How to use variables?

[Roger Hughes]

I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I even
have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like just what
I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?

[LBA]

How to use which variables to do what in what context?

Laurence

Roger Hughes wrote:

>I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I even
>have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like just what
>I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
>
>
>
>

[NetObjects Support]

Hello Roger,

Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
documentation:

http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...d_variable.htm

Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change in
the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can update
them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they are
updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using them for
we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to your
situation.

--
Thank you,
Adam
NetObjects Technical Support
http://support.netobjects.com
"Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
> I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I even
> have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like just
> what
> I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
>
>

[Murray Eisenberg]

Doesn't the date provided by NOF's Text > Edit Field > Date & Time menu
item create a date (you can select as format just the year) that
automatically updates?

LBA wrote:
> ...A typical use for a NOF user-defined
> variable might be for, say, a copyright date. If you put 2006 on all
> your pages, you may feel that you need to change it to 2007 next year...
> page by page by page (assuming you didn't put it in a Master Border.)
> But if you made 2006 a user-defined variable (you being the user, not
> the site visitor), you could change that one variable next January and
> all the pages would update accordingly.


--
Murray Eisenberg murray@math.umass.edu
Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
Amherst, MA 01003-9305

[Garret Mott]

Hi Murray -

> Doesn't the date provided by NOF's Text > Edit Field > Date & Time menu
> item create a date (you can select as format just the year) that
> automatically updates?

No! It puts a time stamp on the page that does not get updated.

Garret Mott

Auto-Mate Software www.automatesoftware.com
Northeast DataFlex Consortium www.nedataflex.com

[Chuck «BeyondFusion»]

Roger,

Fusion variables are used for simple substitution for text you would use
repeatedly on your pages.

You define the variable, assign a value and then you can place it using the
Insert HTML window of a text box, for example.

Let's say you wanted to have some text appear in multiple locations. Like a
meeting date for a meeting occurs every month.

Assign a "meeting" variable. Insert it in the appropriate locations on your
pages.

Then, each month when the date changes, you can just change the value of the
variable so it will change throught the site without you having to change
each occurance manually.

Make sense?

--
Chuck Joslin - Team NetObjects
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"Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dvc50g$aq315@news01.netobjects.com...
> The trouble is I'm not sure what my client wants yet and I was starting to
> try and learn about user defined variables which sound simple enough, but
> I
> can't do this 'value' thing for the field. What's that about?
>
> "LBA" <webdesigns@no2spamabramsnet.com> wrote in message
> news:dvc4h7$aq314@news01.netobjects.com...
>> You still need to provide additional information in order to get a more
>> complete answer, but from your comment about "user defined variables",
>> my guess is that NOF variables have nothing at all to do with the type
>> of variable you are talking about. Why don't you describe the
>> situation. Will the site visitor be defining this variable, which will
>> then be applied to numbers in a table? That's done with a scripting
>> language, not NOF variables.
>>
>> Laurence
>>
>> Roger Hughes wrote:
>>
>> >Thanks both, bit it's the "value" on the field I don't understand, and
>> >nowhere can I find what a value is? If I can understand that I think I
> will
>> >be OK.
>> >I want to do a user defined variable on some figures in a table.
>> >
>> >"NetObjects Support" <support@netobjects.com> wrote in message
>> >news:dvbte8$apb1@news01.netobjects.com...
>> >> Hello Roger,
>> >>
>> >> Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
>> >> documentation:
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...efined_variabl
> e.htm
>> >>
>> >> Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change
> in
>> >> the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can
> update
>> >> them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they
> are
>> >> updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using
>> >> them
>> >for
>> >> we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to
> your
>> >> situation.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thank you,
>> >> Adam
>> >> NetObjects Technical Support
>> >> http://support.netobjects.com
>> >> "Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
>> >> > I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I
>> >even
>> >> > have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like
> just
>> >> > what
>> >> > I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

[Roger Hughes]

Thanks both, bit it's the "value" on the field I don't understand, and
nowhere can I find what a value is? If I can understand that I think I will
be OK.
I want to do a user defined variable on some figures in a table.

"NetObjects Support" <support@netobjects.com> wrote in message
news:dvbte8$apb1@news01.netobjects.com...
> Hello Roger,
>
> Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
> documentation:
>
>
http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...d_variable.htm
>
> Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change in
> the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can update
> them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they are
> updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using them
for
> we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to your
> situation.
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Adam
> NetObjects Technical Support
> http://support.netobjects.com
> "Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
> > I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I
even
> > have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like just
> > what
> > I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
> >
> >
>
>

[LBA]

You still need to provide additional information in order to get a more
complete answer, but from your comment about "user defined variables",
my guess is that NOF variables have nothing at all to do with the type
of variable you are talking about. Why don't you describe the
situation. Will the site visitor be defining this variable, which will
then be applied to numbers in a table? That's done with a scripting
language, not NOF variables.

