Forum Post Templates

Write your post with placeholders for the release name, NFO, links, and images. Bearcat fills them with data from a release or collection.

You can copy the result by hand or let posting rules post it for you.

Create a template

1. Open Forum post templates and click + next to the search field.
2. Choose the type: Release or Release collection. You can’t change it later.
3. Choose the output format. Use BBCode for forum posts. Only BBCode templates can be posted to forums.
4. Enter a name, write the template and press Ctrl+S (⌘S on a Mac) to save.

Use the editor

The editor has three parts: your templates and variables on the left, the template in the middle and a live preview on the right.

• Insert variables: click a variable under Available variables to insert it at the cursor. Lists like uploads insert a complete loop. Use the search field to find a variable.

  

• Preview: choose a release under Preview with. The preview updates while you type. Output shows the finished post, Data shows all values of that release.

• Errors: the status bar shows syntax errors. Click them to jump to the line.

If a placeholder stays empty in the preview, check the Data tab. It shows what the release actually has.

Template syntax

Templates use Scriban.

Print a value:

{{ release.name }}

Loop through a list:

{{~ for upload in uploads ~}}
[B]{{ upload.name }}[/B]
{{~ end ~}}

Use ~ to remove the whitespace around for and end from the output. For values within a line, use {{ }} without ~.

Show a section only if a value exists:

{{~ if release.nfo ~}}
[SPOILER="NFO"]{{ release.nfo }}[/SPOILER]
{{~ end ~}}

A complete example with NFO and link crypter links:

[CENTER]
[B]{{ release.name }}[/B]

[SPOILER="NFO"]{{ release.nfo }}[/SPOILER]

{{~ for upload in uploads ~}}
[B]{{ upload.name }}[/B]
{{~ for crypter in upload.link_crypters ~}}
[URL='{{ crypter.container_link }}']{{ crypter.name }}[/URL]
{{~ end ~}}
{{~ end ~}}
[/CENTER]

Collection templates work the same way. They loop over the collection’s releases with {{~ for release in releases ~}}.

Video uploads

For video uploads, you can use two more variables inside the {{~ for upload in uploads ~}} loop:

• upload.is_video_upload: true for a video upload.
• upload.embed_links: a list of embed links in the same order as upload.links. It contains one entry for video uploads and is empty for archive uploads.

For video uploads, upload.archive_format and upload.archive_password are empty.

{{~ for upload in uploads ~}}
{{~ if upload.is_video_upload ~}}
{{~ for embed_link in upload.embed_links ~}}
[URL]{{ embed_link }}[/URL]
{{~ end ~}}
{{~ end ~}}
{{~ end ~}}

Render a post

Open a release or release collection and click Render forum post in the arrow menu of Post to forum. Without an active forum distribution site, it is a separate button. Choose a template and click Copy forum post, then paste the result into your forum.

Good to know

• Empty values: missing data leaves placeholders empty. Wait for uploads and link crypter containers to finish before rendering, so the post includes all links.
• Image links: use {{ imagelinks.imgbb_cover.full }} for an image upload configuration named ImgBB Cover. Bearcat converts the name to lowercase and replaces spaces with _. Alternatively, use the original name: {{ imagelinks["ImgBB Cover"].full }}. The link appears once the image is uploaded.
• Media data: release.main_video and release.media_files come from the video files of managed releases. Bearcat reads them automatically for releases created from a release template. For other releases, click Extract media data on the release.
• Upload names: name your upload configurations the way they should appear in the post, for example Rapidgator. Then you can use {{ upload.name }} directly.
• Several forums: BBCode support varies between forums. Use one template per forum if needed.