Variable data tags

Located within the paired Xinet Portal tags are the variable data tags. These tags are easily identifiable as they are enclosed in brackets and appear as text in the HTML code of your Xinet Portal template. Looking at the code in the toplevel.tmpl.html file shown in page 700, locate these variable data tags: {UN} {LANG_VOLHEAD} {SITE_URL}.

They illustrate a few guidelines to follow when working with variable data tags:

•	Tags must always be in all caps. For example: {UN}

•	Tags should always be contained within brackets. For example: {UN}

Variable data tags can be broken down into four main categories:

•	General page tags

•	Volume cell tags

•	File/directory cell tags

•	Keyword row tags

The rest of this section of the manual presents an overview of these tags. For a complete list, including some less general categories, please refer to Appendix: Xinet Portal Tags and Templates.

General Page tags present information and graphics specific to the actions or navigation of a page. These variable data tags will be located inside the Xinet Portal array:

<Styles:tmpl name="PortalPage">

A few examples of these tags include:

Tag	Purpose	Example	Link
{SB}	Search button		Search the directory (directories only)
{PATH}	Full path with links	Top Level:Production
{VS}	Change browse view		Click a view to change browse view
{TL}	Go to Top level (home)		Displays Top Level
{SBB}	Show Collection button		Display the Collection

Volume cell tags

Volume cell tags present information and graphics relevant to available Xinet volumes. These variable data tags will be located inside the Xinet Portal tag:

<Styles:tmpl name="volume_cell">

A few examples of these tags include:

Tag	Purpose	Example	Link
Volume information
{PATH}	Volume path on the server	/raid/Production
{NAME} or {VOLUME_NAME} or {FILE_NAME}	Volume name	Production
{SERVER_NAME}	Name of Xinet server, from config.inc.php	portal.mycompany.com
Buttons
{NB}	Browse volume		Browse page for volume top level
{VN} or {FN}	Volume name with link to browse	Production	Browse page for volume top level
{IP}	Browse volume, smaller icon		Browse page for volume top level
{SB}	Search volume		Search page for volume top level
Misc
{UN}	User name	Frank
URL tags
{VOLUME_BROWSE_LINK}	URL to browse volume	/PORTAL/BROWSE.php? path=/raid/Production& server=MTMxLjEwNi4xMTAuMTA4& siteurl=L2Jvbm5pZUhvdXNl
{VOLUME_SEARCH_LINK}	URL to search volume	/PORTAL/SEARCHOPTIONS.php? path=/raid/Production& server=MTMxLjEwNi4xMTAuMTA4& siteurl=L2Jvbm5pZUhvdXNl

 

File/Directory cell tags present information and graphics associated with a file and/or directory. These variable data tags will be located inside one of these Xinet Portal arrays:

<Styles:tmpl name="file_cell">
<Styles:tmpl name="files_cell">
<Styles:tmpl name="directory_cell">

A few examples of these tags include:.

Tag	Purpose	Example	Link
File Information
{FILE_NAME} or {FN}	File name	Kitten A.jpg
{FC}	Four-character AppleShare Creator	8BIM
{FT} or {HIT}	Four-character AppleShare filetype	JPEG
{FILE_COMMENT}	Mac OS 9 style comment (entered from Mac OS 9 finder or Xinet database, or set automatically by application)	User Xinet uploaded this file from 131.106.110.74 on Oct. 12 11:22
{FILE_DIR}	Parent directory	/raid/Production/A
{FILE_PATH}	URL encoded path to file	/raid/Production/A/Kitten%20A.jpg
FPO Information
{FPOC}	FPO color space	CMYK
{FPOL}	FPO file size	76 kbyte
{FPOR}	FPO resolution	72
{FPOS}	FPO dimensions (in inches)	5 in x 7 in
{FPOT}	FPO image type	EPSF
Hi-Res Information
{HIC}	Hi-res color space	CMYK
{HIL}	Hi-res file size	2 Mbyte
{HIR}	Hi-res resolution	300
{HIS}	Hi-res dimensions (in inches)	5 in x 7 in
{HIT} or {FT}	Hi-res file type	JPEG
Dates
{AD}	Last Access Date	Monday, 12 November, 2011 09:11:39 AM
{CD}	File Creation Date	Fri., 12 Oct., 2011 11:25:18 AM
{MD}	Modification date	Wed, 26 Step, 2011 12:18:00 PM
Buttons
{BB}	Add/remove item from the Collection		Adds/removes item from the Collection
{FB}	FPO download button		Downloads the FPO
{HB}	Hi-res download button		Downloads the high-res file
{II}	Image Info link		More information about the file or directory
{NB}	Show contents of folder or parent folder		Browse the folder (for folders in browse) or the parent folder (for search results)
{OB}	Custom Image Order		Open Custom Image Order
{PDFB}	Stream PDF		Stream the PDF
{SB}	Search the directory		Search the directory (directories only)
{STB}	Stream the file (HTML, movies, PDF)		Streams the file
Icons/Previews
{I16}	16x16 pixel icon		Opens image info
{IP} or {ICON_PREVIEW}	File icon
{SP}	Small Preview		Opens large preview
Archive Info
{ASD}	Date of archive (formatted)	Thursday, 18 October, 2007 01:47:22 PM
{AS}	Archive status icon (usually to the top right of the small preview in browse)
Metadata
{KW_DBVALUE}	See Advanced Xinet Portal Tags: _Using Keyword Tags for instructions on how to use these.
{KW_DESC}
{KW_DROPMENU}
{KW_EDITABLE}
{KW_ID}
{KW_LOCALNAME}
{KW_NAME}
{KW_VALUE}
Links
See the "_LINK Tags” on page 765 for instructions on how to use these.
Source
{IP_SOURCE}	See the "_SOURCE Tags” on page 768 for instructions on how to use these.
{SP_SOURCE}

Keyword row tags

Keyword row tags present information and graphics associated with keywords. These variable data tags will be located inside the Xinet Portal array:

<Styles:tmpl name="keyword_row">

A few examples of these tags include:

Tag	Purpose	Example
All Keywords
{KW_NAME}	Keyword name, with colon at the end	Approval Date:
{KW_DESC}	Keyword description	Date for when asset is approved; automatically set when “Approved” field is set
{KW_LOCALNAME}	The localized name for the keyword, from the user’s Xinet language style	fecha de la aprobación
{KW_HTML}	HTML form to view or edit the keyword
{KW_FLAG}	HTML menu containing choices for comparison for search
{KW_VALUE}	Current value for the keyword with HTML interpreted	hello
{KW_HTMLVALUE}	Current value with any HTML interpreted	<i>hello</i>

For the more advanced Web designer, we have provided some advanced file and directory cell tags. Examples of these advanced variable data tags are provided below. See _LINK Tags for instructions about how to use these.

Tag	Example/explanation
BROWSE_LINK	URL to browse the current path
SP_SOURCE	File small preview <img> tag, no links
HIGH_LINK	URL to download the high-resolution file
FPO_LINK	URL to download the FPO of the file