Title: Listomatic script for the HomeSite editor
Author: Mattias Johansson mattias[at]verodella.se
version 1.3, 2004-07-12

Listomatic

Listomatic.zip or

Listomatic is a tool to automate boring copy and paste jobs. Listomatic use a list of selected words or a number of loops to create code or even new pages.

Here's how to use Listomatic

In Homesite create a list of word or phrases
Select them and open Listomatic
Paste the code you want to build in to the Listomatic dialog.
Insert [*] where the word/phrase from the list should be inserted
Insert [n] in the code to insert the number of current word or the loop, starting from 1
Insert [n--] in the code to insert the number of current word or the loop, starting from 0
Insert [n++] in the code to insert the number of current word or the loop, starting from 2

Example: Here's a list of words. Select them.

Alpha
Beta
Gamma

Paste this code below in to Listomatic and press OK

	<div id="layer[n]">	
		<p>This is the layer of [*]</p>	
		<p>It is number [n] in the list</p>
	</div>

Or paste the code below in to Listomatic and enter 5, or what ever, in the Loops field to the right and press OK.

	<div id="layer[n]">	
		<p>Welcome to page number [n]</p>	
		<a href="page[n--].html">Go to previous page</a>	
		<a href="page[n++].html">Go to next page</a>
	</div>

You can create almost whatever code/text you want. Select the alpha-beta text above and run the code below to create a form.

	<p>[n]. [*]</p>
	<p><input type="text" name="[*]" id="[*]"></p>
	<hr />

It's even possible to create new files with Listomatic. Let's say the alpha-beta list above is the names images that you would like to create separate page for.
Do this:

This first step is optional. In Homesites file browser navigate to the folder where you want the new files to be saved.
Select the list and start Listomatic

Past this code in the dialog:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Image: [*]</title>
</head>

<body>
	<div style="text-align:center;">
	<p>
		<img src="images/[*].jpg" alt="[*]" />
	</p>
	<p>
		<a href="img_[n--].html">«image [n--]</a> 
		<a href="img_[n++].html">image [n++]»</a>
	</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Check the option "Create files for each item" and "Open files when created"
In the file Path you can se the path to where the files will be created. This is default set to the folder open in Homesite's file browser as long as it points to a local file. You can of course enter any path here as long as it's valid.
Enter the name of the files that should be created. The name is managed in the same way the Listomatic patterns are handled. Default name is [*].html. This will create the files alpha.html, beta.html, gamma.html. But we will in this case use the names img_1.html, etc. so enter img_[n].html in the file name field.
Finally press OK. This should create 3 files and open them in Homesite.

Mattias Johansson, Gothenburg Sweden 2006

mattias[at]verodella.se