Overview

Using the Deployment Manager SDK, it is sometimes necessary to replace values in deployed assets. An example of this is when deploying an image, you want to have a list item reference that image URL. The tokens exist to support such a use case. The Deployment Manager SDK supports multiple tokens which are replaced with site specific values upon deployment.

List.xml & Update.xml

Tokens that we support within the List.xml and Update.xml.

• {ListId} – the guid identifying the list
• {SiteId} – the guid identifying the site
• {SiteTitle} – the title of the site
• {SiteUrl} – the url of the site
• {SiteCollectionId} – the guid identifying the root site collection
• {SiteCollectionTitle} – the title of the root site collection
• {SiteCollectionUrl} – the url of the root site collection
• {ReferenceListId:ListName} – the guid identifying the list with the title ListName

MasterPage

Tokens that we support within the masterpage.html file

• {NewGuid} – a random guid, used for creating random identifiers
• {SiteUrl} – the url of the site

pages.xml

Tokens that we support within the pages.xml

• {SiteTitle} – The title of the current site
• {SiteUrl} – The url of the current site
• {SiteCollectionUrl} – The url of the root site collection
• {NewGuid} – A random guid, used for creating random identifiers

References

To learn how to leverage the Deployment Manager SDK see the following articles:

• Overview
• Adding A Custom Site Definition
• Core Step Classes
• Custom Site Definition Components
• Custom Site Definition XML
• Custom Subsite Definitions
• Sample Step Code