Re: [defined]ish
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13519
interpreted = N
texte = >(Goofy examples are born of simplifications.) However, it's possible >that some clever devil might skip the logon page, and simply hit >news.tmpl, which would leave the [name] variable undefined. Or >rather, WebCatalog wouldn't consider [name] to be a variable at all, >despite the brackets. > >I'd like to be able to trap for such an error, rather than leaving >[name] in raw text. However, since [name] could be _any_ name, I >simply cannot do a [showif] context for an infinite number of possible >names. So I'd like to be able to say > > [showif [name]=] > Welcome, stranger! Why don't you hit logon.tmpl and give me your name? > [/showif]Use the [REFERRER] tag instead:[SHOWIF [REFERRER]^yourdomain.com/path/logon.tmpl] Your friendly text here [/SHOWIF][HIDEIF [REFERRER]^yourdomain.com/path/logon.tmpl] Your nasty text here. [/HIDEIF]Use the domain portion of your URL too in the referren, otherwise the evil one can link from any document named logon.tmpl....and you don't have to pass the variables in the URTL if you're using a form. So you can have an action with just news.tmpl. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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>(Goofy examples are born of simplifications.) However, it's possible >that some clever devil might skip the logon page, and simply hit >news.tmpl, which would leave the [name] variable undefined. Or >rather, WebCatalog wouldn't consider [name] to be a variable at all, >despite the brackets. > >I'd like to be able to trap for such an error, rather than leaving >[name] in raw text. However, since [name] could be _any_ name, I >simply cannot do a
[showif] context for an infinite number of possible >names. So I'd like to be able to say > > [showif [name]=] > Welcome, stranger! Why don't you hit logon.tmpl and give me your name? > [/showif]Use the
[referrer] tag instead:[SHOWIF
[referrer]^yourdomain.com/path/logon.tmpl] Your friendly text here [/SHOWIF][HIDEIF
[referrer]^yourdomain.com/path/logon.tmpl] Your nasty text here. [/HIDEIF]Use the domain portion of your URL too in the referren, otherwise the evil one can link from any document named logon.tmpl....and you don't have to pass the variables in the URTL if you're using a form. So you can have an action with just news.tmpl. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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