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Parsing Templates

When you unload a template you will be asked to PARSE the template.
Parsing the template is to automatically locate all the entities on the template and enter the entities into a database.

(Note Entities will be covered further on)
 
  • When a template has been parsed you then select the entities you want to add.
  • If you select the check box to automatically determine the entity names this will remove the underscores in the entity name and assign an entity name automatically.
    Example {menu_heading_name} will become menu heading name
    You should be careful how you name your entities to take advantage of this feature as this will save you al lot of time establishing entity names for the database.
  • At any time you can upload a template and re-parse the template if you have added any new entities.
  • You can select modify templates and re parse the template to modify or delete existing entities
  • When you parse a template any reserved global entities entities prefixed with link or global are identified and added automatically.

  • Global entities are assigned an entity type - Standard body text
  • Duplicate entities are also checked and a warning message is displayed if these are found.


 


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Categories & Users

Because the editable data is held on a central web server, changes can be made from any computer in the world, so you are not restricted by geographical location. In the situation of HTML generators you are not restricted to the computer the software is loaded on.

Structure of Fastpage

Categories

The foundation of a Fastpage site starts with the category structure.
Apart from helping you structure your web site, users can be assigned to one or more categories.
This means you can have several users responsible for different areas of a web site, but restricting access from other parts of the web site.

Users

Fastpage has two type of users:-

  • Adminstrators
  • End users

Adminstrators are responsible for the creation of the templates, while end users can manage the content defined by the web designer.