Re: Cookie ... Less Navigation

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39113
interpreted = N
texte = >Need to track a visitor on the site. Using cart for every link on the site >is one way. > >Is there any other way besides cookies or is there a way to hide and yet >transfer the cart value from page to page without having it displayed in the >URL. Forms is not the problem .... Hyperlink is and that is what I am >looking for a solution or way to solve. > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. Two suggestions:1- Build a site that uses nothing but forms. This always hides the cart value, and any other values you would have seen in the URL if links were used instead. This technique also has the benefit of preventing bookmarking of pages within the site (pages arrived at via forms are not 'bookmarkable') so you never have to worry about someone bookmarking an internal page -- which means they can only bookmark the home page -- a good idea in many cases anyways.2 - Use the browser's built-in authentication dialog box. It passes the username and password value each time a page is requested. Let them enter their own username and password, then check it against any username/password combinations used by others in the past couple of hours (which you will store in a db). Chances are that no two people will use the same username/password combination during the same time online anyways, but if they do you can tell them to choose another username/password so they can continue browsing ...---------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Grome & Associates web: http://kengrome.com email: owner@kengrome.com mobile: +63 917 254-1494 office: +63 32 262-8164 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Cookie ... Less Navigation (Kenneth Grome 2001)
  2. Re: Cookie ... Less Navigation (Brian B. Burton 2001)
  3. Cookie ... Less Navigation (Terry Nair 2001)
>Need to track a visitor on the site. Using cart for every link on the site >is one way. > >Is there any other way besides cookies or is there a way to hide and yet >transfer the cart value from page to page without having it displayed in the >URL. Forms is not the problem .... Hyperlink is and that is what I am >looking for a solution or way to solve. > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. Two suggestions:1- Build a site that uses nothing but forms. This always hides the cart value, and any other values you would have seen in the URL if links were used instead. This technique also has the benefit of preventing bookmarking of pages within the site (pages arrived at via forms are not 'bookmarkable') so you never have to worry about someone bookmarking an internal page -- which means they can only bookmark the home page -- a good idea in many cases anyways.2 - Use the browser's built-in authentication dialog box. It passes the username and password value each time a page is requested. Let them enter their own username and password, then check it against any username/password combinations used by others in the past couple of hours (which you will store in a db). Chances are that no two people will use the same username/password combination during the same time online anyways, but if they do you can tell them to choose another username/password so they can continue browsing ...---------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Grome & Associates web: http://kengrome.com email: owner@kengrome.com mobile: +63 917 254-1494 office: +63 32 262-8164 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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