Laurence

Roger Hughes wrote:

>Thanks both, bit it's the "value" on the field I don't understand, and
>nowhere can I find what a value is? If I can understand that I think I will
>be OK.
>I want to do a user defined variable on some figures in a table.
>
>"NetObjects Support" <support@netobjects.com> wrote in message
>news:dvbte8$apb1@news01.netobjects.com...
>> Hello Roger,
>>
>> Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
>> documentation:
>>
>>
>http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...d_variable.htm
>>
>> Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change in
>> the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can update
>> them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they are
>> updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using them
>for
>> we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to your
>> situation.
>>
>> --
>> Thank you,
>> Adam
>> NetObjects Technical Support
>> http://support.netobjects.com
>> "Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
>> > I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I
>even
>> > have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like just
>> > what
>> > I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

[Roger Hughes]

The trouble is I'm not sure what my client wants yet and I was starting to
try and learn about user defined variables which sound simple enough, but I
can't do this 'value' thing for the field. What's that about?

"LBA" <webdesigns@no2spamabramsnet.com> wrote in message
news:dvc4h7$aq314@news01.netobjects.com...
> You still need to provide additional information in order to get a more
> complete answer, but from your comment about "user defined variables",
> my guess is that NOF variables have nothing at all to do with the type
> of variable you are talking about. Why don't you describe the
> situation. Will the site visitor be defining this variable, which will
> then be applied to numbers in a table? That's done with a scripting
> language, not NOF variables.
>
> Laurence
>
> Roger Hughes wrote:
>
> >Thanks both, bit it's the "value" on the field I don't understand, and
> >nowhere can I find what a value is? If I can understand that I think I
will
> >be OK.
> >I want to do a user defined variable on some figures in a table.
> >
> >"NetObjects Support" <support@netobjects.com> wrote in message
> >news:dvbte8$apb1@news01.netobjects.com...
> >> Hello Roger,
> >>
> >> Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
> >> documentation:
> >>
> >>
>
>http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...efined_variabl
e.htm
> >>
> >> Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change
in
> >> the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can
update
> >> them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they
are
> >> updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using them
> >for
> >> we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to
your
> >> situation.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thank you,
> >> Adam
> >> NetObjects Technical Support
> >> http://support.netobjects.com
> >> "Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
> >> > I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I
> >even
> >> > have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like
just
> >> > what
> >> > I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >

[LBA]

What value for what field? A typical use for a NOF user-defined
variable might be for, say, a copyright date. If you put 2006 on all
your pages, you may feel that you need to change it to 2007 next year...
page by page by page (assuming you didn't put it in a Master Border.)
But if you made 2006 a user-defined variable (you being the user, not
the site visitor), you could change that one variable next January and
all the pages would update accordingly.

Laurence

Roger Hughes wrote:

>The trouble is I'm not sure what my client wants yet and I was starting to
>try and learn about user defined variables which sound simple enough, but I
>can't do this 'value' thing for the field. What's that about?
>
>"LBA" <webdesigns@no2spamabramsnet.com> wrote in message
>news:dvc4h7$aq314@news01.netobjects.com...
>> You still need to provide additional information in order to get a more
>> complete answer, but from your comment about "user defined variables",
>> my guess is that NOF variables have nothing at all to do with the type
>> of variable you are talking about. Why don't you describe the
>> situation. Will the site visitor be defining this variable, which will
>> then be applied to numbers in a table? That's done with a scripting
>> language, not NOF variables.
>>
>> Laurence
>>
>> Roger Hughes wrote:
>>
>> >Thanks both, bit it's the "value" on the field I don't understand, and
>> >nowhere can I find what a value is? If I can understand that I think I
>will
>> >be OK.
>> >I want to do a user defined variable on some figures in a table.
>> >
>> >"NetObjects Support" <support@netobjects.com> wrote in message
>> >news:dvbte8$apb1@news01.netobjects.com...
>> >> Hello Roger,
>> >>
>> >> Actually here is the info on user-defined variables via our online
>> >> documentation:
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>http://netobjects.com/en/nof/9/00/do...efined_variabl
>e.htm
>> >>
>> >> Basically you could use it for an address or something that may change
>in
>> >> the future, the guides example is quarterly sales figures. You can
>update
>> >> them quarterly and anywhere within the site that they are placed they
>are
>> >> updated. Perhaps if you provide details on what you will be using them
>> >for
>> >> we can provide further insight and whether or not it is applicable to
>your
>> >> situation.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thank you,
>> >> Adam
>> >> NetObjects Technical Support
>> >> http://support.netobjects.com
>> >> "Roger Hughes" <hughes_roger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:dvbkmn$ai01@news01.netobjects.com...
>> >> > I'm having a tough time trying to understand how to use variables? I
>> >even
>> >> > have the NOF 9 users guide but can't fathom it, but it sounds like
>just
>> >> > what
>> >> > I need. Is there a simpletons instruction sheet anywhere?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
>