• {addthis_widget_drop} -
• {areatree} - returns an HTML subtree navigation for the current area of a webpage
• {array_rand} -
• {array_shift} -
• {bigace_copyright} - returns a formatted and linked BIGACE copyright footer
• {bigace_version} - displays or returns the BIGACE version
• {breadcrumb} - returns an HTML Breadcrumb navigation
• {captcha} - create and validate a Captcha image
• {configuration} - fetch or cache a Configuration
• {content} - fetch content for a menu
• {directory} - returns a directory of the CMS (e.g. to display images)
• {hooks_action} -
• {import} - imports the given class
• {is_leaf} - returns whether the item has childs or not (leaf)
• {is_parent} -
• {item_category} - returns the linked Categories of an Item
• {languages} -
• {last_created_items} - last created Items (website or submenu)
• {last_edited_items} - last edited Items (website or submenu)
• {link_admin} - the URL to the “Administration Panel”
• {link_auth} - the URL to perform a “login” authentication
• {link_editor} - the URL to open an content Editor
• {link_item_languages} - creates links to the available item language version
• {link_locale} - the URL to switch the Session language
• {link_login} - the URL to the “Login” formular
• {link_logout} - the URL to perform a logout
• {link_register} - the URL to the “Register Account” formular
• {link_search} - the URL to the “Search” application
• {link} - creates a link to an Item
• {load_item_childs} - fetches an array of Menu Items from a specified parent
• {load_categorized_items} -
• {load_item} - load an Item and assign it to a Smarty variable
• {load_translation} - load a translation file
• {metatags} - echo's html metatags for a page
• {modul_check} - checks if a special modul is installed
• {modul} - load a menus configured Module
• {most_visited} - returns an array of the most visited items
• {navigation} - renders the HTML of a Navigation
• {navilink} - creates the URL to a Menu - deprecated: use {link} instead
• {permission_editcontent} - checks if a user is allowed to edit a pages content
• {portlet} - fetch one defined portlet
• {portlets} - fetch portlets for an Item
• {project_field} -
• {random_image} -
• {readdir} -
• {redirect} - sends a redirect header
• {sitename} - the configured sitename
• {skype_online} - shows the status of a skype user as image
• {stylesheet} - fetch a Smarty Stylesheet or its URL
• {switch_language} - renders HTML for diplaying a Language switcher with Flag images
• {template} - assign a Smarty Template or returns its full URL
• {thumbnail} - create a URL to display a dynamically created Image thumbnail
• {translate} - fetches a String from the Translation
• {user} - fetches a User or the Username

Only for administration templates:

The following TAGs are only meant for developer who create own admin templates.

• {admin_box_support_header} -
• {admin_box_support_footer} -
• {admin_box_header} -
• {admin_box_footer} -

The following TAGs are available through Extensions, which are linked on their description page.

• {tip_of_the_day} - assign or display a random tip
• {google_analytics} - show Google Analytics Javascript code

• {news} - load a list of (categorized) News entries
• {news_item} - load one special News Item
• {news_category} - fetch all Categories for one News
• {news_categories} - fetch all News Categories

• {comment_counter} - counts the number of comments for an item
• {comment_spam_counter} - returns the number of “eaten” spam
• {comments_latest} - fetch (latest) comments
• {comments} - displays the Comment formular
• {gravatar} - constructs the URL for a gravatar image (officially named at Gravatar.com)

• {faq_entries} - fetch all entries for one section
• {faq_latest} - fetch the latest enrties throughout all sections
• {faq_section} - fetch one section by its id
• {faq_sections} - returns an array of all available sections

• {smileys} - a modifier to parse smileys to icons in any string

• {filesize} - display a formatted filesize (from a bytes value)
• {htmlspecialchars} - calls htmlspecialchars on the value
• {text_input} - change ” (double quote) ' (single quote) to html entities and call stripslashes

Read more about using Smarty int the official Docu at:

• Smarty Handbuch - German
• Smarty Manual - English
• Extending Smarty with Plugins

Smarty plugin directory: /addon/smarty/plugins/

• Lets assume you want to create the function/TAG {hello_world}
• Create a file called /addon/smarty/plugins/function.hello_world.php
• Place a function inside:

function smarty_function_hello_world($params, &$smarty) {
  echo "Hello World, says " . $params['name'] . "!";
}

• Call {hello_world name=“Bob”} inside your template

The output would be:

Hello World, says Bob!