RealCart U Course: RealCart [Tags] 101

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RealCart [Tags] 101 - SysInfo Tags

RealCart SysInfo Tags speed technical support

SysInfo tags tell RealCart technical support personnel about your computer environment. No personal information is ever captured by SysInfo tags other than the table below:

SysInfo Tags

[SysInfo_Affiliate] Affiliate code of the RealCart affiliate that benefitted from your purchase.

[SysInfo_BuildNum] The build number of the RealCart executable program.

[SysInfo_ColorDepth] Display Color Depth running on the user’s PC.

[SysInfo_DateTime] Current date and time on the user’s internal PC system clock.

[SysInfo_DisplayRes] Display resolution running on the user’s PC.

[SysInfo_OemString] The name of the RealCart program the user is running. (RealCart is available in OEM branded versions.)

[SysInfo_WinVer] Version of Windows running on the user’s PC.

There are going to be few times you will need to use one of the above tags in your store templates. The main purpose of these tags is to aid RealCart tech support in solving problems with your cart installation. The most useful of these tags is the [SysInfo_DateTime] tag. Try placing this tag at the bottom of your templates like this:

This page was last modified [SysInfo_DateTime].

This code will result in the following once parsed:

This page was last modified 23:0:42 6-30-2002.

This example shows how it would look if parsed at 11:00 pm, June 30, 2002.

RealCart Special Tags

Special tags tell RealCart to do special things in certain situations. Below are some RealCart special tags and what they do:

Special Tags

[DepartmentDesc_ItemCount] When inserted in a Department Repeat Tag this special tag will display the number of products in the department.

[ProductProfileGroupsLoop_Counter] A counter that will increment by one each time it is executed between a repeat tag. (Only used in profile loops.)

[RSSCFormMail_SiteIP] Special tag used to populate FormMail.pl referrers with the IP address of the site where RealCart is installed.

[RSSCFormMail_SiteURL] Special tag used to populate FormMail.pl referrers with the domain name of the site where RealCart is installed.

Conclusion

RealCart Square Tags offer total power over where and how your data appears in your finished pages. With a little imagination even a novice web designer can harness the power of RealCart’s customization capabilities. As you can see there is literally nothing that cannot be changed from the background color of the pages to the fonts used in the templates and snippits.

This concludes RealCart [Tags] 101. Our next course, RealCart Tag Syntax, teaches you the proper way to format the Square Tags to obtain the desired results. Topics covered include if / then snippit loading, repeat tags more in depth as well as when not to use Square Tags.

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