Getting started

• Go to System > (Manage) Extensions and look for Easy Shortcodes and enable it

• Create a shortcodes.ini file like this one
• Move the shortcodes.ini file inside the html folder of your frontend template: templates/your-template/html/
• Add your own shortcodes. You can use our sample shortcode.ini file as reference
• Use the shortcodes in your articles, modules and menus
• Addding an icon to a menu item
• Using the icon shortcode from our sample shortcode.ini file in a menu title, this would be the result:

Please note this example required a font icon library. You can adjust the macro to match other font icons.

Addding an iframe to modules and articles

You could also create a shortcode to insert iframes in Custom modules using this macro. very useful due WYSIWYG editor remove them on save.