F2C Template parameters
Template Parameters are used to 'paste' the data (article information) from the F2C submission forms into the F2C Template (your article layout). This than creates the html for your Joomla article.
There are two types of Template Parameters, Joomla based parameters and Form2Content field parameters. The Joomla parameters are all the different values related to normal Joomla articles.
Simple example of Joomla based template parameter
The article title can be used anywhere in your F2C Template, simply add the {$JOOMLA_TITLE} parameter.
The template parameters can be used in combination with almost any Joomla plugin. The result: place your plugin tags in your F2C template and let your users simply add content.
Joomla based F2C Template Parameters (for Smarty templating)
| Value | Template Parameter | Example for use | LITE |
| Title | {$JOOMLA_TITLE} | place the tite in the alt text for an image for SEO |  |
| Title alias | {$JOOMLA_TITLE_ALIAS} | on request | |
| Article ID | {$JOOMLA_ID} | ID of the article. | |
| Section title | {$JOOMLA_SECTION_TITLE} | Section Title |  |
| Section ID | {$JOOMLA_SECTION_ID} | Create URLS | |
| Section title alias | {$JOOMLA_SECTION_ALIAS} | Section Title Alias | |
| Category title | {$JOOMLA_CATEGORY_TITLE} | Section Title | |
| Category ID | {$JOOMLA_CATEGORY_ID} | Create URLS | |
| Category title alias | {$JOOMLA_CATEGORY_ALIAS} | Section Title Alias | |
| Start publish date | {$JOOMLA_PUBLISH_UP} | Start publish date | |
| Stop publish date | {$JOOMLA_PUBLISH_DOWN} | Stoppublish date | |
| Article Link | {$JOOMLA_ARTICLE_LINK} | To create your own read more .... | |
| Meta keywords | {$JOOMLA_META_KEYWORDS} | for plugins which use the keywords as tags | |
| Meta description | {$JOOMLA_META_DESCRIPTION} | If you want to show it ... | |
| Author Full Name | {$JOOMLA_AUTHOR} | Use the name anywhere | |
| Author Username | {$JOOMLA_AUTHOR_USERNAME} | just so you can :) | |
| Author alias | {$JOOMLA_AUTHOR_ALIAS} | on request | |
| Author Email | {$JOOMLA_AUTHOR_EMAIL} | Use the email anywhere | |
| Article create date | {$JOOMLA_CREATED} | on request | |
| Article modified date | {$JOOMLA_MODIFIED} | on request | |
F2C based Template Parameters
Please note. The is a reference to the unique name you give a form field when you create it. It should always be used in CAPITALS in the form2content template.
Replace < FIELDNAME > with the unique name of your F2C field.
| Value | Template Parameter | Explanation for use | LITE |
| F2C article ID | {$F2C_ID} | By request, renders the F2C id of the article | |
| Fieldname (any type) | {$< FIELDNAME >} | Displays the value of the field | |
| Fieldname caption | {$< FIELDNAME >_CAPTION} | Displays the caption value of the field | |
| Fieldname title | {$< FIELDNAME >_TITLE} | Displays the title value of the field | |
| Select List value | {$< FIELDNAME >} | Displays the selected value from a list (NO UTF-8) | |
| Select List Display text | {$< FIELDNAME >_TEXT} | Displays the text of a selected value (With UTF-8) | |
| Image URL absolute | {$< FIELDNAME >} | includes the domain name in the url of the image | |
| Image URL relative | {$< FIELDNAME >_PATH_RELATIVE} | the path to the image relative to images/stories/ | |
| Image thumb URL absolute | {$< FIELDNAME >_THUMB_URL_ABSOLUTE} | includes the domain name in the url of the thumb | |
| Image thumb URL relative | {$< FIELDNAME >_THUMB_URL_RELATIVE} | the path to the thumb relative to images/stories/ | |
| Thumbs directory absolute | {$F2C_IMAGES_PATH_THUMBS_ABSOLUTE} | Absolute path to the thumbs directory of the F2C article | |
| Thumbs directory relative | {$F2C_IMAGES_PATH_THUMBS_RELATIVE} | Relative path (in images/stories/) to the thumbs directory | |
| Image directory absolute | {$F2C_IMAGES_PATH_ABSOLUTE} | Absolute path to the image directory of the F2C Article | |
| Image directory relative | {$F2C_IMAGES_PATH_RELATIVE} | Relative path (in images/stories/) to the image directory | |
| File Upload | {$< FIELDNAME >} | Raw url of hyperlink to file | |
| File name | {$< FIELDNAME >_FILENAME} | The name of the file | |
| Relative file URL | {$< FIELDNAME >_URL_RELATIVE} | Relative path (in media/com_form2content/documents/...) to the file | |
| Database Lookup | {$< FIELDNAME >} | Value of the choice made | |
| Database Lookup Text | {$< FIELDNAME >_TEXT} | Text of the choice made | |
| Custom list output | {$< FIELDNAME >_CUSTOM_FORMAT} | Used to create comma seperated (other) output instead of LI or UL | |
| Geo coder field | {$< FIELDNAME >_ADDRESS} = The address line. {$< FIELDNAME >_LON} = The longitude code {$< FIELDNAME >_LAT} = The latitude code |
Translates address to longitude/latitude | |