CONTENTdm Online Help - Editing the Basic Script File

In the Basic script file below, variables are shown in blue, enclosed by double quotes and can be edited. The green text describes the variable. If you do not have HTML editing software, use Notepad, or a similar utility to make changes to the script file.

Basic styles

To open the Basic script file in Notepad:

From the Start menu, select All Programs > Accessories > Notepad.
From the File menu in Notepad, select Open. An Open dialog box appears.
From the Files of type pulldown list located at the bottom of the Open dialog box, select All Documents.
From the pulldown list at the top of the Open dialog box, browse to docs/site-templates/client, and select the file named basic.js. The Basic script file opens.
Edit the items that are enclosed in double quotes and save your changes.
If you need to use double quotes for punctuation, use the special HTML character entity to represent quotes, " as in the following example:

var header_title = " "The Digital Experience" ";

Basic script file elements	Description
Header_title	Enter the name of your organization or collection.
Header_image	Add your organizational logo or image from your collection. Images must be 32 pixels wide and 32 pixels high, or smaller. To allow a larger size, adjust the frame_rows variable in the style properties of the global.js file.
+(header_title)+	Automatically pulls in any text you enter in the Header_title variable above. This text appears whenever users mouse over the header image or when the image is not displayed.
email_address	Enter an e-mail address for your organization. If you do not want to display contact information, simply leave this variable blank, and the link will be suppressed.
Copyright	Enter any copyright information for the collection.

The image below shows the variables in the script file as they appear in the CONTENTdm Web Template home page.

Basic styles highlighted in the home page of the templates

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