Referencing MGI In the Referencing MGI section, you will find a complete list of definitions and a technical reference for each MGI tag. Each MGI tag was written for a specific purpose, but you can choose tag options to customize the tag's function and you can combine tags to create new functions. Read the Referencing MGI section to customize the function of MGI for your web site. MGI Definitions View a glossary of terms used in the MGI User Guide. MGI Tags Click on any tag link to see a technical description of the tag including the tag behavior, tag syntax, required and optional parameters, and example usage.

Tag Name	Brief Description
mgiAbort	Stops the processing of MGI tags that occur after the mgiAbort tag.
mgiAuthenticate	Single username/password protection for individual pages.
mgiAuthenticateDB	Multiple username/password protection with database-driven administration.
mgiBannerAd	Database-driven banner ad system.
mgiBillingInfo	Shopping basket billing information form.
mgiBillingInfoAP	Shopping basket billing information form for orders processed by Accesspoint.
mgiButton	Submission button.
mgiBuyMe	Shopping basket quantity field and product information.
mgiCheckField	Form submission verification.
mgiComment	Hides code comments from the browser source view.
mgiConditional	Complete If, then, else, conditional check.
mgiConfirmOrder	Displays shopping basket, payment, shipping, billing and additional field information.
mgiConfirmOrderAN	Displays shopping basket, payment, shipping, billing and additional field information for orders processed by AuthorizeNet.
mgiConfirmOrderAP	Displays shopping basket, payment, shipping, billing and additional field information for orders processed by Accesspoint.
mgiCounter	Text and graphic counter.
mgiCreditBank	Charge users credit/points for access to web files.
mgiCreditCard	Validate and authorize credit card charges via MacAuthorize.
mgiDatabaseSubmit	Add database records with a form submission.
mgiDatabaseUpdate	Modify database records with a form submission.
mgiDate	Insert current date.
mgiDynamicPopup	Create a popup menu of unique values in a database field.
mgiEditDatabase	Create and Modify databases, tables, fields, and records.
mgiEncryptURL	Encrypts file URLs and streams the file to the browser.
mgiFieldContent	Display form field contents and names.
mgiFileAppend	Write formatted submission to the end of a file.
mgiFileDelete	Delete a file.
mgiFileInclude	Include the contents of a file.
mgiFileLastModified	Insert file last modified date.
mgiFileWrite	Overwrite text with submission.
mgiGet	Display page or site variable.
mgiGetCookie	Display cookie value.
mgiGuestbook	Guestbook entry format.
mgiIf	Full If, then, else, conditional check.
mgiIncludeHTTP	Include the headers and/or content of any web page.
mgiInlineIf	Simple If, then, else, conditional check.
mgiInlineToken	Tokenize a URL.
mgiJulianDay	Convert dates and times between a Julian Day decimal number and standard dates.
mgiKeywordIndex	Displays search engine keywords based on the client.
mgiLink	Create a link or dynamic back button.
mgiLoop	Repeat an action or display for a specified range of numbers or a specified list of values.
mgiMath	Mathematical calculations and formatted display.
mgiNoCache	Inserts a No-Cache directive into the page header information.
mgiPathArgument	Display path arguments and path argument values.
mgiPaymentInfo	Shopping basket payment information form.
mgiPaymentInfoAN	Shopping basket payment information form for orders processed by AuthorizeNet.
mgiPaymentInfoAP	Shopping basket payment information form for orders processed by Accesspoint.
mgiPGP	PGP encrypt information for email or download.
mgiPoll	On-line polls, surveys and analysis.
mgiPOP	Web-based email and email to database functions.
mgiPostArgument	Display post arguments and post argument values.
mgiQuiz	Online quizzes and grading.
mgiRandomNumber	Display a random number.
mgiRedirect	Redirect page request to target URL.
mgiRequest	Display aspects of HTTP request information.
mgiRotate	Randomly rotate database values, text files or images.
mgiSBField	Shopping basket product description field designation.
mgiSBPopup	Shopping basket pop-up menu.
mgiSBPrice	Shopping basket price and price break field designation.
mgiSBQuantity	Shopping basket quantity field.
mgiSBShippingCost	Shopping basket shipping cost and shipping break field designation.
mgiSearchDatabase	Database search and results.
mgiSendInfoRequest	Email or create a text file of information requests.
mgiSendMail	Email formatted text.
mgiSendOrder	Email or create a text file of shopping basket orders.
mgiSendOrderAN	Email or create a text file of shopping basket orders and post to AuthorizeNet for processing.
mgiSendOrderAP	Email or create a text file of shopping basket orders processed by Accesspoint.
mgiSet	Set page or site variable.
mgiSetCookie	Set cookie.
mgiShippingInfo	Shopping basket shipping information form.
mgiShippingInfoAN	Shopping basket shipping information form for orders processed by AuthorizeNet.
mgiShippingInfoAP	Shopping basket shipping information form for orders processed by Accesspoint.
mgiShoppingBasket	Display shopping basket contents.
mgiString	Encode and decode text for URLs, HTML and whitespace.
mgiTime	Insert current time.
mgiToken	Appends tokens and other path arguments to URLs.
mgiVersionTracker	Compares version numbers of your MGI tags to the latest release and provides download links to updates.