template tags

conditional template tags

The tags described below only display their contents on certain kinds of pages.

tag	description
<MainOrArchivePage>...</MainOrArchivePage>	encloses items that should only be displayed on the main or archive pages of your blog. In other words, elements contained within these tags will be hidden on post pages.
<MainPage>...</MainPage>	encloses items that should only be displayed on the main page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on archive and post pages
<ArchivePage>...</ArchivePage>	encloses items that should only be displayed on an archive page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on the main page or on post pages
<ItemPage>...</ItemPage>	encloses items that should only be displayed on a post page; items contained within these tags will be hidden on the main page or on archive pages

template tags for previous posts

The tags described below are used to make a listing of previous posts.

tag	description
<BloggerPreviousItems>...</BloggerPreviousItems>	generates the code contained within its tags for each of the 10 previous posts; on the main page, these are the 10 most recent posts; on post pages, these are the 10 posts before the one being displayed
<$BlogPreviousItemTitle$>	generates the title of one of the previous posts; must be enclosed in opening and closing <BloggerPreviousItems> tags to work properly; often used with <$BlogItemPermalinkURL$> (described on previous page) to generate a link to the previous post in question.

template tags for comments

The tags described below are used for displaying a post's comments.

tag	description
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled>...</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>	a conditional tag whose contents are only displayed if a post allows comments (see page 79); should be used to enclose all comment tags
<$BlogItemCommentCount$>	generates the number of comments that a post currently has
<BlogItemComments>...</BlogItemComments>	generates the code contained within its tags for each of a post's comments; you may want to enclose this section within <ItemPage> tags (see previous page) so that the comments only appear on post pages, and not on the main page or on archive pages
<$BlogCommentNumber$>	generates the unique identifier for a comment; analogous to the <$BlogItemNumber$> tag
<$BlogCommentBody$>	generates the body of the comment
<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>	outputs the URL of an individual comment's permalink
<$BlogCommentAuthor$>	outputs the contents of the Display Name field of the profile of the blogger who wrote the comment; includes a link to that blogger's profile, if available
<$BlogCommentDateTime$>	outputs the date and/or time the comment was posted; depends on the TimestampFormat field on the Settings | Formatting page
<$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>	creates an icon for deleting the comment; only appears if the person viewing the comment is the comment's author or the blog's owner
<$BlogItemCreate$>	creates a link so that the visitor can post a comment