{"id":26014,"date":"2010-01-12T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=26014"},"modified":"2024-02-08T23:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T04:19:47","slug":"directives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/non-wordpress\/marconi\/directives\/","title":{"rendered":"Marconi Directives List"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page contains a list of all generally-available Marconi directives. How these directives are used varies depending on the directive type, standard or special. Standard directives are available to any user; special directives are designed for specific contexts and are included mainly for reference purposes. To see these directives in use, see our Marconi Examples<\/a> section.<\/p>\n

Standard Directives<\/h3>\n

A standard directive is used with the basic tag format <directive action=”[directive name]” <\/strong>\/><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Example:
\n <directive action=\"email\" to=\"fred@flintstone.edu\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n

Depending on the directive, additional parameters may be included in the XML tag<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Directive Name<\/th>\nPurpose<\/th>\nDetails<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
captcha<\/td>\nAdds a captcha<\/a> to reduce form spamming.<\/td>\n\n
conditional-field<\/td>\nChanges some form values based on form input.<\/td>\n\n
download-file<\/td>\nAttempts to force a download when the form has finished processing.<\/td>\n\n
email<\/td>\nSends an email to a specified address.<\/td>\n\n
field<\/td>\nAdds new fields based on user input, server time<\/a>, or profile information<\/a>.<\/td>\n\n
file<\/td>\nWrites to a file (template-based<\/a> or spreadsheet<\/a> output).<\/td>\n\n
imperius<\/td>\nDisplays form validation errors on the original webpage.<\/td>\n\n
match<\/td>\nChecks that two fields’ input matches.<\/td>\n\n
output<\/td>\nSpecifies error and thank you pages.<\/td>\n\n
redirect<\/td>\nSpecifies a web page to display after form submission.<\/td>\n\n
redirect-template<\/td>\nSpecifies error and thank you pages, but prevents a form from resubmitting if someone refreshes their browser after completing and submitting the form. It is important to use this directive while creating a form for credit card processing.<\/td>\n\n
require<\/td>\nRequires that a field contain content and\/or follow a specific format.<\/td>\n\n
subscribe<\/td>\nSubscribes an email address to a Majordomo mailing list.<\/td>\n\n
sum<\/td>\nAdd, subtract, or multiply numbers to produce a total amount. This directive is great for order forms that need to calculate a total cost.<\/td>\n\n
unset<\/td>\nPrevents a form field’s contents from displaying in a web browser.<\/td>\n\n
unsubscribe<\/td>\nUnsubscribes an email address from a Majordomo mailing list.<\/td>\n\n
upload<\/td>\nUploads a file to the web server.<\/td>\n\n