 readme  id readmetxt v 1161 20090419 213124 greggles exp description token module provides a centralized api for text substitution unless you re installing another drupal module that requires it this software is probably unnecessary for more information on tokens see http groupsdrupalorg tokens benefits if you re a drupal developer check out apitxt for detailed instructions on using the token api it allows every module to announce the placeholder tokens they can handle uses simple caching to prevent duplicated work in a given pageview and is pretty lightweight it s nice you ll like it tokenstarter want to add your own custom tokens to a site not sure how to write a module worry no more it s now quite easy 1 copy and rename the tokenstarterinfo and tokenstartermodule replacing every instance of starter with a descriptive appropriate word 2 edit the module file and change hooktokenlist and hooktokenvalues to provide whatever additional tokens or logic your site needs 3 enable the module and enjoy you should also want to read the apitxt 