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Use custom global variables in your templates
- Posted by Jason Morehead
- May 29, 2009
- 3 people have found this tip helpful.
While you can use sub-templates to contain common elements of your design (e.g., header, footer), you can also use custom global variables. For example, I often create a global variable called “analytics” that contains my Google Analytics code, and I insert this global variable throughout my template.
This way, if I need to update my analytics code, I simply update the global variable and my entire site is updated.
Note that global variables can only contain static content (i.e., HTML, CSS, JavaScript). They cannot contain EE template tags or PHP code.
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