Re: Claris HomePage messes up the code
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11017
interpreted = N
texte = In general, there shouldn't be any problem using an HTML editor to createthe pages. Some editors encode the square brackets since they look likeillegal characters. This can cause problems since WebCatalog looks for thesquare brackets and doesn't decode every character unless necessary (forspeed reasons). Thus you will probably have to go back through and replacethe encoded square brackets with the real thing. This shouldn't be too bad:certainly much less work than not using an HTML editor. We're working onways of dealing with this without slowing the product down.John.>I really like to use Claris HomePage to make the templates (.tmpl). The>problem is that WebCat don't undertand the WebCat tags even if I just open>the file and saves it. When I do this in the ShoppingCart.tmpl the>description and price just shows [description] and [price] instead of the>actual data. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong. I have printed the>code from BBEdit and HomePage. I am now going to see if the code is>different. I have the same problem with PageMill. Is there any workaround?>>--------------------------------------->Bjorn A. Solstad. Macpoint AS, Trondheim - Norway.>HomePage: http://www.macpoint.no/John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing *********************************Pacific Coast Software * Home of the Web's best11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #462 * Catalog and Merchant softwareSan Diego, CA 92128 * http://www.smithmicro.comPhone: 619-675-1106 Fax: 675-0372 *********************************
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In general, there shouldn't be any problem using an HTML editor to createthe pages. Some editors encode the square brackets since they look likeillegal characters. This can cause problems since WebCatalog looks for thesquare brackets and doesn't decode every character unless necessary (forspeed reasons). Thus you will probably have to go back through and replacethe encoded square brackets with the real thing. This shouldn't be too bad:certainly much less work than not using an HTML editor. We're working onways of dealing with this without slowing the product down.John.>I really like to use Claris HomePage to make the templates (.tmpl). The>problem is that WebCat don't undertand the WebCat tags even if I just open>the file and saves it. When I do this in the ShoppingCart.tmpl the>description and price just shows [description] and [price] instead of the>actual data. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong. I have printed the>code from BBEdit and HomePage. I am now going to see if the code is>different. I have the same problem with PageMill. Is there any workaround?>>--------------------------------------->Bjorn A. Solstad. Macpoint AS, Trondheim - Norway.>HomePage: http://www.macpoint.no/John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing *********************************Pacific Coast Software * Home of the Web's best11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #462 * Catalog and Merchant softwareSan Diego, CA 92128 * http://www.smithmicro.comPhone: 619-675-1106 Fax: 675-0372 *********************************
John Hill
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