| Xanga Skins Reference |
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| Skins Tag Library |
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| TAG | DESCRIPTION |
| <$Blogrings$> | Displays a list of your Xanga Blogrings. |
| <$Calendar$> | Displays your posting archive calendar. |
| <$Email$> | Displays your email address. |
| <$Event_Link$> | Displays the URL to your events. Usage: <A HREF="<$Event_Link$>">View my events</A> |
| <$Guestbook_Link$> | Displays the URL to your guestbook. Usage: <A HREF="<$Guestbook_Link$>">Sign my guestbook</A> |
| <$Next_Link$> | Displays the URL to your next 5 posts. Usage: <A HREF="<$Next_Link$>">Read next 5 posts</A> |
| <$No_Search$> | Place this tag inside the HEAD section of your Xanga Skin if you don't want search engines like Google or Yahoo to store your site |
| <$Posts$> | Displays your Xanga posts. If you'd like more control over the formatting of your Xanga posts, read the Advanced Xanga Post Formatting section. |
| <$Previous_Link$> | Displays the URL to your previous 5 posts. Usage: <A HREF="<$Previous_Link$>">Read previous 5 posts</A> |
| <$Private_Site_Link$> | Displays the URL to the user's private site. NOTE: your readers can NOT access your private site using this link; they can only be taken to their own private site. |
| <$Private_Site_Tagline$> | If the user visiting your site is signed in, this tag displays a text link with their username, which when clicked, takes the user to their private site. Otherwise, this displays a text link labeled "join", allowing a user to join Xanga. |
| <$Profile_Info$> | Displays your profile info. You can edit your profile info as well as control what fields to display here. |
| <$Profile_Link$> | Displays the link to view your profile page. Usage: <A HREF="<$Profile_Link$>">View my profile</A> |
| <$Profile_Pic$> | Displays the URL of your profile picture. For example, the following HTML code will display your profile picture: <IMG SRC="<$Profile_Pic$>"> |
| <$Review_Link$> | Displays the URL to your reviews. Usage: <A HREF="<$Review_Link$>">Read my reviews</A> |
| <$Search$> | Displays the Xanga search box. |
| <$Share_This_Skin$> | If you want to share your skin with other Xangans, include this link on your site. Clicking this link allows others to use your template. Usage: <A HREF="<$Share_This_Skin$>">Share my skin!</A> |
| <$Signin_Link$> | The URL of the signin link. Usage: <A HREF="<$Signin_Link$>">signin</A> |
| <$Signin_Tagline$> | If the user visiting your site is signed in, this tag displays a text linked labeled "signout", allowing the user to signout. Otherwise is displays a link labeled "signin". |
| <$Signout_Link$> | The URL of the signin link. Usage: <A HREF="<$Signin_Link$>">signin</A> |
| <$Sites_I_Read$> | Displays a list of the Xangans in your Sites I Read list. |
| <$Subscribe_Link$> | Displays the URL where other Xangans can subscribe to your site. Usage: <A HREF="<$Subscribe_Link$>">Subscribe to me</A> |
| <$Username$> | Display your username. Facilitates sharing of skins by letting other users share the skin without having to change usernames. |
| <$Weblog_Link$> | Displays the URL to your weblogs (otherwise known as your Xanga front page). Usage: <A HREF="<$Weblog_Link$>">Read my weblog</A> |
| <$Xanga_Image_1$> | Displays the following image and link to Xanga: |
| <$Xanga_Image_2$> | Displays the following image and link to Xanga: |
| <$Xanga_Image_3$> | Displays the following image and link to Xanga: |
| Advanced Xanga Post Formatting |
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<Xanga>
<Xanga_Date_Header>
<$Xanga_Date$><BR>
</Xanga_Date_Header>
<$Xanga_Posts$><BR>
</Xanga>
| TAG | DESCRIPTION |
| <Xanga> </Xanga> |
This tag starts processing your Xanga posts. Everything in between these tags will be displayed in your posts section. The tags below must be inside this section. |
| <Xanga_Date_Header> </Xanga_Date_Header> |
All code inside these tags will be displayed for each entry date only. |
| <$Xanga_Date$> | Displays the date of the posts. This tag must be inside the Xanga_Date_Header section. |
| <$Xanga_Post$> | Displays your Xanga Posts. |
| CSS Definitions |
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| TAG | DESCRIPTION |
| taglines | Controls the "eprop/comment" taglines under each post. |
| MonthName | Controls the month name in the archive calendar. |
| calPrevious | Controls the << link (the "previous" link) in the archive calendar. |
| calNext | Controls the >> link (the "next" link) in the archive calendar. |
| DayName | Controls the names of the days (Sun, Mon, etc) in the archive calendar. |
| DateNumber | Controls the dates in the archive calendar. |
| Notes & Restrictions |
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