Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46402
interpreted = N
texte = [referrer] gives you the last page you came from (assuming the browseractually sent it. What you want is [thisurl] so it gives you the pageyou're on which you can Actually Send to the next page:
-----Original Message-----From: Oleg Kremiansky [mailto:olegK@ccohs.ca]Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:25 AMTo: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.comSubject: Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature?Pedro and Alex - thanks for the ideas.on 12/18/02 12:21 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com wrote:> While not as 100% reliable, if the pages are static, then you can use a> referring info on the email a friend page to see where they just came from> to construct the details in the email.Do you mean I can use [referrer] tag for that?Best Regards,Olegon 12/18/02 12:21 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com wrote:> On 12/18/02 12:12 PM, Oleg Kremiansky
wrote:> >> But I forgot to mention that HTML pages I'd like visitors to email totheir>> friends are not dynamically-generated from a database (in the near future>> they will be). There're plain static.>> >> Does it matter? Should I go for your idea anyway?> While not as 100% reliable, if the pages are static, then you can use a> referring info on the email a friend page to see where they just came from> to construct the details in the email.> > This would work as long as the browser of the visitor returns the referrer> info. The page that it links from wouldn't even have to be on the same> machine, network, etc.> > > If static is the way you have to go, then this is your best option I> believe.> > Alex> > > > Alex J McCombie New World Media> Chief Information Officer Drawer 607> 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com> > Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail toWeb Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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[referrer] gives you the last page you came from (assuming the browseractually sent it. What you want is [thisurl] so it gives you the pageyou're on which you can Actually Send to the next page:-----Original Message-----From: Oleg Kremiansky [mailto:olegK@ccohs.ca]Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:25 AMTo: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.comSubject: Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature?Pedro and Alex - thanks for the ideas.on 12/18/02 12:21 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com wrote:> While not as 100% reliable, if the pages are static, then you can use a> referring info on the email a friend page to see where they just came from> to construct the details in the email.Do you mean I can use [referrer] tag for that?Best Regards,Olegon 12/18/02 12:21 PM, Alex McCombie at alex@newworldmedia.com wrote:> On 12/18/02 12:12 PM, Oleg Kremiansky wrote:> >> But I forgot to mention that HTML pages I'd like visitors to email totheir>> friends are not dynamically-generated from a database (in the near future>> they will be). There're plain static.>> >> Does it matter? Should I go for your idea anyway?> While not as 100% reliable, if the pages are static, then you can use a> referring info on the email a friend page to see where they just came from> to construct the details in the email.> > This would work as long as the browser of the visitor returns the referrer> info. The page that it links from wouldn't even have to be on the same> machine, network, etc.> > > If static is the way you have to go, then this is your best option I> believe.> > Alex> > > > Alex J McCombie New World Media> Chief Information Officer Drawer 607> 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064> Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com> > Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail toWeb Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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