In content operation, the number of characters (or words) in an article is often an important indicator of content depth, estimated reading time, and search engine optimization (SEO).For those of us who use AnQiCMS to manage website content, being able to display the total word count of the current article in real-time on the blog article detail page would undoubtedly enhance the user experience and also provide more intuitive data references for website operation.AnQiCMS powerful template system and built-in features make it simple and efficient to meet this requirement.

AnQiCMS template flexibility and content acquisition

AnQiCMS with its concise and efficient architecture provides highly flexible content management capabilities.It uses a template engine syntax similar to Django, making the customization of content presentation very intuitive.archiveDetailTags to obtain various detailed information of the current article, including the core content of the articleContentfield.

For example, to get the article content on the article detail page, we will write the template code like this:

{% archiveDetail articleContent with name="Content" %}
{{ articleContent|safe }}

Here are thearticleContentThe variable holds the HTML content of the article after being processed by the rich text editor.|safeThe filter ensures that these HTML contents are correctly parsed and displayed by the browser, rather than being output as plain text.

Use built-in filters cleverly:wordcount

The template system of AnQiCMS not only provides a rich set of tags for data calls, but also integrates a variety of practical filters, which can further process and format variables. Among many filters,wordcountThe filter is the key to solving the need for 'real-time display of the total number of words in articles.'

wordcountThe function of the filter is very direct: it is used to count the number of words in a string.It is worth mentioning that this filter can intelligently identify and ignore HTML tags during statistics, which means it counts the words of actual text content rather than characters including tags.ContentIn terms of fields, it is the most ideal tool.

Practical Exercise: Step-by-step implementation of word counting

Next, we will specifically operate to integrate the word count feature into the blog article detail page of AnQiCMS.

  1. 定位template file:According to AnQiCMS template design conventions, the template file for the article detail page is usually located in your template directory, for examplearchive/detail.htmlor{模型table}/detail.html. You need to find this file and make the necessary edits.

  2. Get article content:In the template file, make sure you havearchiveDetailobtained theContentfield. If you just want to count the word count without rendering the entire content, you can also obtain it separatelyContent.

  3. ApplywordcountFilter:The article content variable obtained will be passed through a pipeline|Connectwordcountfilter. For example:

    {% archiveDetail articleContent with name="Content" %}
<p>文章总单词数：<span>{{ articleContent|wordcount }}</span> 词</p>

    Insert this code at any position where you want to display the word count of the article. Usually, this is placed below the article title, next to the author information, or at the bottom of the article in a prominent location.

    Through such settings, when the user accesses the article detail page, AnQiCMS's template engine will automatically extract the article content, utilizingwordcountThe filter calculates the actual number of text words and displays it on the page. The entire process is seamless and does not require any additional backend development or complex frontend scripts.

Optimization and注意事项

  • HTML tags automatic processing: wordcountFilters automatically strip HTML tags during statistics, so you don't have to worry<p>/<a>Labels such as these may interfere with the final word count. This ensures the accuracy of the statistical results.
  • Performance considerations:The word count is a lightweight operation, and AnQiCMS's high-performance architecture based on Go language can easily handle it.Even for long content articles, the overhead of real-time calculation is negligible and will not significantly affect page loading speed.
  • User Experience:Combine the word count with other reading information (such as estimated reading time) to provide visitors with a more comprehensive article overview, helping them decide whether to invest time in reading, thereby enhancing the overall website user experience.

Through the combination of simple template tags and filters, AnQiCMS can easily achieve the real-time display of the total number of words in articles. This not only reflects the strong function of the system in content management, but also provides more data support for content operators, helping to refine the operation of website content.

Common Questions (FAQ)

1.wordcountHow does the filter count logic work for Chinese content? wordcountThe filter mainly distinguishes words by spaces. For English content, it counts words. For Chinese content, since Chinese words are usually not separated by spaces,wordcountThe filter treats continuous Chinese text as a 'word' for counting, unless the text explicitly contains English words or punctuation marks separated by spaces.If you need an accurate Chinese word count, you may need to combine other methods (such as using a Chinese segmentation library in JavaScript on the front end, but this goes beyond the direct support of the AnQiCMS template) or consider counting characters.

2. If I want to count the number of characters in an article instead of the number of words, which filter should I use?If you need to count the number of characters in an article (including Chinese, English, numbers, symbols, and all visible characters, excluding HTML tags), you can uselengtha filter. For example,{{ articleContent|length }}The total number of characters returned in the article content. For Chinese content, it usually reflects the length of the content more than the word count.

3. Can I also display the word count for each article on the article list page?Yes. On the article list page, you usually usearchiveListLabels can be used to cyclically display multiple articles. In the loop body, the fields of each article can be obtained. You can callContentin the loop to get the fullarchiveListto get the current article'sarchiveDetailto get the full content of theContentand then applywordcountfilter. For example:

{% archiveList archives with type="page" limit="10" %}
    {% for item in archives %}
        <h3><a href="{{item.Link}}">{{item.Title}}</a></h3>
        {# 获取单篇文章的完整内容并统计单词数 #}
        {% archiveDetail fullContent with name="Content" id=item.Id %}
        <p>单词数：{{ fullContent|wordcount }} 词</p>
        {% endarchiveDetail %}
        <p>{{item.Description}}</p>
    {% endfor %}
{% endarchiveList %}

Please note that frequent calls are made to the article list pagearchiveDetailto get the full listContentPerforming statistics, although feasible, it may have a certain impact on performance if there are a lot of list items.In practical projects, you can weigh the necessity or consider storing the word count as a custom field in advance when the article is published.