Customs Fields Code

[OASS]

I am trying to output the value from a custom fields in to some text on the page,

Can anyone share the standard for to output the value from a specific customs fields,

Thank you

[pegasus]

According to the original discussion when the custom fields feature was being developed:

VAR

There is a new related option for the VAR BB-Code.

Render a page's custom field:

[var]field|myFieldName[/var]

Get the raw value for the page's custom field:

[var]field|myFieldName|raw[/var]

Render a field from a different page:

[var]field|myFieldName|Prefix:PageTitle[/var]

(add |raw to get the raw value)

Note that when saving a page, values inherited from a template are not yet available to VAR, and cannot be made available -- there would be a chicken vs egg problem. This means you should not use VAR-field to retrieve values inherited from a template for certain purposes like: generating a link, defining a Wanted Category, passing to another template. In these cases, you must set a custom field value for the page itself in order for it to be available.