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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

View CMS block tags

View CMS block tags, which are used for advanced block creation and site flexibility.

Before you begin

Role required: content_admin or admin

About this task

It is constructed as <g:content_block> {{Jelly_Tags|Jelly]] and can be used in either of the following ways.

To display a block inside a block
To display a block inside a layout

The tag appears in the format, <g:content_block type="<type>" id="<sys_id>"/>.

An example of the block tag is included in the ESS Portal sample site.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Content Management > Design > Frames.
Click cms_admin_home_frame.

View the code.

<style>

DIV.cms_administration_home {
    background: url(gray_${current_page.getURLSuffix()}.pngx) no-repeat right top;
}

</style>


<div class="cms_administration_home">
   ${body}
<br/>
<!-- Would you like to pivot off of parent page instead?  try this snippet 
   <j:if test="${current_page.getParentPage().getURLSuffix()=='administration'}">
      <g:content_block type="content_block_menu" id="7afc342def002000914304167b2256ac"/>
   </j:if>
     The defaults use the page URL suffix to define sub menus
-->
   <j:if test="${current_page.getURLSuffix()=='administration'}">
      <g:content_block type="content_block_menu" id="7afc342def002000914304167b2256ac"/>
   </j:if>
   <j:if test="${current_page.getURLSuffix()=='community_inspired'}">
      <g:requires name="ess.portal.globals.jsdbx" />
      <g:content_block type="content_block_menu" id="ccd4b8c7efb70000914304167b22566e"/>
   </j:if>
<br/>
</div>

To see what the page looks like, navigate to the ESS Portal administration page.

For example, http://instance name.service-now.com/ess/administration.do.