From the Snippets component view, in the toolbar on the right, you will see the "Options" button.
When you click on that, you will be directed to the Global Configuration options for Snippets.
Here is an overview of the global configuration settings.
| Download Key | Please enter your Download Key from the Regular Labs website here. You can find your Download Key under Downloads on the Regular Labs website after logging in. |
Editor Button Options PRO
| Enable in frontend | If enabled, it will also be available in the frontend. |
| Button Text | This text will be shown in the Editor Button. |
| Show Variables Fill Wizard | Select to show the Variables Fill Wizard when inserting the snippet tag. |
Other Settings
| Snippet tag | The word to be used in the tag. Note: If you change this, all existing tags will not work anymore. |
| Tag Characters | The surrounding characters of the tag syntax. Default: {...}Note: If you change this, all existing tags will not work anymore. Options: {...}, [...], {{...}}, [[...]], [:...:], [%...%] |
| Variable Tag Characters | The surrounding characters of the tag syntax used for variables. Default: %...%Note: If you change this, all existing tags will not work anymore. Options: {...}, [...], {{...}}, [[...]], [:...:], %...%,[%...%] |
| Dynamic Tag Characters | The surrounding characters of the tag syntax used for dynamic tags. Default: [[...]]Note: If you change this, all existing tags will not work anymore. Options: {...}, [...], {{...}}, [[...]], [:...:], %...%,[%...%] |
| Remove Paragraph Tags | Select to remove paragraph tags inside the snippet. Surrounding tags will be removed. Paragraph tags inside the content will be replaced with double breaks. This option can be used when you want to use the snippet inline (inside sentences), where paragraph tags would create issue. |
| Strip Surrounding Tags | Select to always remove html tags (div, p, span) surrounding the plugin tag. If switched off, the plugin will try to remove tags that break the html structure (like p inside p tags). |
| Disable on Components | Select in which frontend components NOT to enable the use of this extension. |
| Remove in Disabled Components | If selected, the plugin syntax will get removed from the component. If not, the original plugins syntax will remain intact. |
| Enable in html head | Select to make the Snippet tags also get replaced inside the head part of the html output. |
| Fix HTML | Select to let the extension fix any html structure issues it finds. This is often necessary to deal with surrounding html tags. Only switch this off if you have issues with this. |
| Place HTML comments | By default HTML comments are placed around the output of this extension. These comments can help you troubleshoot when you don't get the output you expect. If you prefer to not have these comments in your HTML output, turn this option off. |
| Show Update Notification | If selected, an update notification will be shown in the main component view when there is a new version for this extension. |
| Show Copyright | If selected, extra copyright info will be displayed in the admin views. Regular Labs - extensions never show copyright info or backlinks on the frontend. |
User Actions Log
| Log User Actions | Select to store User Actions. These actions will be visible in the User Actions Log module. |
| Events To Log | Select the actions to include in the User Actions Log. |
Permissions
The Joomla permission settings control access to the different actions for each user group. For more information on how these permissions work, see the Joomla docs: Access Control List Tutorial: Component Options & Permission.