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Server Side Scripting

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Content and Widgets

Built-In Content Objects
Common Content Pulls
Content Object in Velocity
Editing Pulled Content
Page Content in Velocity
Pulling and Displaying Content — $dotcontent.pull
Sorting Content Pulls by Score

Content Pulls

Display Content Type Information in a Content Pull
Display Properties of the Current Site
Display Tags on Content
Generate Content From Email
Load Individual Content from Identifier or Inode — $dotcontent.find
Paginated Pull and Display of Contents — $dotcontent.pullPerPage
Pull and Display Related Content
Pull Calendar Events — $calendar.find
Pulling Categories
Retrieve Selected Inode

Dates, Strings and Macros

Velocity Date and Calendar Tools
Adding Days and Comparing Dates
Display Friendly Date Interval
Encrypt
Decrypt
String Replace / Regex

Integration Tools

Executing a SQL Query
Include a VTL or HTML file

Navigation (NavTool)

Menu Links
NavTool Viewtool
XML Sitemap

Velocity Scripting

Why Velocity?
Velocity Playground
Velocity User's Guide
Server Side Scripting
Velocity Viewtools
Commonly Used Velocity Tools
Content and Widgets in Velocity
Request, Response and Session
URL Parameters
Velocity Best Practices
Velocity Debugging Files
Built-in Variables & Reserved Words
Extending Velocity
Custom Viewtool Example

Velocity Tools

Dates in Velocity
Redirects, Rewrites, and Forwards
Tag-Based Caching (Block Cache)
Useful Velocity Methods
Velocity Integration Tools
Visitor Geolocation

Extending Velocity

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