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fr_main

  • Name: fr_main.html - example of how to give some directions on using the catalog
  • Its frame name is 'main'
  • When searches are done, results are put here
  • All this can be structured differently, this is just an example
  • This is for frames browsers only fr_order
  • Name: fr_order.html - table-based order page for frame browsers
  • It has a secure-order element to pass them to the secure account information form
  • The secure-order link disappears once the user has submitted secure account information
  • There is an imagemap submit bar above, which is defined in standard NCSA imagemap format with the hidden 'mv_todo.map' variables
  • Order information is tracked, and can be entered automatically in your order entry software std_srch
  • Name: std_srch.html - example search form for non-frame based browsers
  • It is designed to let the user search the database for any text
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element std_sel
  • Name: std_sel.html - example category selection form for non-frame based browsers
  • This page is designed to search through the catalog for a series of fixed search strings
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
  • The buttonbar was placed with a buttonbar element fr_comb
  • Name: fr_comb.html - example search form for frame-based browsers
  • It is designed to let the user search the database for any text
  • Or select from a series of pre-defined categories
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element nf_search
  • Name: nf_search.html - example search form for standard browsers
  • It is designed to let the user search the database for any text
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
  • The buttonbar was placed with a buttonbar element nf_sel
  • Name: nf_sel.html - example category selection form for standard browsers
  • This page is designed to search through the catalog for a series of fixed search strings
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
  • The buttonbar was placed with a buttonbar element account
  • Fixed name: account.html - secure account information form
  • It should be compatible with both frame and non-frame browsers
  • If the DES encryption or external encryption option is used, the fields 'credit_card_no' and 'credit_card_exp' will be encrypted before being written to disk
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
  • The buttonbar below was placed with a buttonbar element fr_resul
  • Name: fr_resul.html - returns the search results for frame browsers
  • The entries above were built by the search engine based on the HTML inside the search-list element
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element