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Data Points

There are a variety of Data Points available in Oxygen:

  • String: String data points are the most common dynamic data point in Oxygen and can be used to display a post title, post date, user and author data, the post content, and even custom fields.
  • Image URL: The Image URL data point is used to display images in Oxygen. This includes the featured image, post custom fields, the site logo, and user and author avatars.
  • Gallery: Gallery Data Points can be used to display multiple images or videos within the Gallery element.
  • Video: The Video Data Point will accept URLs, oEmbeds, and files stored in custom fields on your site. You can use the Video Data Point on a Video element, a Section background video, or within a Gallery element.
  • URL: The URL data point may be used to display post links, site links, author and user links, external links, or action links such as a mailto or tel link. Some common elements that use the URL data point include the Text Link, Wrapper Link, and Button elements.
  • Query: The Query data point allows you to retrieve data from a URL parameter or UTM tag on the front end. The Query data point may be generally used in the same place as a String data point.
  • Google Map: The Google Map data point allows you to display map data stored in a custom field within the Google Map element in Oxygen. You can use an address, embedded map, or latitude and longitude coordinates.

Overview of Advanced Options

This article covers the different Advanced Options available for data points in Oxygen. Most data points will have similar options.

Using Advanced Options

You can access the Advanced Options area by clicking the caret next to the data point title in the Properties Pane, and then clicking on the Advanced toggle.

This will open the Advanced Options available for that data point.

In general, a data point will have the following options:

  • Prepend: Add text before a data point. This is generally useful for text labels and for redirect links when used for URL data points.
  • Append: Add text after a data point.
  • Limit Characters: Define the max number of characters that will show from a data point. The rest will be hidden. This is beneficial for Post excerpts or other data points with long rows of text.
  • Fallback:  The default text to use in the event a data point doesn’t have text.
  • Fallback Image: A default image that can be used in the event a data point doesn’t have an image.
  • Fallback Video: A default video to use in the event a data point doesn’t have a video.