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[[File:Crystal Clear info.png|40px]] This document was written for the (legacy) Cumulus 1 software. It has been updated to cover MX, but that was for a MX release that is no longer latest! | |||
<big>From release 3.10.1, web template pages (that need to be processed and uploaded) are no longer provided with MX, instead the default web pages are installed once onto your web server and they use the technique mentioned at [[Php_webtags#Option_3:_JavaScript_Object_Notation|JavaScript_Object_Notation (.json) files]], for full details please see [[New_Default_Web_Site_Information]]</big> | |||
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=What is a web tag? = | =What is a web tag? = | ||
Put simply, a web tag is included in a Cumulus template file to indicate where Cumulus should insert values when it produces an output file. The concept of [[Customised_templates#What_is_meant_by_.27Cumulus_processes_templates.27|processing templates]] is explained in another article. | Put simply, a web tag is included in a [[Cumulus template file]] to indicate where Cumulus should insert values when it produces an output file. The concept of [[Customised_templates#What_is_meant_by_.27Cumulus_processes_templates.27|processing templates]] is explained in another article. | ||
The output file can be: | The output file can be: | ||
* a [[Customised_templates#HTML_5_-_a_very_quick_guide_to_structure|web page]], | * a [[Customised_templates#HTML_5_-_a_very_quick_guide_to_structure|web page]], | ||
* a [[Php_webtags#Option_3:_JavaScript_Object_Notation| | * a [[Php_webtags#Option_3:_JavaScript_Object_Notation|JavaScript Object Notation (.json) file]] | ||
* a [[Feels_Like#HTML_code_to_translate_web_tags_to_JavaScript_variables_.28as_modified_for_additional_parameters.29|JavaScript file]], | * a [[Feels_Like#HTML_code_to_translate_web_tags_to_JavaScript_variables_.28as_modified_for_additional_parameters.29|JavaScript file]], | ||
* a [[PHP]] script file, or | * a [[PHP]] script file, or | ||
*a [[Xml_webtags|eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML)]] file. | *a [[Xml_webtags|eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML)]] file. | ||
== Why does MX talk about tokens? == | == Why does MX talk about tokens? == | ||
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=What this article covers = | =What this article covers = | ||
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#At the last count, a 3.5.x version of MX produces ''nine and a half million'' '''web tags'''! | #At the last count, a 3.5.x version of MX produces ''nine and a half million'' '''web tags'''! | ||
# Those millions of web tags can actually produce billions of different outputs! | # Those millions of web tags can actually produce billions of different outputs! | ||
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There is some more information on [[Webtag Applicability|Web tag Applicability page]]. | There is some more information on [[Webtag Applicability|Web tag Applicability page]]. | ||
= Web tags available in Cumulus = | = Web tags available in Cumulus = |