Create Your First QC Dynamic Replacer Rule

Your first QCDR Rule should be narrow, easy to verify, and saved as Draft until you know exactly which rendered frontend content it will change. A simple direct text replacement on one test page is the safest starting point.

Choose a Controlled Test

Pick a frontend page and a unique piece of visible text that you can restore easily. Confirm that Rule Live Processing can eventually be enabled, but do not start with a site-wide replacement if a single page can prove the workflow.

Create the Rule

  1. Open QC Dynamic Replacer → Rules.
  2. Click Create Rule.
  3. Enter a clear Rule name. New Rules default to Draft; leave it that way while building.
  4. Optionally add a Description.

Tell QCDR What to Find

Under What do you want to find?, choose the content type and enter Find this. Current choices include Anything/detect automatically, Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP source text, and URL/image-media references.

These choices describe rendered frontend content. Current QCDR does not edit Joomla source files.

Choose the Replacement

Under What should replace it?:

  1. Choose an Action. For a first Rule, use Replace it.
  2. Choose Enter a value as the Replacement source.
  3. Select an appropriate Replacement type, such as Plain text.
  4. Enter the Replacement value.

Later Rules can remove content, insert before/after, wrap with {match}, change an HTML attribute, or use a linked QCDR Token.

Limit Where It Applies

Under Where should it apply?, choose Only particular pages or menu items and select the test menu/page or add a narrow URL/path pattern. Pro and higher can additionally isolate output from selected frontend components/site modules.

Set Matching Behavior

For a simple first Rule, choose Exact phrase / whole term, leave Match text case off unless case matters, and choose the occurrence behavior you want. You can also cap Maximum replacements per page; 0 means no additional per-Rule limit.

Save, Verify, Then Enable

  1. Click Save or Save & Close while the Rule is still Draft.
  2. If your plan/ACL allows Preview & Rule Health, preview the exact saved Rule on the test URL.
  3. Otherwise, review the saved scope carefully, change Status to Enabled, and load the controlled frontend page.
  4. Confirm only the intended occurrence changed.
  5. If anything is unexpected, return the Rule to Draft/Disabled or turn Rule Live Processing off while correcting it.

Community Discussion

Want to compare workflows, share practical tips, or discuss how you use this QCDR feature? Visit the QC Dynamic Replacer Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific issues, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.