Channel summary page template parameters

This section describes the parameters available in the templates used to generate channel summary pages.

 

The following parameters are always available.

Parameter
Description
CHANNEL-METADATA Inserts channel metadata.
This parameter is the main way of accessing information about the channel.
CHANNEL-METADATA-TYPE Inserts the type of the specified channel metadata (text/html/unknown).
This parameter is most useful when used with a mode=atom10 argument which restricts the output to "text" or "html", making it suitable for generating Atom 1.0 output.
CHANNEL-METADATA-DUMP Inserts a dump of the channel's metadata tree.
This is useful when writing new templates and you want to see what metadata the channel has.
LAST-UPDATE-TIME When the channel was last updated.
LAST-SUCCESSFUL-UPDATE-TIME When the channel was last successfully updated.
CHANNEL-UPDATE-INFO Inserts a message showing the last successful update time and the number of previous update errors.
FEED-ITEM-COUNT-INFO Inserts a message of the form "Showing X of Y items"
This is only set if the number of feed items being shown is less than the number of available feed items.
WATERMARK-IMAGE-URL The URL of the watermark image.
OFFLINE-ITEM-IMAGE-URL The URL of the image used to indicate that a feed item is available for offline reading.
SHOW-CHANNEL-DESCRIPTION Set if the channel's description should be shown.
SHOW-CHANNEL-DETAILS Set if the channel's details should be shown.
SHOW-ITEM-DESCRIPTION Set if feed item descriptions should be shown.
SHOW-ITEM-DETAILS Set if feed item details should be shown.
SHOW-ITEM-RELATED-LINKS Set if feed item related links should be shown.

 

The following parameters are available inside a FeedItems repeating section.

Parameter
Description
ITEM-METADATA Inserts item metadata.
This parameter is the main way of accessing information about the item.
ITEM-METADATA-TYPE Inserts the format of the specified item metadata (text/html/unknown).
This parameter is most useful when used with a mode=atom10 argument which restricts the output to "text" or "html", making it suitable for generating Atom 1.0 output.
ITEM-METADATA-DUMP Inserts a dump of the item's metadata tree.
This is useful when writing new templates and you want to see what metadata the item has.
ITEM-DUMP Inserts a complete dump of the item.
This is useful when writing new templates and you want to see everything Awasu knows about the item.
ITEM-STATE Inserts the item's state ("new", "read" or "unread").
ITEM-IMAGE-URL Inserts the URL for the item's image.
OFFLINE-ITEM-URL Inserts a special URL that will show a feed item even when you are offline.
ITEM-RELATED-LINKS-INFO Inserts an HTML fragment that lists the related links for a feed item.
While an item's links are available via its metadata, this parameter does additional processing such as eliminating duplicates, the URL for the item itself, Atom service links, etc.
METADATA-MODULE-BLOCK Inserts template code for any active metadata modules.
This parameter takes a single argument specifying which piece of template code to insert (channelDescription, channelDetails, itemDescription or itemDetails).

 

The following parameters are available inside a SendTo, SendTo-Workpads or SendTo-UserDefined repeating section.

SENDTO-NAME Inserts the name of the current Send-To tool.
SENDTO-ID Inserts the ID of the current Send-To tool.