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MiniVend Hints

fr_main

  • Name: fr_main.html - example of how to give some directions on using the catalog
  • Its frame name is 'main'
  • When searches are done, results are put here
  • All this can be structured differently, this is just an example
  • This is for frames browsers only checkout
  • This is where the user goes when they click CheckOut, which is placed with the [finish_order] tag
  • MiniVend handles #name tags, as you can see
  • The user will receive a receipt once the order is placed, located in ord/receipt.html
  • There is an imagemap submit bar above, which is defined in standard NCSA imagemap format with the hidden 'mv_todo.map' variables
  • Order information is tracked, and can be entered automatically in your order entry software fr_comb
  • Name: fr_comb.html - example search form for frame-based browsers
  • It is designed to let the user search the database for any text
  • Or select from a series of pre-defined categories
  • The product database, or any set of files, can be searched for information using glimpse of fast binary search
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_' unless you read the documentation thoroughly nf_search
  • Name: nf_search.html - example search form for standard browsers
  • It is designed to let the user search the database for any text
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_' unless you read the documentation thoroughly
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the [body] element
  • The buttonbar was placed with a [buttonbar] element nf_sel
  • Name: nf_sel.html - example category selection form for standard browsers
  • This page is designed to search through the catalog for a series of fixed search strings
  • You can customize if you wish, but make sure you don't change the variable names beginning with 'mv_'
  • The background and/or color scheme was placed with the [body] element
  • The buttonbar was placed with a [buttonbar] element country_select