Make content dynamic

Use text variables to make the content of your site homes, category homes and space layouts dynamic – for example to personally welcome a user to your intranet.

Text variables only work in modules and macros developed by Refined.

Text variables

Variable	Description	Introduced in version
$username	The logged-in user’s username.	6.0
$userfullname	The logged-in user’s full name.	6.0
$userfirstname	The logged-in user’s first name. Note: this does not work for names formatted as "lastname, firstname."	6.0
$sitename	The site’s name.	6.0
$siteid	The site’s ID.	6.0
$categoryname	The category’s name.	6.0
$categorykey	The category’s key	6.0
$spacename	The Confluence space’s name.	6.0
$spacekey	The Confluence space’s key.	6.0
$pagename	The page’s name (title).	6.0
$pageid	The page’s ID.	6.0
$query	The search entered by the end user (applicable for search modules and macros).	6.1
$nodeid	The node ID (applicable if Data Center clustering is in use).	7.0.6
$confluenceVersion	Displays the Confluence version. This text variable only works in the site’s footer.
$refinedThemeVersion	Displays the Refined version. This text variable only works in the site’s footer.