Templates
Templates are an integral part of content generation. It tells BlogSlammer! exactly what to generate. You cannot do a post without a template. Templates can have HTML markup which allow you to customize the look and feel of the post. Below is the template syntax along with examples.
[region-repeat-min-max] ...content... [/region]
Repeats the content region a random number of times between values assigned to "min"
and "max". To repeat a region of content between 3 to 5 times you would use:
[region-repeat-3-5] ... CONTENT ... [/region]
[phrase-word 1a|word 1b|word 3c^word 2a|word 2b^word
3a]
Very powerful macro for creating
phrases based on sets of words. Each word in the phrase is derived by picking
a random word out of the list of words seperated by "|". For the example above,
it would generate a three word phrase that would pick a word from the list "word
1a, word 1b, word 1c" for the first word, "word 2a, word 2b" for the second word,
and "word 3a" for the third word. To create a phrase that could result in
"women's shoes", "ladies shoes", "women's pumps", or "ladies pumps" you would use:
[phrase-women's shoes|ladies^shoes|pumps]
{phrase 1|phrase 2|phrase 3}
The { ...
} command is like the phrase command but is not nestable. Basically,
it randomly selects from one of the options you provide for every post. To
create a phrase that could result in "women's shoes", "ladies shoes", "women's pumps",
or "ladies pumps" you would use:
{women's shoes|ladies^shoes|pumps}
[mainkeyword]
Represents the main keyword used for blog posts or the RSS Item title for RSS Posts.
[paragraph~KEYWORD 1~min~max^KEYWORD 2~min~max]
Generates a paragraph of text and places keywords provided a random number of times
between "min" and "max". The keyword list can contain one to many keywords seperated
by the ^ symbol. Creating a paragraph with the keyword "shoes" placed 1 to
3 times and pumps placed exactly once you would use:
[paragraph~shoes~1~3^pumps~1~1]
HTML markup CAN be added to keyword string for bolding and linking. An example
of this is:
[paragraph~<b><a href="somesite.com">my site</a></b>~1~3]
In addition, PHRASES can also be used as keywords. Below is an example of
this:
[paragraph~[phrase-size 5|size 6|size 7^women's|girl's^shoes|pumps]~1~3]
MAINKEYWORD can also be used to dynamically place the posts main keyword.
Below is an example of this:
[paragraph~[mainkeyword]~1~3]
RSS TEMPLATE KEYWORDS:
[rsstitle]
The current RSS Item's Title
[rssdescription]
The current RSS Item's Description
[rsslink]
The current RSS Item's HTML URL LINK
[rssyoutubeswf]
Contains html necessary to EMBED a YouTube video.
Samples:
Web Page Sample:
Blog Post Sample:
RSS Sample:
YouTube Sample:
