WebDNA and WebSTAR Error pages II

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56355
interpreted = N
texte = Just to attempt to clarify what I'm trying to do. I already have a script that handles any requests which end in .tpl, ..html, etc. This is for when there is no filename specified, thus WebDNA doesn't get to pick up the request. When a customer types in http://www.ourshop.com/specific-make, my existing (WebSTAR 4.5) code would extract the "specific-make" part, and then forward it onto our search page, giving the customer a list of all products found. This allowed us to use www.ourshop.com/specific-make for whatever brand we wanted to, without having to do any extra coding - until now! Mark. On 25 Feb 2004, at 2:20 pm, Mark Derrick wrote: > Maybe moving to WebDNA v6 AND WebSTAR V at the same time wasn't such a > good idea after all :-) > > I see WebSTAR has changed the way it handles errors ("file not found" > etc) > In my previous set up (WebDNA 4.5/WebSTAR 4.x), I used to point all > errors to a WebDNA page which looked at [ThisURL] and tried to make > sense of what the customer was looking for ([ThisURL] would contain > whatever the customer entered after the hostname). > > WebSTAR now seems to direct all these errors to a specific page > (403.html, 404.html, etc) in a specified folder. > So, I thought I'd just add my coding to the 404.html :-( > > The problem with doing this, is [ThisURL] now becomes /error/404.html! > I assuming therefore that WebSTAR doesn't pass anything on to the > error page. > > Anybody using a "wildcard" error page with WebSTAR V?? > > Mark. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. WebDNA and WebSTAR Error pages II ( Mark Derrick 2004)
Just to attempt to clarify what I'm trying to do. I already have a script that handles any requests which end in .tpl, ..html, etc. This is for when there is no filename specified, thus WebDNA doesn't get to pick up the request. When a customer types in http://www.ourshop.com/specific-make, my existing (WebSTAR 4.5) code would extract the "specific-make" part, and then forward it onto our search page, giving the customer a list of all products found. This allowed us to use www.ourshop.com/specific-make for whatever brand we wanted to, without having to do any extra coding - until now! Mark. On 25 Feb 2004, at 2:20 pm, Mark Derrick wrote: > Maybe moving to WebDNA v6 AND WebSTAR V at the same time wasn't such a > good idea after all :-) > > I see WebSTAR has changed the way it handles errors ("file not found" > etc) > In my previous set up (WebDNA 4.5/WebSTAR 4.x), I used to point all > errors to a WebDNA page which looked at [thisurl] and tried to make > sense of what the customer was looking for ([thisurl] would contain > whatever the customer entered after the hostname). > > WebSTAR now seems to direct all these errors to a specific page > (403.html, 404.html, etc) in a specified folder. > So, I thought I'd just add my coding to the 404.html :-( > > The problem with doing this, is [thisurl] now becomes /error/404.html! > I assuming therefore that WebSTAR doesn't pass anything on to the > error page. > > Anybody using a "wildcard" error page with WebSTAR V?? > > Mark. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Mark Derrick

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