Graham
hadisofian There are 3 options you either have to pass the variable to the new page in the query string of all your links
ie
<a href="/page?name={_$name|}">link</a>
or as a "hidden" input in a form
or use a cookie to hold the value and read it on the new page
simple cookie example
set the cookie
And the retrieve the cookie on your other page
and use the special $$ xtscript variable
{_$$name|}