Hi all! I have a super stupid question: How can I setup a kind of a database with global texts to be used from anywhere? The simplest example: I want to save the name of my app on a table, so that I can then reference that string from anywhere within the app. Then, if I reference that string from 10…

You’re actually doing it the right way. But you’re correct that such searches, which can only be executed after a bunch of other loading, is not fast enough for ye olde Googlebot.

At the risk of sending you down a rathole: @gaurav ’s Environment Variables plug might be a solution (I’m not sure - haven’t tested it). The idea is that you could load some static text not from the database (I think). At any rate, one could just build a custom plugin that makes some strings availa…

This is something we’ve been asking Bubble many times. Unfortunately no response yet. @emmanuel maybe you can tell us - is this feature will be added in nearest Bubble updates? Or even in a roadmap?

Hi! There is actually a built in feature for this. You can find it in the dynamic values drop-down, it’s a thing that says “App Text (?)” this is a way for you to use text from the already built language system: [image] You can add a new text or use one that you already have created: [image] An…

Oh boy, you made my day, @joao1997domingues ! That worked for me! So the strings on Language make to job. My only concern is: If I use these strings for dynamic SEO-related texts, how is it going to be affected if I add new languages? What if I don’t translate those strings to languages I add? Maybe …

Your welcome! Regarding your other question, I’m not sure what is the default when you don’t specify a text in a certain language but it’s an easy test. Also in settings you have the option to specify what field in the user tells bubble what language that user uses, you can define a field for yours…

In the same tab where you define your texts, you have to specify the default language of the app. So every language that aren’t defined will redirect toward the default. So no need to copy/paste into every language!

Great point, @julienallard1 and @joao1997domingues ! In that case, simply leaving it blank for the rest of the new languages would be enough. You rock, guys! :smiley:

Your solution works just perfect only for text. I was asking for some global variables that can be applied anywhere on the website, for example: global discount or number of free accounts left.

[image] keith: Environment Variables For that purpose you have this (paid) plugin … No “native” bubble solution yet…

Global texts to be used from anywhere inside the app

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joao1997domingues August 12, 2019, 6:59pm 14

As promised, here it is:

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