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== Purpose == | == Purpose == | ||
The ODB /Alias tree provides the user with a way to access other webpages via buttons placed on the [[mhttpd]] [[Status Page]]. It can provide links to external webpages, or symbolic links (short-cuts) to ODB sub-trees. | The ODB <span style="color: purple; font-style:italic;">/Alias</span> tree provides the user with a way to access other webpages via buttons placed on the [[mhttpd]] [[Status Page]]. It can provide links to external webpages, or symbolic links (short-cuts) to ODB sub-trees. | ||
== Creating the /Alias tree == | == Creating the /Alias tree == | ||
The /Alias tree is optional, and is not present until created by the user. | The <span style="color: purple; font-style:italic;">/Alias</span> tree is optional, and is not present until [[ODB#Creating ODB keys|created by the user]]. | ||
== | <div id="Alias-Button"></div> | ||
Any key created under /Alias will appear as a | == Keys in the /Alias tree == | ||
Any key created under <span style="color: purple; font-style:italic;">/Alias</span> will appear as a button (i.e. '''alias-button''') on the [[Status Page]], with the same name as the key (except as noted below). | |||
By default, the clicking of | By default, the clicking of an alias-button in the web interface will spawn a '''new frame'''. To force the display of the alias page in the '''same frame''', an "&" has to be appended to the name of the alias key. The "&" is stripped off the alias name when it appears as an alias-button (see [[#Symbolic Links|example]]). | ||
=== External links === | === External links === | ||
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This will cause a button <span style="color: #444444; background-color: #CCCCCC; font-style:italic; font-size: 90; padding:0.25em; | This will cause a button <span style="color: #444444; background-color: #CCCCCC; font-style:italic; font-size: 90; padding:0.25em; | ||
padding-left: 0.5em;padding-right: 0.5em;border:1px solid #808080;border-radius: 5px;margin-bottom:1px;">triumf</span> | padding-left: 0.5em;padding-right: 0.5em;border:1px solid #808080;border-radius: 5px;margin-bottom:1px;">triumf</span> | ||
on the status page, Clicking on | on the status page, Clicking on this alias-button will show the contents of the link in a new frame. | ||
=== | === Links to ODB === | ||
The | The <span style="color: purple; font-style:italic;">/Alias</span> tree may also contain a list of symbolic links to any desired ODB location. | ||
<span style="color: | |||
Create a string under /alias with this contents: | |||
<pre> | |||
?cmd=odb&odb_path=/Programs | |||
</pre> | |||
[[Category:ODB Tree]] | [[Category:ODB Tree]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:03, 11 February 2019
Purpose
The ODB /Alias tree provides the user with a way to access other webpages via buttons placed on the mhttpd Status Page. It can provide links to external webpages, or symbolic links (short-cuts) to ODB sub-trees.
Creating the /Alias tree
The /Alias tree is optional, and is not present until created by the user.
Keys in the /Alias tree
Any key created under /Alias will appear as a button (i.e. alias-button) on the Status Page, with the same name as the key (except as noted below).
By default, the clicking of an alias-button in the web interface will spawn a new frame. To force the display of the alias page in the same frame, an "&" has to be appended to the name of the alias key. The "&" is stripped off the alias name when it appears as an alias-button (see example).
External links
The following odbedit commands demonstrate how to make a link to an external webpage:
[local:t2kgas:S] cd /Alias [local:t2kgas:S]create string triumf String length [32]: [local:t2kgas:S] set triumf "http://triumf.ca"
This will cause a button triumf on the status page, Clicking on this alias-button will show the contents of the link in a new frame.
Links to ODB
The /Alias tree may also contain a list of symbolic links to any desired ODB location.
Create a string under /alias with this contents:
?cmd=odb&odb_path=/Programs