Adding Custom Shortcode Replacements

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Note: Where you see ~ in a file path, it refers to the current folder for a given website and assumes you are using global_design_mode_theme as the main theme with the theme_merge system for customisation. For example /sites/YOURSITE/theme_merge/settings/image_sizes.json is the same as ~/settings/image_sizes.json

You can create custom shortcode replacements for your themes using code like this:

[
	{
		"shortcode":"%"
		,"replace": "<span style='color:#f00;'>%</span>"
	}
]

Add that to a file called ~/settings/shortcode_replacements.json in the theme folder.

The % wildcard will be used to capture the user's text and insert it again in the replaced text.

You can add as many different replacements as you like to the json array.