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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 a [[Customised_templates#HTML_5_-_a_very_quick_guide_to_structure|web page]], a [[Feels_Like#HTML_code_to_translate_web_tags_to_JavaScript_variables_.28as_modified_for_additional_parameters.29|JavaScript file]], a PHP script, or a [[Xml_webtags|eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML)]] file. | 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 a [[Customised_templates#HTML_5_-_a_very_quick_guide_to_structure|web page]], a [[Feels_Like#HTML_code_to_translate_web_tags_to_JavaScript_variables_.28as_modified_for_additional_parameters.29|JavaScript file]], a PHP script, or a [[Xml_webtags|eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML)]] file. | ||
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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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== Why does MX talk about tokens? == | == Why does MX talk about tokens? == | ||
MX uses a '''token parser''' to read the web tags and replace them with the correct value, so if diagnostic output refers to tokens, it is saying the attempt to actually work out what content to return to replace the web tag with its tag name and parameters has encountered a problem. | MX uses a '''token parser''' to read the web tags and replace them with the correct value, so if diagnostic output refers to tokens, it is saying the attempt to actually work out what content to return to replace the web tag with its tag name and parameters has encountered a problem. | ||
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