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Newbie Question: How do I use Template Tag

PA PaddleMan
PaddleMan
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Member since Nov 2012
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Nov 19, 2012 · 2:22 pm · Edited

Pardon this newbie question – I am trying to customise my home page in WP, and trying to put some dynamically generated content in there – such as Hot Topics

 

I read the documentation on the subject and it tells you to put the tag into your posts pages etc – sounds EASY!:

You can also call this function by using a shortcode on pages, posts or widgets.

[sp_topicLinkTag’topicId=10′]

 

How do I do that – I went into HTML and pasted the short code above and I am sure I am doing something wrong here.

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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Member since Dec 2006
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Nov 19, 2012 · 2:37 pm

just to be clear, that is not at template tag, but a shortcode…  most of the functionality in the template tags plugin can be invoked either with a template function (a php function call) or a shortcode…

which you want to use is really dependent on where you want it…  typically you would use a shortcode within a wp post or page….  typically, you would use a template function within a theme template file or in widgets…

so what are  you trying to do?