| An important tool that TagMaster offers are the ability of tags to be nested within the html files with which it works. While files need not be html to work properly, nor need the tags be composed of html language, that is the default to which TagMaster applies its abilities. Tags act as markers within a file containing text (html being the chief example) to mark a place, a block of text, or both. When used, tags are invisible to the end user because they replaced by text as determined by the Build file. In template form, tags are usually minimal in their negative effects on the appearance of the remaining html. While there are different types of tags, all tags attempt to accomplish this by adhering to two important guidelines: remaining as short and concise as possible, and using invisible html comments when convenient (subject to user preference). There are two types of tags used in TagMaster: short tags, which are autonomous and visible markers within the text file; and wide tags, which group a selection of text and are invisible in html rendering of the original template files (by using html comments). Both are useful in different cases. Short tags, for instance, may be added to an html file at any point by simply typing the tag identifier in the text of the html. The tag may then be replaced when included into a file later on. Wide tags, contrarily, are composed of two parts: a start tag and an end tag. Everything after the start tag and before the end tag is considered a part of the tag. Like short tags, then, the text of the tag may be replaced when included into a file later on; but wide tags may also, unlike short tags, bring in the block of text contained within its body, or its body contents, and that text may be included independent of the rest of the text file. |
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