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SCENE NAMES |
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Scene names must start with the text indicated on the left column (except for 'Other'). To ignore a scene, start the scene's name with a '!', e.g. '!Name (Contest) Ignore me' |
Name (Contest) or Riding | The scene name for a Contest type for the Chameleon Elections Player. In the Elector Player, the scene name should start with Riding. Showcasing results from a race. |
Name (Choice) or Candidate | The scene name for a Choice type for the Chameleon Elections Player. In the Elector Player, the scene name should start with Candidate. Showcasing information about individuals. |
Name (Party) or Party | A scene of type Party. Showcasing information about parties. In the Elector Player, the scene name should start with Party. |
Background | A scene with no active tags of type Background. These will be listed in the Player drop-downs for backgrounds. |
Other | All other scenes with names that don't start with the above names nor a '!'. |
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CHOICE / CANDIDATE TAGS |
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Add [#] for additional Choices. ex: ^choice[1].name for 2nd choice’s name. ^choice.name is the same as ^choice[0].name |
^choice.firstname | The first name of the candidate (ex: John). [#] = Position of candidate in the race where [0] is the leading candidate. |
^choice.lastname | The last name of the candidate (ex: Smith). |
^choice.name | The full name of the candidate (ex: John Smith). |
^choice.media | An image representing the candidate. |
^choice.details | Details about the candidate. Limited to 255 characters. |
^choice.winner | A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is elected. |
^choice.incumbent | A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is the incumbent for the office. |
^choice.acclaimed | A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is a winner for the office by acclaim. |
^choice.vote% or ^choice.percentage ^choice.percentagetext | The percentage of votes for the candidate. **By default, If there’s a ‘%' in the field, the % sign will appear at the end of the number. This feature is controlled by an option that can be disabled in the Player’s Preference settings. If the ^choice.percentagetext tag is used, the '%’ sign will be forcibly shown. |
^choice.votes | The number of votes received for the candidate. |
^choice.voteslead | The number of votes that the candidate has as a lead over the next candidate. |
^choice.custom <custom name format> | Customize the display of a candidate’s name. Note that the angle brackets characters < > are required. The available name format tags are: {firstname} {lastname} {firstinitial} {incumbent} {elected} {partycode} {votes} {vote%}.
Example: <{lastname}, {firstname}> will display a candidate’s name as: Smith, John.
PARTY TAGS |
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Add [#] for additional Parties. ex: ^choice[1].party.name is the name for the 2nd party. ^choice.party.nameis the same as ^choice[0].party.name.^choice.party.name | The full name of the party. (ex: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, etc.) |
^choice.party.media ^choice.party.media <prefix> | The graphics logo for the party. The <file prefix> portion of the tag is optional. Elections Player for XPression: In the absence of the <prefix> part, the player looks for an XPression material that is named based on the party code. The name of the material that is assigned to the Quad at design time determines the format of the name of the replacement materials that can be used for replacement on output. The format of the materials is: prefixPARTYCODE. For example: during design time, the material assigned is named ‘logoLIB’ and during output the party should be ‘CON’, then the player will look for a replacement material that is named ‘logoCON’. When the <prefix> part is specified as part of the tag’s name, the source of the logo will be from a file that is in the Logos folder instead of another XPression material. The file prefix specifies what the prefix of the logo filename to look for on output. For example: we have a tag ^choice[0].party.media <logo> and the party on output is ‘CON’, then the player will look for a logo file that is named ‘logoCON.png'. Note that the search for a matching file is case insensitive. Also, the extension can be of any type image type that is supported by XPression, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp.
Elections Player for Web: In Elections Player for Web, the player always looks for a logo file located in the Logos folder. In the absence of the <prefix> part, the player looks for a file with a name that is the party code. For example: on output, the party of interest is ‘LIB’, then player will look for a file named ‘LIB.png’. The type of image (and hence, the extension of the file) can be of any valid image type, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp, etc. The search for the logo filename is case insensitive, i.e., ‘lib.png' or ‘Lib.PNG’ will also work. When the <prefix> part is specified as part of the tag’s name, the player will look for a file that name has the following format: prefixPARTYCODE.ext. For example: the desired party code on output is ‘CON', ^choice[0].party.media <logo> is the tag and the prefix is ‘Logo’, then the player will search for a logo file named ‘LogoCON.jpg’. Again, the search is case insensitive and the file extension can be from any valid image file type, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp.
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^choice.party.code | The short name or acronym for the party. (ex: GOP for the Republicans, DEM for the Democrats) |
^choice.party.leading | The number of seats/ridings is leading in votes (but not elected). |
^choice.party.elected | The number of seats/ridings that a party has won (elected or acclaimed). |
^choice.party.total ^choice.party.total.prev[#] | The number of seats/ridings that a party is leading in or has won in | Section |
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SCENE NAMES |
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Scene names must start with the text indicated on the left column (except for 'Other'). To ignore a scene, start the scene's name with a '!', e.g. '!Riding Ignore me' | Name (Area) or Riding | The scene name for a Riding or Area type for the Elector Player. Showcases results from a riding. | Name (Choice) or Candidate | The scene name for a Candidate or Choice type for the Elector Player. Showcases information about individuals. | Name (Party) or Party | A scene of type Party. Showcasing information about parties. | Name (Ticker) or Name (Crawl) or Ticker or Crawl | The scene name for a Ticker or Crawl type. These scene types are only supported by Elector Player for XPression and are not available for Elector Player for Web. | Background | A scene with no active tags of type Background. These will be listed in the Player drop-downs for backgrounds. | Bug | This is an Other scene type but is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Bug section. | Sponsor | This is an Other scene type but is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Sponsor section. | Other | All other scenes with names that don't start with the above names nor a '!'. |
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