Folge User Manual

# Placeholders

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Placeholders available from version 1.22.0

Placeholders are dynamic variables that allow you to insert reusable content throughout your step-by-step guide. They provide a convenient way to manage and update information that may appear multiple times in your document.

For example if you define placeholder [[Author]] with value John Doe and then use [[Author]] in guide description, during export it will be replaced with John Doe. As simple as that.

# How To Define Placeholders

Open any guide, and click the ⚙️ cog icon in the header to access guide settings, after that switch to the Placeholders tab:

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# Placeholders Types

There are 3 types of placeholders:

  • Global placeholders
  • Guide placeholders
  • System placeholders

Global and guide placeholders can be defined in the UI, while System placeholders are built-in.

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# Global Placeholders

These placeholders are defined on the app level, and are the same for all guides. If you define [[Author]] : John Doe, this placeholder will be available for all guides and will always be visible in the Global Placeholders list. Global placeholders are useful for the information you want to be available in each guide.

# Guide Placeholders

These placeholders only exist on the guide level, and need to be define per guide.

IMPORTANT. If you define guide placeholder with the same name as global placeholder, it will override the value of the global placeholder. This gives you flexibility to redefine global placeholder on per guide basis.

# System Placeholders

System Placeholders are defined by Folge and can be used across all guides:

  • [[Guide_Title]]: Will output current guide title.
  • Guide_Description: Current guide description.
  • Guide_CreatedAt: Guide creation date.
  • Guide_UpdatedAt: Guide last updated date,
  • Date: Current date.

Placeholders can be used in any part of your guide and work for all export types:

  • Guide title and description
  • Step title and description
  • Text blocks
  • Header, footer
  • Cover Page

# Placeholders Example

Let's say you're creating a guide for a software update. You can define placeholders like this:

  • [[Author]]: John Doe
  • [[Version]]: 2.5.1
  • [[ReleaseDate]]: May 15, 2025

Now, you can use these placeholders in your guide:

"Welcome to the update guide for Software X version [[Version]], released on [[ReleaseDate]]. This guide was prepared by [[Author]]."

When viewed or exported, this text will appear as:

"Welcome to the update guide for Software X version 2.5.1, released on May 15, 2023. This guide was prepared by John Doe."

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