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The <cms:contentshow> tag

This tag is used to show the value of a xml content items.

Attributes:

Name Description Required
element

The name of the content item to show the value of.

When accessing a content item with multiple values, the single values can be accessed directly by adding the index of the value to the content item name:

elementname[index]

If no element is defined, the tag will use the element name defined in a parent node, like the contentloop tag.

no
index

When accessing a content item with multiple values, the single values can be accessed directly by adding the index attribute.

Note: if the index attribute is used together with the direct access in the element node, the index value of the index node is used.

Body:

This tag has no body content!

Example usage:

To show the value of the "Title" content item:

<cms:contentshow element="Title" />

To show the third value of the "Teaser" content item:

<cms:contentshow element="Teaser[2]" />

To show the third value of the "Teaser" content item:

<cms:contentshow element="Teaser" index="2" />

To show all values of the "Teaser" items in a loop:

<cms:contentloop element="Teaser">
<cms:contentshow />
</cms:contentloop>

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