This very simple chat room script example uses 3 modes of operation. Mode 1 creates a frameset showing mode 2 on top and the default mode 0 on bottom. Mode 2 is a data view of the chat transcript which auto refreshes every 10 seconds. Mode 0 is also the default mode which is used… Read More »
With cases where you wish to create a more complex script with multiple modes, The [[IF_EQUAL]], and forms of [[ELSE]] are generally used. Note that you should use the default mode for handling posted data. Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address and test with… Read More »
This example uses the [[READ_FILE]] shortcode to load the data into a variable for printing to the screen. Create a node and paste one of the following code samples into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address and test with browser. [[READ_FILE:comments.txt|content]] [[PRINT:content]] or [[INITIALIZE:filename|”comments.txt”]] [[READ_FILE:$filename|content]] [[PRINT:content]]
This example uses the [[APPEND_FILE]] shortcode to store the form response in a data file called comments.txt located in the node’s root folder. Note that the \t creates a tab delimiter and the \n creates a new line in output string to be stored. To overwrite previous content use [[WRITE_FILE]] instead. Create a node and… Read More »
The basic contact form example uses the [[EMAIL]] shortcode to send a response to the website admin or any other email address that you choose.. The email shortcode looks like this. [[EMAIL:$to|$from|$subject|$message]] Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Substitute your own email address in the code for testing…. Read More »
If a script being executed has form data posted in it’s request headers, this data may be automatically assigned to variables using the [[POST]] shortcode. [[POST:First_Name]] [[POST:Last_Name]] Hello [[PRINT:First_Name]], [[PRINT:Last_Name]] To combine the form and the handler into the same script we may use the [[IF_SUBMITTED]] with the [[ELSE]] and [[END_IF]] shortcodes to add flow… Read More »
This script example creates a basic form. See [[FORM]], [[INPUT]], [[SUBMIT]], and [[END_OF_FORM]]. Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address and test with browser. [[FORM:#this]] [[INPUT:First_Name|Enter Your First Name]] [[INPUT:Last_Name|Enter Your Last Name]] [[SUBMIT:Save]] [[END_OF_FORM]]
A query string is everything to the right of a question mark found in a URL or internet web address. ex: google.com?search=mytown; the querystring is ‘search=mytown’. The querystring variable is: search and the value of ‘search’ is ‘mytown’. Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address… Read More »
Strings are the literal ascii content of the variable whether numeric, alphabetic or special characters such as Unicode. The same variable may be used as both it’s numeric evaluation as well as it’s literal string content depending on the operation. See: What is a string? “three” and “3” are both strings but “3” may be … Read More »
Variable computation example. Outputs: 3 Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address and test with browser. [[INITIALIZE:var1|1+2]] [[PRINT:var1]] Note: To bring variables within the calculations, add a dollar sign before each. You may also use parenthesis for algebraic expression grouping. [[INITIALIZE:var1|2]] [[INITIALIZE:var2|4]] [[INITIALIZE:var3|$var1+$var2]] [[INITIALIZE:var4|$var3/2]] The… Read More »
Variables may be assigned a name and a value such as first_name and Joe. Create a node and paste this following code into it’s landing page editor. Goto the node’s address and test with browser. [[INITIALIZE:first_name|”Joe”]] [[INITIALIZE:last_name|”Lee”]] Hello, [[PRINT:first_name]] [[PRINT:last_name]].[[cr]] Will output: Hello, Joe Lee.