First, sorry for dual post earlier. Second, not a stupid question about cookies, but just trying to deal with the possibility that a user has cookies turned off. I'm using URLSessionFormat on all of my links to pass their session info around so the system isn't constantly treating them like a new user.
By the way, I say MY application because I wrote it, but it's a service we provide as a plugin to other websites. So, we have to try and make things as open as possible for all of my users' users. >This may be a stupid question, but are cookies really not an option for >your site users? I would only be passing session ids around the URL as >a last resort. I mean, it _is_ 2010 and cookies are kind of the >standard for maintaining session. (Note: they preclude the necessity of >putting session info in all your URLs) > >There are other pitfalls with placing the session IDs in every URL other >than bot traffic: >http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/172/tn_17255.html > >~Brad > > >Bottom line: how can I make the URLs NOT pass the session management >variables when it's a search engine? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330389 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
