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MiniVend Hints
flypage
- This page was built on the fly
- Individual database fields are accessed with the item_field element
- The image name is based on the image database field (if present)
- The body element controls the look
- The order link is placed with the order element
- The text anchor Order is defined in the ItemLinkValue directive
itempage
- This page was made with a program
- The image name is based on the Catalog number (if present)
- The body element controls the look
- The order link is placed with the order element
- The text anchor Order is defined in the ItemLinkValue directive
catalog
- This is the default page for the program
- It should be compatible with both frame and non-frame browsers
- Help messages (like this one) can be turned off in Control
- The Control page will allow the user to control frames/non-frames operation
- The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
- The buttonbar below was placed with a buttonbar element
fr_greet
- You should only see this page if you have a frame-based browser
- The links above are done with pagetarget elements
- The background pattern and/or color scheme are done with a body element
- The buttonbar below is defined with a buttonbar element
- Help messages (like this one) can be turned off in Control
nf_greet
- Name: nf_greet.html - disable frames or catalog for standard browsers
- The frames-off element disabled frames
- The Control page will allow the user to go back to frames if they wish
- The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
- The buttonbar below was placed with a buttonbar element
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order
- Fixed name: order.html - order page
- Frame browsers can have another order page
- 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
- 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
reframe
- Name: reframe.html - re-makes the frame set if a frame-based
browser turns frames back on
- If a non-frame browser tries to enable frames, this page will
be displayed
- The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
- The buttonbar below was placed with a buttonbar element
search
- Fixed name: search.html - returns the search results
- You could put another search form here if you wished
- The entries above were built by the search engine
based on the HTML inside the search-list element
- It should be compatible with both frame and non-frame browsers
- The background and/or color scheme was placed with the body element
- The buttonbar below was placed with a buttonbar element
control
- Name: control.html - User presentation control
- This page controls the user presentation
- You can enable and disable frames
- You can enable and disable help messages (like this one)
- Colors can be changed to meet user preference, or could
be defined to be several pre-set schemes
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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