I'm not sure if this has been addressed before - apologies if so, I can't find an answer.
Is there a reason why we shouldn't activate shortcodes routinely for all templates - in case the client wishes to use an email shortcode for example? Is there an impact on performance? I was wondering whether to set up the option for a client to 'switch on' shortcodes for a template in the Admin Panel - but if it makes no difference then I'll simply activate them anyway within the template using the <cms:do_shortcodes> tag. I would wrap the whole page in the opening and closing shortcode tags.
But since the tag exists in the first place I assume there may well be a reason why shortcodes should only be 'activated' if they are needed?
Is there a reason why we shouldn't activate shortcodes routinely for all templates - in case the client wishes to use an email shortcode for example? Is there an impact on performance? I was wondering whether to set up the option for a client to 'switch on' shortcodes for a template in the Admin Panel - but if it makes no difference then I'll simply activate them anyway within the template using the <cms:do_shortcodes> tag. I would wrap the whole page in the opening and closing shortcode tags.
But since the tag exists in the first place I assume there may well be a reason why shortcodes should only be 'activated' if they are needed?