Re: Pre-flight public flag

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11812
interpreted = N
texte = Reply To: RE>Pre-flight public flags?> Date: 8 Jun 1997 18:07:31 > From: Sven U. Grenander > Subject: Re: Up and running ... at last !! > > Hi Mark, > > >Were we talking a couple weeks ago about the pre-flight options > >that were presenting themselves to you and how you were going to allow > >for remote editing/uploading of files in a manner that wouldn't break > >the main catalog as a product author tinkered around? > > As you'd pointed out, using tables keeps the offending HTML from > propagating, so that takes care of the big concern. > > What we've done to support pre-flight is that we've attached an > IsPublic field to each catalog item. If the IsPublic flag is set to F > only we can see it, not the customers. That way we can see what the > customers will see, but not disturb the catalog while we're creating or > editing. > > - -SvenSo Sven, how are you actually hiding the pages/records from people? SHOWIF on an IP # or range, based on a log-in (username/password), or something else?If it's IP-based, I hope you're aware that IP Spoofing isn't all that difficult, and would allow someone to browse those pages that you thought weren't public.Dan Keldsen - djk@delphigroup.com Director, I.S. - webmaster@delphigroup.com Delphi Consulting Group, Inc. - http://www.delphigroup.com/ 100 City Hall Plaza - ph: 617-247-1511 Boston, MA 02108-2106 - fax:617-247-4957 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Pre-flight public flag (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  2. Re: Pre-flight public flag (Dan Keldsen 1997)
Reply To: RE>Pre-flight public flags?> Date: 8 Jun 1997 18:07:31 > From: Sven U. Grenander > Subject: Re: Up and running ... at last !! > > Hi Mark, > > >Were we talking a couple weeks ago about the pre-flight options > >that were presenting themselves to you and how you were going to allow > >for remote editing/uploading of files in a manner that wouldn't break > >the main catalog as a product author tinkered around? > > As you'd pointed out, using tables keeps the offending HTML from > propagating, so that takes care of the big concern. > > What we've done to support pre-flight is that we've attached an > IsPublic field to each catalog item. If the IsPublic flag is set to F > only we can see it, not the customers. That way we can see what the > customers will see, but not disturb the catalog while we're creating or > editing. > > - -SvenSo Sven, how are you actually hiding the pages/records from people? SHOWIF on an IP # or range, based on a log-in (username/password), or something else?If it's IP-based, I hope you're aware that IP Spoofing isn't all that difficult, and would allow someone to browse those pages that you thought weren't public.Dan Keldsen - djk@delphigroup.com Director, I.S. - webmaster@delphigroup.com Delphi Consulting Group, Inc. - http://www.delphigroup.com/ 100 City Hall Plaza - ph: 617-247-1511 Boston, MA 02108-2106 - fax:617-247-4957 Dan Keldsen

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