mas5d2's sandbox: Custom Variables

Add custom variables for use in your own custom modules, as well as administer these variables from an admin form.

This module is used to allow site builders and developers an easy way to drop placeholder text into code so it can be updated by content entry and copywriters at a later date without having to modify code.

Frequently in the process of building a site we'll add Lorem Ipsum text to a view header or a a custom form, only to have to go replace that text later on. Or worse, we'll forget to replace it, it gets lost in UAT/QA and three days after a production push we need another emergency production push to remove some errant Lorem Ipsum.

This module attempts to solve that issue by allowing the developer to drop in a system variable at any point in their PHP code, and instantly creating a coresponding entry in the 'Custom Variables' admin page that can be edited from inside an administrative UI. The variable doesn't need to be added first, as the first time the variable is ever accessed (displayed on a page) an entry is created and can then be updated. Not only does this offload the copy edits to content entry folks, but also provides a convienent one stop page to see all of the Lorem Ipsum or placeholder text you've written in one place.