Help: Notification Template

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In addition to the common Post Template variables, the Notification Template has these variables:

url
The URL to the post that triggered the notification.
relativeUrl
Provides the URL of the post relative to the server (/path/to/post) rather than fully qualified (http://host/path/to/post), which is the default.
notify.subscription.message
A new message has been posted to one of your subscriptions.
unsubscribeUrl
The URL for the user to unsubscribe.
unsubscribeLinkText
The internationalized word "Unsubscribe", to be used a text for the link to unsubscribe.
userId
The User ID of the owner of the Post.
user.isPoster
A conditional that is true if the current user is the owner of this Post.
avatar.url
A URL to the avatar for the owner of the Post, if avatars are enabled in the parent Collaboration System and the user has an avatar.
userProfile.url
A URL to the profile of the owner of the Post.
dateSubmitted.human
The date that the post was sumbitted, in a readable format.
dateUpdated.human
The date that the post was last updated, in a readable format.
title.short
The title of the Post, limited to 30 characters.
content
The formatted and filtered content of the post, if a thread containing the Post exists. This variable will override any other variables with this name in the list of template variables.
user.canEdit
A conditional that is true if the user is adding a new Post, as opposed to editing an existing Post, and a thread containing the Post exists.
delete.url
A URL to delete this Post.
edit.url
A URL to edit this Post.
status
The status of this Post: "Approved", "Pending" or "Archived".
reply.url
The URL to reply to this Post without quoting it.
reply.withQuote.url
The URL to initiate a quoted reply to this Post.
url
The URL to download this attachment.
url.raw
The URL to the post asset without the #id... at the end. Useful for performing other functions on the post like func=promote or func=demote
rating.value
The current rating for this Post.
rate.url.thumbsUp
A positive rating.
rate.url.thumbsDown
A negative rating.
hasRated
A conditional that is true if the user has already rated this Post.
image.url
The URL to the first image attached to the Post.
image.thumbnail
A thumbnail for the image attached to the Post.
attachment.url
The URL to download the first attachment attached to the Post.
attachment.icon
An icon showing the file type of this attachment.
attachment.name
The name of the first attachment found on the Post.
attachment_loop
A loop containing all file and image attachments to this Post.
url
The URL to download this attachment.
icon
The icon representing the file type of this attachment.
filename
The name of this attachment.
thumbnail
A thumbnail of this attachment, if applicable.
isImage
A conditional indicating whether this attachment is an image.
meta_loop
A loop containing metadata lables and fields for this Post. If metadata is not enabled for the site, or if metadata is not enabled for this CS, or if there's no metadata defined for the site, the loop will be empty.
name
The label for this metadata field. Metadata labels are not internationalized.
value
The value of this metadata field for this post.
meta_X_value
The value for a particular metadata field, picked by name. X is the name of the metadata field, where any spaces in the name have been changed into underscores.
storageId
The Asset ID of the storage node for the Post, where the attachments are kept.
threadId
The ID of the thread that contains this Post.
dateSubmitted
The date the Post was submitted, in epoch format.
dateUpdated
The date the Post was last updated, in epoch format.
username
The name of the user who last updated or submitted the Post.
rating
Another name for rating.value
views
The number of times that this post has been viewed.
contentType
The type of content in the post, typically "code", "text", "HTML", "mixed".
content
The content, or body, of the Post.
title
The title of the Post.
menuTitle
The menu title of the Post, often used in navigation.
synopsis
The synopsis of the Post. If no synopsis has been set, then it will try to grab text from the description, up to the ^-; marker. If no marker is found, then it takes everything up to the first newline in the description
extraHeadTags
Extra tags that the user requested by added to the HTML header.
groupIdEdit
The ID of the group with permission to edit this Post.
groupIdView
The ID of the group with permission to view this Post.
ownerUserId
An alias for userId.
assetSize
The formatted size of this Post.
isPackage
A conditional indicating whether this Post is a package.
isPrototype
A conditional indicating whether this Post is a Content Prototype.
isHidden
A conditional indicating whether this Post should be hidden from navigation.
newWindow
A conditional indicating whether this Post should be opened in a new window.
userDefined1
The value contained in the first user defined variable.
userDefined2
The value contained in the second user defined variable.
userDefined3
The value contained in the third user defined variable.
userDefined4
The value contained in the fourth user defined variable.
userDefined5
The value contained in the fifth user defined variable.
webgui.version
The version of WebGUI on your site.
webgui.status
The release status for this version of WebGUI (stable, beta, gamma, etc.)
session.user.username
The current user's username.
session.user.firstDayOfWeek
From the current user's profile, the day they selected to be the first day of the week.
session.config.extrasurl
From the WebGUI config, the URL for the extras directory.
session.var.adminOn
This variable will be true if the user is in Admin mode.
session.setting.companyName
From the WebGUI settings, the company name.
session.setting.anonymousRegistration
From the WebGUI settings, whether or not anonymous registration has been enabled.
session form variables
Session Form Variables
Any form variables will be available in the template with this syntax:
<tmpl_var session.form.variable>
If there is more than 1 value in a form variable, only the last will be returned.
session scratch variables
Session Scratch Variables
Any scratch variables will be available in the template with this syntax:
<tmpl_var session.scratch.variable>
 
 
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