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Working with HTML Template Pages

VirtCert is designed to be smoothly integrated into your existing web site. This page provides the technical details of how to do it. This page is designed for people who have a good understanding of HTML, Forms, and the DNS system. For some examples of different versions of the search engines, visit our demo site at www.DemoDiamonds.com .

Summary

HTML Template pages allow you to customize the look-and-feel of the pages that appear with your search results, order forms, and Virtual Certificates. This page tells you how to set them up.

The presentation of the actual search results themselves are set up by VirtCert.com staff, and are chosen by using the _format option on your search form. HTML Template pages control everything else on the page, such as the page headers and footers, background graphics, etc.

HTML Template Page Format

An HTML Template page determines the page that is returned to the web browser when a search, order, or Virtual Certificate is viewed.

The actual data returned from the database is included by placing certain variables on the page where the respective information should go.

Search Results HTML Templates

Here is a simple example of an HTML Template page for the search results:

<html>
<head>
<base href="http://www.mycompany.com/">
<title>MyCompany.com Search Results</title>
</head>
<body background="myimage.jpg">
Here are the results of your search:

$output

Hope you found what you were looking for!  
If not, call us and we'll find it for you!

<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)">Click BACK to Return to your last page</a>
</body>
</html>

The <base> tag in the <head> section tells the browser to pull off any required graphics or other links or references off of your web site. The pages that are generated by our servers will be coming from our servers, and the <base> tag lets the users' browser know that all links and files should be taken off of the yourcompany.com server, not the VirtCert ones.

The $output variable is where the VirtCert search results will go.

Everything else on the page is designed to match the look and feel of the site, and you can put anything you want on the page.

The javascript function is a handy way to let your users navigate backwards without having to hit the "BACK" button. They can click on the link and it will effectively "click" the back button for them. It's not required, but it is used often enough that we added it here for everyone to use.

Virtual Certificate HTML Templates

...coming soon...

Order Form HTML Templates

...coming soon...

If there is a feature that you would like added, or you have questions as to how to implement a particular feature, please contact us at support@virtcert.com and we will do our best to help you quickly with whatever you need.

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