Hi Kevin,
In some cases we have used JavaScript to help in this topic. So we check
at the beginning of the page if we are inside the proper frame or not,
if we are not then we forward to the appropriate place or to an error
page. Of course, this has the disadvantages of using JavaScript but...
I hope this helps,
Dan
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Daniel Lopez Janariz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Web Services
Computer Center
Balearic Islands University
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Kevin Duffey wrote:
>
> Couldn't agree more with Craig. Unfortanately, the only thing that is
> difficult is posting a big message that explains the site is a web
> application. I don't think most of our users even know what a web site is!
> ;) This is especially difficult for b2b sites because they want to maintain
> a level of professionalism that doesn't make the user feel like an idiot.
>
> I use frames as well. This way, the URL only shows the main url to the site.
> However, the one problem I haven't overcome yet..is if they right click on a
> static link and open it up in to a new window. That unfortanately bypasses
> the index.jsp page that sets up the frame, and thus they are able to
> navigate without that.
>
> Craig..any ideas?
>
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I want to hide the dispatcher servlet name in the browser's
> > location bar. It
> > > would be great to only show the jsp name, without the query string, for
> > > example
> > >
> > > I'm afraid that it is directly handled by the browser (but
> > there might be
> > > another way), so I tried to do that with javascript, without
> > any success.
> > > The HttpServletResponse doesn't hava any method that could help.
> > >
> >
> > It is handled directly by the browser. What shows is the URL to which the
> > *request* was sent -- it does not come from the response. The
> > browser has no idea
> > that your dispatcher servlet forwarded the request somewhere else.
> >
> > >
> > > How do you guys who use response redirection do ? Do you show
> > the dispatcher
> > > url (which btw should be the best idea for bookmarking, but not
> > really for
> > > presentation) ?
> > >
> >
> > What I normally do is to run inside a custom window that has no
> > location bar, or I
> > use frames, even if I don't otherwise need them (in that case,
> > the app runs in one
> > very large frame, and there's a small hidden frame that isn't
> > used). That way, the
> > URL of the app itself (i.e. the page containing the frameset) is
> > the only thing
> > that shows in the location bar.
> >
> > Beyond that, it's appropriate to educate users that web
> > *applications* are not the
> > same as web *sites* -- so concepts like bookmarking and returning
> > to a particular
> > page within the app are not really useful.
> >
> > >
> > > Any idea would be greatly appreciated
> > >
> > > Sylvain
> > >
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
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