tag cloud of a blog’s post. Default is 10. 
  
• {{blogTagList}} – List of all tags used in all blog posts (Creates an unordered list)
• {{blogTagCount}} – List of tags and the count of each use of a tag in all blog posts
• {{blogPostList}} - List of all the posts within a blog (Uses the Blog Post List Layout)
• {{blogPostCounter}} – Incremental count of the items on the page.
• {{blogTotalPosts}} – Number of total post within a blog.
• {{blogPostArchive}} – Archive of previous blog post by month. (Future release)
  
• {{blogPostUrl}} – URL to the item referred without host.
• {{blogPostUrlHost}} – URL to the item referred with host. (Future release)
  
• {{blogPostId}} – System generated ID number for the current post.
• {{blogPostTitle}} – Title of the post with a hyperlink to the blog post.
• {{blogPostTitleNoLink}} – Title of the post without a hyperlink.
• {{blogPostAuthor}} – Renders the name of the post Author.
• {{blogPostAuthorImage}} – Renders the post author’s image or the Gravitar image associated with the author if that is selected. If no author image or no author exists for the blog post, renders nothing.
• {{blogPostAuthorImageUrl}} – The author’s image URL.
• {{blogPostCalendar}} – Calendar to retrieve blog post by date. (Future release)
• {{blogPostContent}} – Renders the HTML content of the blog post.
• {{blogPostFeaturedImage}} – Renders the post’s featured image URL. If no featured image exists, renders nothing.
• {{blogPostFeaturedImageUrl}} – The post’s featured image URL.
• {{blogPostFeaturedImageAlt}} - Alternate text for the Featured Image of the Blog Post.
• {{blogPostPublishDate}} - Date and time the post was published. Liquid date switches can be used to access the day, year, etc.
• {{blogPostCommentCount}} – Renders the number of comments for the current blog post. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentList}} – Renders a list of comments. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentRating}} - User rating in stars of the current post. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentPending}} – Renders a list of pending approval comments. (Future release)
• {{blogPostComment}} – User comment on the current blog post. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentDate}} – Date and time when the comment was submitted. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentAuthor}} – Full name of the person who submitted the comment displayed as a hyperlink. Anonymous is not provided. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCommentAuthorNoLink}} – Full name of the person who submitted the comment displayed without a hyperlink. Anonymous is not provided. (Future release)
• {{blogPostPermalink}} – Renders a link for the permalink with anchor.
• {{blogPostPermalinkUrl}} – Renders the URL for the permalink.
• {{blogPostSeoTitle}} – SEO title for the Blog Post.
• {{blogPostSeoDescription}} – SEO description for the Blog Post.
• {{blogPostNextPage}} – Navigates to the next page of Blog Posts if "displayPagination" is enabled.
• {{blogPostPreviousPage}} – Navigates to the previous page of Blog Posts if "displayPagination" is enabled.
• {{blogPostPagination}} – Enhanced pagination to navigate through blog posts. If enabled in in “displayPagination” module parameter.
• {{blogPostCommentsEnabled}} – Enables the display of comments. Possible values are true|false. (Future release)
• {{blogPostIsPublished}} – Renders true or false.
• {{blogPostTrackbackCount}} – Number of trackbacks for the current post.
• {{blogPostTrackbackUrl}} – Link for trackback.(Future release)
• {{blogPostTrackbackList}} – List for trackbacks. (Future release)
• {{blogPostCanonicalUrl}}- Renders the canonical URL for the Blog Post. (Future release)
• {{blogPostTags}} – Renders a <ul> list of the tags assigned to a blog post.