$wsSubshop - Subshop - WEBSALE Dokumentation

With the $wsSubshop module, you can access subshop data. Typical use cases are language switchers or links between different country and language versions of the shop. In this section, you will learn how to read out subshop information and link between subshops.

Module overview

Example / excerpt of $wsSubshop

{{= $wsSubshop | json }}

JSON output

{
  "currentTime": "2026-06-26T09:18:59.000Z",
  "id": "deutsch",
  "language": {
    "isoCode": "DE",
    "name": "Deutsch"
  },
  "subshopUrl": "ƒ()",
  "subshops": ["deutsch"],
  "timeZone": "Europe/Berlin"
}

Note: ƒ() denotes a function. Variables and methods overview

Name	Type	Description
`id`	string	ID of the current subshop.
`currentTime`	string	Current timestamp in ISO 8601 format.
`timeZone`	string	Time zone configured in the shop (e.g. `"Europe/Berlin"`).
`language`	map	Map with language information of the subshop.
`isoCode`	string	ISO language code (e.g. `"DE"`, `"EN"`).
`name`	string	Name of the language (e.g. `"Deutsch"`, `"Englisch"`).
`subshops`	array	List of all available subshop IDs.
`subshopUrl()`	string	Returns the URL to the home page of the specified subshop.

Templates

Subshop data is typically used in the following places:

Header: language switcher between different subshops.
Footer: links to other country/language versions of the shop.
Content: country-specific notices or adjustments.

Variables

$wsSubshop.id

Returns the ID of the current subshop.

Current subshop: {{= $wsSubshop.id }}

$wsSubshop.currentTime

Returns the current timestamp in ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2026-06-26T09:18:59.000Z). Format this value with the global function dateFmt() into a readable date or time.

{{= $wsSubshop.currentTime | dateFmt("%Y") }}

This is how you output, for example, the current year, e.g. for a copyright notice in the footer.

$wsSubshop.timeZone

Returns the time zone configured in the shop (e.g., Europe/Berlin). This is the time zone that dateFmt() uses when no separate time zone is specified during formatting.

Shop time zone: {{= $wsSubshop.timeZone }}

$wsSubshop.language

Returns a map with language information of the current subshop.

Language: {{= $wsSubshop.language.name }} ({{= $wsSubshop.language.isoCode }})

$wsSubshop.language.isoCode

Returns the ISO language code of the current subshop.

ISO code: {{= $wsSubshop.language.isoCode }}

$wsSubshop.language.name

Returns the name of the language of the current subshop.

Current language: {{= $wsSubshop.language.name }}

$wsSubshop.subshops

Returns a list of all available subshop IDs. Useful for creating a language switcher or country selector.

{{ foreach $myShopId in $wsSubshop.subshops }}
  {{= $myShopId }}
{{ /foreach }}

Methods

$wsSubshop.subshopUrl()

Returns the URL to the home page of the specified subshop. The URL automatically takes into account the correct domain and path of the target subshop. Signature
$wsSubshop.subshopUrl(subshopId) Return value
string - URL of the specified subshop. Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`subshopId`	string	yes	ID of the target subshop.

Example that outputs the URL of a subshop.

URL: {{= $wsSubshop.subshopUrl('english') }}

Actions

No actions are available for $wsSubshop.

Examples

Set HTML lang attribute

<html lang="{{= $wsSubshop.language.isoCode | lower }}">

Display current language

<p>You are in the shop: {{= $wsSubshop.language.name }}</p>

Combines currentTime with dateFmt, for example to keep a copyright line always up to date.

<p>© {{= $wsSubshop.currentTime | dateFmt("%Y") }} My online shop</p>

Result

© 2026 My online shop

general - General shop settings
Functions - global functions such as dateFmt, isoToUnix, and unixToIso for processing timestamps.

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$wsSubshop - Subshop

Module overview

Templates

Variables

$wsSubshop.id

$wsSubshop.currentTime

$wsSubshop.timeZone

$wsSubshop.language

$wsSubshop.language.isoCode

$wsSubshop.language.name

$wsSubshop.subshops

Methods

$wsSubshop.subshopUrl()

Actions

Examples

Set HTML lang attribute

Display current language

Output the current year in the footer

​Module overview

​Templates

​Variables

​$wsSubshop.id

​$wsSubshop.currentTime

​$wsSubshop.timeZone

​$wsSubshop.language

​$wsSubshop.language.isoCode

​$wsSubshop.language.name

​$wsSubshop.subshops

​Methods

​$wsSubshop.subshopUrl()

​Actions

​Examples

​Set HTML lang attribute

​Display current language

​Output the current year in the footer

​Related links

Module overview

Templates

Variables

$wsSubshop.id

$wsSubshop.currentTime

$wsSubshop.timeZone

$wsSubshop.language

$wsSubshop.language.isoCode

$wsSubshop.language.name

$wsSubshop.subshops

Methods

$wsSubshop.subshopUrl()

Actions

Examples

Set HTML lang attribute

Display current language

Output the current year in the footer

Related links