Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2?

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2016


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = 431 Hi Ken, I don't use any WebDNA eCommerce tags. Everything I have that is ecommerce is written similar to the UPS integration you helped me with a while back. Thanks, Steve On 06/21/2016 04:05 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> What WebDNA "commands" are you referring? > Commands are the original way of telling WebDNA to do something. > They are passed in URLs and forms. Here's an example: > > http://www.domain.com/page.dna?command=showcart > > Contexts replaced commands for most WebDNA users many years ago > because contexts are far more secure. But if your site still uses > commands they will not work in the FastCGI version, so you'd have > to (1) rewrite that part of your code to use contexts instead of > commands, or (2) use the Server version instead of the FastCGI > version. > > If I were you I would be far more concerned about the fact that > you're running an online store using legacy WebDNA eCommerce code > -- which will NOT work in the FastCGI version. I tried switching > another client's eCommerce site to the FastCGI version a long time > ago and it failed because the FastCGI version cannot interpret > WebDNA eCommerce tags/contexts. So instead I went with the latest > Server version and had no upgrade problems whatsoever. > > You're already using what is essentially an old Server version, so > if I were you I would just forget about the FastCGI version and > use the latest Server version. Then you're more or less > guaranteeing that the site will still work properly without > creating any more problems for yourself. > > Regards, > Kenneth Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.webdnasolutions.com > Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us . Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (Kenneth Grome 2016)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (WebDNA Steve Raslevich 2016)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (WebDNA Steve Raslevich 2016)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (Kenneth Grome 2016)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (Matthew Perosi 2016)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (WebDNA 2016)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (WebDNA 2016)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] upgrading to 8.1 or 8.2? (Kenneth Grome 2016)
431 Hi Ken, I don't use any WebDNA eCommerce tags. Everything I have that is ecommerce is written similar to the UPS integration you helped me with a while back. Thanks, Steve On 06/21/2016 04:05 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> What WebDNA "commands" are you referring? > Commands are the original way of telling WebDNA to do something. > They are passed in URLs and forms. Here's an example: > > http://www.domain.com/page.dna?command=showcart > > Contexts replaced commands for most WebDNA users many years ago > because contexts are far more secure. But if your site still uses > commands they will not work in the FastCGI version, so you'd have > to (1) rewrite that part of your code to use contexts instead of > commands, or (2) use the Server version instead of the FastCGI > version. > > If I were you I would be far more concerned about the fact that > you're running an online store using legacy WebDNA eCommerce code > -- which will NOT work in the FastCGI version. I tried switching > another client's eCommerce site to the FastCGI version a long time > ago and it failed because the FastCGI version cannot interpret > WebDNA eCommerce tags/contexts. So instead I went with the latest > Server version and had no upgrade problems whatsoever. > > You're already using what is essentially an old Server version, so > if I were you I would just forget about the FastCGI version and > use the latest Server version. Then you're more or less > guaranteeing that the site will still work properly without > creating any more problems for yourself. > > Regards, > Kenneth Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.webdnasolutions.com > Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us . WebDNA Steve Raslevich

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