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Advanced Customization guide and command reference The casual user does not have to be concerned with the following information which is intended for those users and Webmasters who wish to incorporate our system into their Web sites or Web pages. General syntax The system uses the browser address line (url) to accept commands and to send out information. The commands follow the format: http://www.selfkey.com/?command=username where username is the name of the user's account and command is one of the keywords described below. This system allows us to add new commands and more features when needed. Under a server license, an independent vendor's system follows the syntax: http://vendorsdomain/?command=username where vendorsdomain is the vendor's Web site address assigned to the system. The content type is meaningful to the browser that interprets the received information accordingly. For instance, "text/html" signals that the incoming data is a Web page, "image/gif" is a picture, etc. Command reference CARD Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?card=username Server action: The server sends out the image of the user's card. The card contains an invisible watermark that stores the user-name (intended for future use). Content type: "image/gif" Optional syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?card=username&refresh=randomnumber The appended "&refresh" token is followed by a randomly generated number. The token has no effect but, because the entire url is different each time due to the random number, any proxy server or buffer along the way assumes this is a new, different request and thus sends the request all the way to the destination server and procures the most recent image. ICON Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?icon=username Server action: The server sends out the image of the standard icon associated with our system. The icon contains an invisible watermark that stores the user-name (intended for future use). Content type: "image/gif" Optional syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?icon=username&refresh=randomnumber The appended "&refresh" token is followed by a randomly generated number. The token has no effect but, because the entire url is different each time due to the random number, any proxy server or buffer along the way assumes this is a new, different request and thus sends the request all the way to the destination server and procures the most recent image. INFO Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?info=username Server action: The server sends out the user's personal Web page including the image of the user's card. The click-able areas in the image are mapped and the server generates additional images that have the click-able text rendered in a different color. Providing Javascript is enabled in the recipient's browser, when the recipient moves the mouse over the card's mapped areas, Javascript substitutes the card image with the alternate, highlighted image, and this way the browser produces the effect that looks like the click-able text lights up when the recipient moves the mouse over the area. Content type: "text/html" VCARD Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?vcard=username Server action: The server generates and sends out a v-card that contains the user's most recent contact information as per the latest deployment of the user's card. Content type: "text/x-vcard" TEMPLATE Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?template=username Server action: Providing the user has deployed a template, the server sends out the template file. In the recipient's computer, the browser invokes the application registered as "x-accard-template" and passes the file to the application. Content type: "application/x-accard-template" TEMPLATEIMAGE Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?templateImage=username Server action: Providing the user has deployed a template, the server sends out the image of the template. The template image might be different from the user's card image as either one can be deployed independently. Content type: "image/gif" TEMPLATEINFO Syntax: http://www.selfkey.com/?templateInfo=username Server action: Providing the user has deployed a template, the server sends out a Web page containing the template and instructions on how to use the template. Content type: "text/html" We keep developing the system and will add more commands as needed. Please visit this page for updates. The existing commands will function as described above even under future releases of the server software.

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