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# SETTING UP YOUR CATALOG

MiniVend uses its own tags to implement catalog functions -- they are similar to normal HTML, but are in `[square brackets]`. They will be referred to as either tags or elements in this document.

In order to set up a custom catalog, there are a number of steps.

You will need to become familiar with the MiniVend tags and directives to make your own catalog. The demo catalogs are a good starting point, but are not a finished product.

- Start with a database
- Features to use
- Use the demo catalogs
- Tree design
- The Essentials
- The Demo Catalog
- A bit about "simple"
- MML -- MiniVend Markup Language
- HTML Hypertext links
- Images
- Cookies
- Basic MiniVend Tags
- Inserting hyperlinks
- How to order an item
- Accessing form values
- Where do I go from here?

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