Course Catalog - Shortcodes (Adding Catalog To Website)

Shortcodes

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To view the complete list of shortcodes, head to Admin Dashboard → CM Course Catalog Pro → Shortcodes.

The shortcodes are:

Course Shortcodes

1) Show Single Course

• Shortcode - [cmcc_single_course]
• Parameters
  • slug (obligatory) - The slug of the course
• Example - [cmcc_single_course slug="course-slug"]

2) Show Course Rating

• Shortcode - [cmcc_cm_star_rating]
• Parameters
  • ratingfor - determines whether to show rating for specific post (post ID)
  • disablerating - determines whether to disable rating; use "1" to disable
  • hideaverage - determines whether to hide average note; use "1" to disable
  • hidecount - determines whether to hide ratings count; use "1" to disable
• Example - [cmcc_cm_star_rating disablerating=0 hideaverage=1 hidecount=1]

Catalog Shortcodes

1) Show Custom List of Courses

• Shortcode - [cmcc_category_list]
• Parameters
  • count - determines whether you want to display category elements; value should be 1 or 0
  • columns - sets the number of columns; value should be between 1-6
  • category - displays the list of Category terms; value should be 1 or 0
  • customtax - displays the list of Custom Taxonomy terms; value should be 1 or 0
  • tag - displays the list of Tag terms; value should be 1 or 0
  • hide_empty - determines whether to display categories with posts assigned; value should be 1 or 0
• Example - [cmcc_category_list count=1 columns=3 category=1 customtax=0 tag=0 hide_empty=0]

2) Show Course Catalog

• Shortcode - [cmcc_course]
• Parameters
• Content parameters (changes which courses appear)
  • catalog_id - the ID of the Catalog you want to show with the list of categories.
  • cats - the slug of the category from which the course should be displayed.
  • cmcustomtax - the slug (single or comma separated) of the Custom Taxonomy 1 from which the course should be displayed.
  • cmcustomtax2 - the slug (single or comma separated) of the Custom Taxonomy 2 from which the course should be displayed.
  • cmcustomtax3 - the slug (single or comma separated) of the Custom Taxonomy 3 from which the course should be displayed.
  • cmcustomtax4 - the slug (single or comma separated) of the Custom Taxonomy 4 from which the course should be displayed.
  • tags -the name of the tag the course displayed should have.
  • course_ids - the IDs of the course you only want to show in directory. Value should be an ID, or comma separated IDs.
  • exclude_ids - the IDs of the course you want to exclude from displaying in directory. Value should be an ID, or comma separated IDs.
• Visual parameters (changes the visual of the catalog)
• view - the id of the view from the following: tiles, list, directory, table(defaults to: tiles). Note: the view table was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• hidesearch - whether to show the search field. Value should be 1 or 0
• hidecategories - whether to show the categories filter. Value should be 1 or 0.
• hidecustomtaxonomies - whether to show the Custom Taxonomy filter. Value should be 1 or 0.
• hidetags - whether to show the tags filter. Value should be 1 or 0.
• hidesearchby - whether to show the Search by City/Region/ZIP/State field. Value should be 1 or 0.
• row_course - number of the course in the row (tiles view only).
• page_course - number of the course on one page.
• only_relevant - use 1 if you like only to display the categories associated with courses in the directory in the. Value should be 1 or 0.
• backlink - the URL of the backlink which should return the user to the main index
• backlink_label - the label for the backlink used in the Dashboard view of the Course Catalog Index
• readmore - the label for the button allowing to display the additional information in Course Catalog view filtered by category
• targeturl - the URL in which the course catalog result will be displayed filtered by category (in Course Catalog view)
• rtl - when it is enabled it will add support to right-to-left languages
• hidecoursecode - whether to show the course code on the index. Value should be 1 or 0.
• showcat - whether to show the category column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• showtax1 - whether to show the taxonomy 1 column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• showtax2 - whether to show the taxonomy 2 column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• showtax3 - whether to show the taxonomy 3 column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• showtax4 - whether to show the taxonomy 4 column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.
• showtime - whether to show the time in column. Applies for the table view only. The value should be yes or no, default value is yes. Note: this parameter was introduced in version 1.4.0.

Example - [cmcc_course showfilter="1" row_course="3" cats="1" only_relevant="0" tags="tagname" course_ids="1,3,5" exclude_ids="2,4"]

a) Extra Catalog Page Shortcodes

These Shortcodes can only be used on the Course Page template.

• [cmcc_categories] - displays the categories and tags box.
• [cmcc_post_title] - displays post title
• [cmcc_post_content] - displays post content.
• [cmcc_featured_image] - display featured image.
• [cmcc_back_to_index_link] - displays back link.
• [cmcc_page_visit] - displays amount course page visits.
• [cmcc_page_transition] - displays amount course page link clicks.
• [cmcc_page_visit_transition] - displays amount course page visits and link clicks.

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