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Channel Information Tag

Introduction

The purpose of this tag is to display general information about the specified Channel as set under Developer ‣ Channels.

{exp:channel:info channel="news"}
        Channel Name: {channel_title}<br>
        Description: {channel_description}
{/exp:channel:info}

Parameters

channel=

channel="channel_name"

The name (short name) of the channel. This is a required parameter.

Variables

channel_description

{channel_description}

This variable simply displays the content from the “Channel Description” field.

channel_encoding

{channel_encoding}

This variable simply displays the content from the “XML Character Encoding” setting.

channel_lang

{channel_lang}

This variable simply displays the content from the “XML Language” setting.

channel_title

{channel_title}

This variable simply displays the content from the “Full Channel Name” setting.

channel_url

{channel_url}

This variable simply displays the content from the “Channel URL” setting.