Custom Tokens

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Custom Tokens

There might be a piece of information you need to use multiple times on your picturemaxx CMS. For example, in Contact Forms you might want to display a message text to confirm the customer's e-mail is successfully sent. Or you might want to display an instance name in Metatags within the SEO fields. That's when you need custom tokens.

Create a new custom token

To edit or set up a custom token, go to: Main administrative Menu → Structure → Custom Tokens. 

The Custom Tokens page lists existing tokens that allow handling:

  • forms to set customized confirmation text, legal information, sender and recipient mail addresses for notifications
  • instance names displayed within SEO metatags or on the page tab beside the favicon.

You can edit existing custom tokens by clicking Edit or set up new tokens using the +Add Token button.

  • Here you can see that several tokens have already been set up. They allow you to handle forms, such as setting custom confirmation texts, legal information, sender and recipient email addresses for notifications and the instance name displayed in the SEO meta tags or on the page tab next to the favicon.

    You can configure existing custom tokens by clicking on Edit or set up new tokens using the +Add token button.

    Custom Token Setup Page

     

  • Add custom token

  • Token type
    Choose custom to set up a custom token.

    Name
    Enter an administrative name of the token.

    Machine name ID
    Set a unique name used by the system. We recommend setting it similar to the field name.

    Important: You can edit the field name later, but the Machine Name will remain as set up. It must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.

    Description
    Describe the functionality of the token. The information is displayed within the token overview.

    Content
    Set the token content here, for example, text or e-mail address to be displayed when using the token.

    NOTE: Always remember to save your settings.

Before publishing the page:

  • Click Preview to make sure everything looks the way you want. You can preview any change before publishing it. 
  • To return to the Edit page, click Back to content editing.
  • To make new content visible on your website, turn on the Content is live (published) option.
  • Click Save to store your changes. The website content items are listed on the Content page.