# Core Shortcodes
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## Theme shortcodes
| Shortcode | Description |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `{---}` | Renders the main content of the current page. |
| `{CMENU=xxxxxx}` | Renders a specific custom menu item as defined in admin -> Pages/Menus. xxxxxx = menu name. |
| `{LOGO}` | The site's logo as defined in the admin preferences. |
| `{MENU=1}` | Menu Area as allocated using the media-manager in admin. Add multiple areas by incrementing the numeric value. |
| `{MENU: type=xxxxxx}` | When `xxxxxx` is NOT a number, it will attempt to render a specific menu with the name `xxxxxx`. eg. `{MENU=contact}` will render `e107_plugins/contact/contact_menu.php` |
| `{NAVIGATION=xxxxx}` | Bootstrap-style navigation. Where `xxxxx` is one of: main, side, footer, alt, alt5, alt6 eg. `{NAVIGATION=footer}` |
| `{SETSTYLE=xxxxxx}` | A special shortcode which is used to dynamically change the value of `$style` as used inside [tablerender()](/classes-and-methods/render.md#tablerender) to the value of `xxxxxx`. |
| `{SETIMAGE: w=x}` | A special shortcode which is used to dynamically change the size of avatars and other images. x= numerical value. eg. `{SETIMAGE: w=100&h=200&crop=1}` |
| `{SITEDESCRIPTION}` | The description of the website as defined in the admin preferences. |
| `{SITEDISCLAIMER}` | The site disclaimer as defined in the admin preferences. Typically used in the footer of the site. |
| `{SITENAME}` | The name of the website as defined in the admin preferences. |
| `{WMESSAGE}` | Renders the welcome message as defined in admin-> Welcome Message. |
## Page / Menu Shortcodes
| Shortcode | Description | Optional Parameters |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| `{CPAGEANCHOR}` | | |
| `{CPAGETITLE}` | Title of the page | |
| `{CPAGEBODY}` | Main text body of the page | |
| `{CPAGEAUTHOR}` | Author of the page | |
| `{CPAGEDATE}` | Creation date of the page | `{CPAGEDATE=x}` default: long. 'short' and 'relative' |
| `{CPAGEMETADIZ}` | Meta description of the page. | |
| `{CPAGEBUTTON}` | | |
| `{BOOK_ANCHOR}` | | |
| `{BOOK_DESCRIPTION}` | | |
| `{BOOK_ICON}` | | |
| `{BOOK_ID}` | | |
| `{BOOK_NAME}` | | |
| `{BOOK_URL}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_ANCHOR}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_BREADCRUMB}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_BUTTON}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_DESCRIPTION}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_ICON}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_ID}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_NAME}` | | |
| `{CHAPTER_URL}` | | |
## News Shortcodes
| Shortcode | Description | Optional Parameters | |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `{NEWS_ID}` | Unique ID for the current news item (news\_id) | | |
| `{NEWS_TITLE}` | News Title | | |
| `{NEWS_SUMMARY}` | News item summary | | |
| `{NEWS_DATE}` | News Date | | |
| `{NEWS_BODY}` | News Body (main content) | | |
| `{NEWS_TAGS}` | New Keywords/Meta-Keywords | | |
| `{NEWS_URL}` | News URL (current URL) | | |
| `{NEWS_AUTHOR}` | Name of the Author of the news item | | |
| `{NEWS_AUTHOR_AVATAR}` | Avatar of the Author of the news item | | |
| `{NEWS_AUTHOR_SIGNATURE}` | Signature text of the Author of the news item. eg. a short bio about the user. | | |
| `{NEWS_AUTHOR_ITEMS_URL}` | Link to a News page listing all items by the same author. | | |
| | | | |
| `{NEWS_CATEGORY_NAME}` | News Category Name | | |
| `{NEWS_CATEGORY_DESCRIPTION}` | News Category Description | | |
| `{NEWS_CATEGORY_ICON}` | News Category Icon | | |
| | | | |
| `{NEWS_RELATED}` | Related news items based on keyword matches | types: news | page
limit: (integer) (default is 5)
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## Directory & path Shortcodes
| Shortcode | Description | Default value |
| ----------------- | ----------- | ------------- |
| `{e_MEDIA_FILE}` | | |
| `{e_MEDIA_VIDEO}` | | |
| `{e_MEDIA_IMAGE}` | | |
```
'{e_MEDIA_ICON}',
'{e_AVATAR}',
'{e_WEB_JS}',
'{e_WEB_CSS}',
'{e_WEB_IMAGE}',
// '{e_WEB_PACK}',
"{e_IMAGE_ABS}",
"{e_THEME_ABS}",
"{e_IMAGE}",
"{e_PLUGIN}",
"{e_FILE}",
"{e_THEME}",
//,"{e_DOWNLOAD}"
"{e_HANDLER}",
"{e_MEDIA}",
"{e_WEB}",
"{THEME}",
"{THEME_ABS}",
"{e_ADMIN}",
"{e_BASE}",
"{e_CORE}",
"{e_SYSTEM}",
```
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