Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46401
interpreted = N
texte = 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 to their >> 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 to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Oleg Kremiansky 2002)
  2. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Donovan 2002)
  3. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Donovan 2002)
  4. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  5. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Alex McCombie 2002)
  6. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  7. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Alex McCombie 2002)
  8. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  9. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Oleg Kremiansky 2002)
  10. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Alex McCombie 2002)
  11. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  12. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Oleg Kremiansky 2002)
  13. Re: How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  14. How to implement 'email to a friend' feature? (Oleg Kremiansky 2002)
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 to their >> 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 to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Oleg Kremiansky

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