Glossary of GoldPaint Terms S-Z

^ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? Panel

Select the first letter of the word from the list above to link to appropriate section of the glossary.

S

select: Within a form, creates a drop down box from which to select. The information in the selection box is stored in the VARIABLE for use by the system. The value can be automatiically prefill.
<tame select: VARIABLE VALUE. . .>

VALUE:

List of selection values to display in the select box.

Note: Any of the following words or single characters can be used as one of the selection values to generate a null value. NONE, *, ., and #

Example:

<tame form>
<tame select: size small medium large> Select a size
<tame /form>

This example will present a drop down box with the words "Select a size" next to it. When the customer selects small, medium or large, it is associated with the variable "size" for use by the system. The variable can be present on the screen using "&size".

See Also: ^buyselect, select2

select2: Within a form, creates a drop down box from which to select. The information in the selection box, DISPLAY, is paired with the information supplied to the system, CODE-RETURN. This enables the list to have a user friendly display while providing system related information in the background. The value can be automatiically prefill.
<tame select2: VARIABLE [DISPLAY] [CODE-RETURN]>

[DISPLAY] [CODE-RETURN]:

List of selection pairs to display in the select box and return to the system. Brackets, [ ], are required if spaces are imbedded in the display or return arguments.

Note: Any of the following words or single characters can be used as one of the selection values to generate a null value. NONE, *, ., and #

Note: This tag will function only with browsers that support HTML 3.0 features.

Example:

<tame form>
<tame select2: size small [8 oz] medium [12 oz] large [16 oz}> Select a size
<tame /form>

The drop down box presented will list small, medium and large. Upon selection the system will store 8, 12 or 16 oz in the variable, size.

See Also: select, ^buyselect, ^buyselect2

select_quality: Within a form, offers drop down boxes that present product qualities to the customer. Once a ^buybutton is selected, these qualities will appear in the product description section of the cart.

QUALITY:

The quality of the product, such as color, for which values are provided.

VALUE:

The different values or options from which a customer can choose. For example, blue green yellow.

Example:

<tame form>
A Personalized Widget
<tame select_quality: widget size small medium large>
<tame ^buy: widget Buy a Widget>
<tame /form>

In this example the item widget can be specialized by size. The customer will see a drop down selection list for size. Once a choice is made and the ^buy button is selected, the information associated with the widget will appear in the description section on the cart panel.

select_quality2: Within a form, offers drop down boxes that present product qualities to the customer. Once a ^buybutton is selected, these qualities will appear in the product description section of the cart.

QUALITY:

The quality of the product, such as color, for which values are provided.

[DISPLAY] [CODE-RETURN]:

List of selection pairs to display in the select box and return to the system. Brackets, [ ], are required if spaces are imbedded in the display or return arguments.

Note: Any of the following words or single characters can be used as one of the selection values to generate a null value. NONE, *, ., and #

Note: This tag will function only with browsers that support HTML 3.0 features.

Example:

<tame form>
Please select your size.
<tame select_quality2: socks size Small 1 Medium 2 [Large X-Large] 3>
<tame ^buysubmit: Purchase socks>
<tame /form>

When the customer selects a size, it is associated with the product socks. The size appears in the description along with the product selection. Note the use of [ ] to enclose arguments with embedded spaces.

select_qty: Within a form, creates a selection box from which to select the QUANTITY. This tag provides a restricted quantities list. To allow any quantity input use the input_qty tag.

QUANTITY:: The list of numbers representing the quantity of the ITEM a customer can purchase.

Example:

<tame form>
<tame descrip: example>
<tame select_quality2: example size Small 1 Medium 2 [Large X-Large] 3>
<tame select_qty: example 0 1 2 3 4> Select quantity<br>
<tame ^buy: example>
<tame /form>

This example provides provides details about and sizes for an "example" and then limits the quantity to purchase (0 to 4) with the select_qty button. Selecting the ^buy button will associate all information with "example: and submit it to the cart_panel.

T

TAMECOMMAND

tamecase: A primary tag which marks up an area of a form that will be displayed or executed. A primary tag functions as if it is a direct HTML tag. The case is set by the calling link which can be in the same page or a different page. The default case is always named "main". The default case is the one activated when the document is opened without a case being specified.

End Mark Required: /tamecase

<tamecase: CASE-NAME>
HTML-AREA
</tamecase>

CASE-NAME:

The name of the case. The name can be multiple words but cannot contain a period.

Example:

Create a tamecase on curpage using the following format:

<tamecase: pagecase>
This is the pagecase area of the file
</tamecase>

To access this case use the following command:

<tame ^link: pagecase Go to this pages case area>

This goes to the tamecase "pagecase" in the same document that contained the link. Note that there are no periods used in the link statement which indicates the use of case-name instead of document-location.

To access the curpage pagecase from another document use the tocase modifier:

<tame tocase: pagecase; ^link: curpage.tam Go to the new page>

See also: tocase, document-location, ^link

tamehead: This tag can be used to start a tame page with the minimal tame footprint. This tag simply generates a <base href="http://yourdomain/yourshop/yourpage.tam"> html statement that supplies the client browsers with the correct page and directory.

Note: The tamepage command provides additional functionality.

HTML-AREA
<head>
<tame tamehead>
HTML-AREA
</head>
HTML-AREA

Note: When you use this tag you must place it between the <head> </head> html directives at the top of the page, and you are responsible for including all other HTML tags that normally start a page.

Note: If you do not use the tamehead or tamepage tag, the client browser might not know how to form requests for images called from your page.

Example:

<html>
<head>
<tame tamehead>
<title>This page requires additional HTML information</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

In this example the tamehead provides the basic information to allow the GoldPaint Shopping System to access images on the page. To define the background and title requires the additional html markups.

U

Unique: Link modifier. Adds a unique number to the link query string forcing the link to always be unique. Use this modifier on any link to a page that displays dynamic information. This helps prevent the customer browser from catching the dynamic page locally which could cause the display of out-of-date information.

Example:

See Also: http, https, ^link, outside

V

VARIABLE: The name of a tame local variable to fill with a value. A variable name begins with an ampersand (&) and is followed immediately by a variable name.

Note: Variable are discussed in detail in the Variables section.

W

when: A logic statement which if true, completes the tame command which follows.

Example

<tame when: {&total > 200.00} {relink: overlimit.tam}>

In this example, the customer will not goto the payment screen if he has spent more than $200.00, instead he will be sent to the overlimit.tam page.

X Y Z ?

{?}: Please see DISPLAY DATABASE INFORMATION and DISPLAY PRODUCT INFORMATION

Draft Katherine C. Davis 3/27/97