Well if you use an iframe, you can set it to a page that reloads every few seconds (minutes). No javascript needed, just META REFRESH. Same with Frame. But Frame would require you to build your site using frames (yuck).
I would really love an AJAX implementation. I believe AJAX posts cookies to the site, and that is all that's required to keep the session active. -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Keeping a session alive Like I said in the original post, both are options I've thought of but if you've got any pros or cons on either I'd love to hear them (other than the obvious of course... I'm not against forcing users to enable JS on the backend at all) ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Keeping a session alive Why not use a frame or an iframe to load a page on the server in the background? This way they won't have to lose the current session (or their war and peace novel). And maybe it's possible to use ajax for this? -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Keeping a session alive Very much appreciated. I really was just curious of what others thought about the idea... pros/cons... that sort of thing. I'd enjoy writing something like this too much to have it handed to me :) .....:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Guill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Keeping a session alive Ive got a js routine that does just this. Basically you set it to a minute less than your session timeout. If it expires, it reloads the page they are on. Just dont want to use it with any pages that you post to. Let me know if you want it. On 12/1/05, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there... > > I've been kicking around ideas of how to keep a user's session 'alive' once > they get logged in on a site. The scenario is a common one... > > An admin logs into the backend tools to add something. > They sit on a form typing in a long, long news article or something > When they are finally done an hour later, they go to submit it and their > session has died and they have to log in again... then all the info they > entered is gone and I get yelled at. :) > > I do NOT want to use cookies on these sections so I need something to keep > hitting a page (really any page I guess) in the background to keep the > session alive as long as their browser is open. > > I thought about a frame with a meta refreshed page in it but that's not very > creative :) > > I thought about a tiny swf to do basically the same thing... that's a little > better I guess. > > And I thought about a JS routine to occasionally fire itself based on a > timer to do an httprequest to another page that will: > Check the session (if it's still active, that would reset its timeout > right?) > If it's active, return "active" or whatever. > If it's inactive, pass along the encrypted login info to log them back in > and return "active" > If for any reason the session is dead and cant be reset, return "inactive" > so a hidden div or JS alert can inform them to at least copy what they have > written in the field so they don't lose it because they are going to have to > log in again. > > If the user ever got to the page, their session was active and valid so any > login info could be ported from the session scope the variables scope on > that page and used anytime I wanted. (like for logging them back in) > > I obviously like the last 'idea' better due to the elaboration :) but wanted > to know what others thought about it or if you guys and gals had another > solution I haven't thought of. (short of turning the session timeout up to > some ridiculous amount of time) > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/189 - Release Date: 11/30/2005 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:225862 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
