During the development of website templates, we often encounter a challenge: how to fill the page to check layout, style, and responsiveness before the real content is ready?It is difficult to intuitively assess the design effect if the template is empty or only contains a few lines of simple text.This is a very useful trick to generate random placeholder text.

AnQiCMS (AnQi Content Management System) is an efficient and customizable content management system that fully considers the needs of template developers at this stage. The system is built with simple yet powerfulloremTags, allowing you to easily generate mock content during template development, so that you can focus more on visual design and user experience without waiting for actual content to be in place.

Why is placeholder text needed in template development?

At the early stage of website construction, the content team may still be writing copy, and image materials are still being collected and processed.At this point, if the template developer can only face a blank page or meaningless brief text, it will be very difficult to work effectively.

Firstly, it can help us visually checkpage layoutFor example, a long text may overflow in a certain area, or the display effect of the text next to the image may be poor. With sufficient placeholder text, these issues will be immediately exposed.

Secondly, forResponsive DesignIn terms of, placeholder text is indispensable.The line break of text, the spacing of paragraphs, and the alignment of elements may change across different screen sizes.By simulating real content, we can accurately see how the page performs on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.

Additionally, using placeholder text canImprove development efficiency.You don't have to wait for content delivery to start most of the front-end work, allowing design and development to run in parallel without conflict, greatly shortening the project cycle.Designers can better adjust font size, line height, color, and other visual details with templates filled with placeholder content.

Built-in tools of AnQi CMS:loremtags

AnQi CMS's template engine supports syntax similar to Django, and it provides a namedloremThe auxiliary label, specifically used for generating random Latin (Lorem Ipsum) placeholder text.This label is very intuitive to use, just call it simply in the place where content needs to be filled in the template.

The most basic usage is to write directly in the template{% lorem %}.Thus, the system will automatically generate a standard, longer Lorem Ipsum text, long enough to simulate the length of a typical article, making your content area instantly filled.

<!-- 模拟文章正文内容 -->
<div>
    {% lorem %}
</div>

loremParsing the usage of tags

In addition to generating text of the default length,loremThe label also provides several parameters, allowing you to finely control the number and type of generated content:

  1. Generate by word (Words): If you need to simulate a shorter title, abstract, or list item, you can specify how many words to generate. Use a number followed byw(representing 'word') to indicate.

    <!-- 生成10个随机单词作为标题 -->
<h3>{% lorem 10 w %}</h3>
<!-- 生成50个随机单词作为摘要 -->
<p>{% lorem 50 w %}</p>

  2. Generate by paragraphs (Paragraphs)： For the article content area, it usually requires multiple paragraphs to fill. You can specify how many paragraphs to generate. Use a number followed byp[representing paragraph] to indicate.

    <!-- 生成3个段落的文章内容 -->
<div class="article-content">
    {% lorem 3 p %}
</div>

  3. Increase randomness: By default,loremThe text generated by the tag is a fixed Lorem Ipsum sequence. If you want to see different text each time the page is loaded, adding some randomness to the tag can be done byrandomParameter.

    <!-- 生成20个随机单词，每次刷新都不同 -->
<p>{% lorem 20 w random %}</p>
<!-- 生成2个随机段落，每次刷新都不同 -->
<div class="intro-text">
    {% lorem 2 p random %}
</div>

Combining practical template development application scenarios

In the actual security CMS template development, we canloremApply tags ingeniously to various modules:

  • Article details page (archiveDetail): When simulating the main body of an article,{% archiveDetail articleContent with name="Content" %}{{ articleContent|safe }}{% endarchiveDetail %}Such tags are usually used to display actual content. During the development phase, you can temporarily remove or comment out the actual content tags and use{% lorem 5 p %}Fill in the content, ensuring that the height and layout of the content area meet expectations.

  • List page (archiveList)When you need to display multiple list items in a loop (such as an article list, product list), you canforuseloremuse tags to simulate the title and summary of each list item.

    {% archiveList archives with type="list" limit="5" %}
    {% for item in archives %}
    <div class="list-item">
        <h4>{% lorem 8 w random %}</h4> {# 模拟标题 #}
        <p>{% lorem 30 w random %}</p> {# 模拟摘要 #}
        <a href="#">阅读更多</a>
    </div>
    {% endfor %}
{% endarchiveList %}

  • Single Page (pageDetail)For single-page content such as “About Us” and “Contact Information”, the content structure usually also includes a title and longer text. Similarly, tags can be used for quick filling.loremTags can be used for quick filling.

  • Image placeholder helperAlthoughloremTags only generate text, but in simulating a real page, images are also an important part. You can combine with online image placeholder services (such ashttps://placehold.co/600x400)，Write them directly<img>Tagssrcproperties, withloremtext together to constitute a complete placeholder content experience.

Using tips

  1. Replace them in time[en]: Placeholder text is a temporary measure, please be sure to replace it with the actual data call tags in the template once the real content is in place (for example{{archive.Title}}/{{archive.Content|safe}}).
  2. Comment description[en]: Add in the templateloremLabeling when, it is best to add comments, for example<!-- 占位文本，开发完成后请替换为真实内容 -->This helps with team collaboration and maintenance later on.
  3. Generate as neededAccording to the areas to be filled, choose the appropriate number of words or paragraphs. Too much or too little placeholder text may affect the judgment of the layout.
  4. Final checkEnsure that all templates are thoroughly checked before the website goes live, to make sure nothing is missed.loremPlaceholder text.

By flexibly utilizing the features provided by the Anqi CMS,loremTags can greatly enhance your efficiency during template development, allowing you to quickly build high-quality, beautiful, and responsive website layouts.

Common Questions (FAQ)

Q1:loremCan labels only be generated in Latin? What if I want to generate Chinese or English placeholder text instead?

A1:Yes,loremTags are mainly used to generate standard Lorem Ipsum (Latin) text.The main purpose is to simulate the length and formatting effects of text, rather than providing specific semantic content.loremThe label does not support direct generation. You can consider manually copying and pasting some general Chinese paragraphs as placeholder content, or preparing some test data on the backend to fill the template.

Q2: I usedloremto fill the tag content, and now the real content has been uploaded to the Anqi CMS backend. Do I need to manually delete allloremthe tags?

A2:Yes,loremTags are just temporary template instructions. After you add real documents, categories, or page content in the background, you need to go back to the template and{% lorem ... %}Replace such tags with actual content call tags provided by the Anqi CMS, for example{{archive.Title}}/{{archive.Content|safe}}etc. In this way, the front-end page can display the content you manage on the backend.

Q3:loremCan the label simulate more complex structures like images or tables?

A3: loremTags are designed specifically for text content, and they cannot directly simulate images, tables, or other complex HTML structures. If you need to simulate these elements, it is usually necessary to combine other methods:

  • Image: You can use an online image placeholder service (such ashttps://placehold.co/300x200) to generate placeholder image URLs.
  • table: Manually write a simple HTML table structure in the template, andloremtags