(See Usage Notes, below.)
This is a demonstration form showing a simple ad being built with positioned page elements.
(We assume you've installed the Xtags Server XTension (including the Xtags demonstration files) under your XPress Server and have restarted the server.)
Edit the ad header field, and edit the ad 1 text field (any Xtags text goes here), and choose a picture file to go with the first ad (for example, choose the "car 1.jpg" file we supply); then, do the same for the second ad (choose "car 2.jpg"), and press Render. This form comes with some sample text, and requires you only to to select a couple of picture files to see the results.
The xtags/Demo template.qxd template document is being
used here by default, but you can choose any template with an auto
text flow.
This form works entirely in the browser by building up the appropriate Xtags tags from the various form elements upon submission, but you'd likely do this in a server application in a production situation.
Use a real server name (hostname or IP address, like qxpserver.emsoftware.com) if you're not running QuarkXPress Server locally in a testbed mode.
Use something other than port 8080 if your XPress Server is running on a different (non-default) port.
You can choose an output type (renderer, in XPress Server terminology) and an output scale. Note that if you have multi-page output, you'll need to use PDF rendering to see all the pages.
For the Xtags template, give a path name within the server document pool of a document template you've already uploaded in some fashion.
Error reporting controls whether Xtags outputs error messages in-line with imported text or not, in the form <<Xtags: message>>.
Quote handling controls whether Xtags converts straight quotes to "printer's (curly) quotes" or leaves them alone.
Press the Render button when you're ready to see the results.