Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ...

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I understand the concept because I tried to implement the same thing on one of my sites once. I never got it quite right. I use UBB.classic for my forums, and they've implemented something exactly like this using perl to set the cookies. I don't know much about perl, so I never looked into the code too much.You might download their demo or something and try to pick it apart. http://www.infopop.comOn 1/2/03 4:42 PM, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote:> What I would like to do is to provide the cookie-registered user a new > feature so they are able to see (quickly) if content in the discussion > area is new since their last visit. > > Any good recommendation on doing this? I'm not looking for solutions on > how to code the feature - rather I'm looking for logic pros and cons. > > Example: How can I determine when the user last visited the discussion > forum? Theoretically he's last visit could have been yesterday. But how > can I determine that it was yesterday, if he has visited another page > on the discussion forum, then he's cookie would have been refreshed > then and not set to yesterday. > > I hope you understand what i'm looking for... :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Clint Davis Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  2. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Frank Nordberg 2003)
  3. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Dan Strong 2003)
  4. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Frank Nordberg 2003)
  5. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Palle Bo Nielsen 2003)
  6. Re: [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Clint Davis 2003)
  7. [OT] Discussion forum, last visit, Cookie, ... (Palle Bo Nielsen 2003)
I understand the concept because I tried to implement the same thing on one of my sites once. I never got it quite right. I use UBB.classic for my forums, and they've implemented something exactly like this using perl to set the cookies. I don't know much about perl, so I never looked into the code too much.You might download their demo or something and try to pick it apart. http://www.infopop.comOn 1/2/03 4:42 PM, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote:> What I would like to do is to provide the cookie-registered user a new > feature so they are able to see (quickly) if content in the discussion > area is new since their last visit. > > Any good recommendation on doing this? I'm not looking for solutions on > how to code the feature - rather I'm looking for logic pros and cons. > > Example: How can I determine when the user last visited the discussion > forum? Theoretically he's last visit could have been yesterday. But how > can I determine that it was yesterday, if he has visited another page > on the discussion forum, then he's cookie would have been refreshed > then and not set to yesterday. > > I hope you understand what i'm looking for... :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Clint Davis Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Clint Davis

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