Template embed bb code shortcut for pages with a particular prefix... possible?

Looking at the help page on the VW.org XF demo, I noticed that there are some extra bbcodes defined there for particular prefixes. Are these extras just shortcuts for [WIKI] bb code, e.g. [INFO]page[/INFO] = [wiki]info:page[/wiki]? Is it currently possible to configure something like this for template embedding?

I have area rules configured on my site such that Template pages require a Template prefix. This is to clearly identify a template from a regular page and also to allow templates and pages to use the same name if appropriate (sans the Template prefix).

Currently, embedding a template requires people on my site to use [TEMPLATE]Template:Page[/TEMPLATE]. This is a lot to type. Can I simplify this via a custom bb code? E.g. [TEMPLATES]Page[/TEMPLATES] = [template]Template:Page[/template].

Thank you :)

Edit your Template: prefix and set its custom BB-Code to TEMPLATE.

Note that this will cause issues if you allow templates to have (No Prefix), because then it cannot tell the difference between a template called "Page" and a template called "Template:Page" when you want to include them (although it will try to guess). If you allow both, it might be best to make sure that such names are synonyms of each other rather than distinct templates.

Thanks for the reply, I'll give this a shot on my test site and see what happens.

Having read your reply, I only just now realise that double clicking "BB-Code Example Usage" reveals a "BB-Code Tag Name" form row that I've not seen before :eek:!

Looks like this might not be possible under XF. Setting the Template: prefix to custom bbcode TEMPLATE causes XF's entity system to kick in:
BB code tags must be unique. The specified tag is already in use. src/XF/Mvc/Entity/Entity.php

With a unique value (e.g. TEMPLATES), the bbcode behaves like WIKI (wiki link, without template embedding).

Not to worry! This might've been a cool shortcut had it been possible to omit the template prefix from the bbcode, but it really isn't a big deal at the end of the day. :)

Fixed in the next build. If the custom BB-Code tag was already set to a unique value, changing the value attempts to rename the tag (a rename only occurs if the tag was created specifically for the prefix). Since the new tag already existed, it is not possible to rename the old tag to it since they would both have the same tag name.

The working way in the current build is to first set the tag to a blank value, Save, then enter the desired value that matches an already-existing tag, as this would avoid trying to rename the prefix-tag.

In the next build, it will check if the new tag already exists when renaming the tag. In this case, it will just point to that existing tag and delete the previous tag.

See: https://www.vaultwiki.org/issues/5863/