Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Paul Giesenhagen
What are some of you doing to return people to where they were once they have logged in. I am curious what are some of the best methods to returning users back to where they came from after they log in. Example;user is browsing your website and comes to a form to submit some information.But they

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Micha Schopman
Save the referrer when locating them to the login page. Use that referrer upon login to relocate again. Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This

Re: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Paul Giesenhagen
: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:34 AM Subject: RE: Return Links (best practice) Save the referrer when locating them to the login page. Use that referrer upon login to relocate again. Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Micha Schopman
Why would that be unreliable? Yes you can spoof referrers as a client, but they are only used as a relocate target not as a check whether someone is logged in. You can store paths in sessions etc. but you must make sure you update the path on each request, and ignore the setting of the path during

Re: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Paul Giesenhagen
, September 07, 2004 1:44 AM Subject: RE: Return Links (best practice) Why would that be unreliable? Yes you can spoof referrers as a client, but they are only used as a relocate target not as a check whether someone is logged in. You can store paths in sessions etc. but you must make sure you

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Micha Schopman
I think most developers still use referrers though :P Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe]

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Pascal Peters
inform_submit type=submit value=Login /form Pascal -Original Message- From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 September 2004 08:31 To: CF-Talk Subject: Return Links (best practice) What are some of you doing to return people to where they were once they have logge

Re: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Massimo Foti
I think most developers still use referrers though :P Many personal security software, like Norton Firewall remove the referrer from the HTTP request. Same for a good amount of corporate firewalls. It's indeed pretty annoying for us developers... Massimo Foti

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Micha Schopman
Yup that is indeed true Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and

Re: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Adam Haskell
I disagree on that. If you use referrer information your website to redirect people back, your website is not working properly for about 30-40% of you customers. We store the last page visited in the Session scope. Adam H On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:55:35 +0200, Micha Schopman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Andy Ousterhout
FORM variable.In the logon action page I either CFINCLUDE the original page if provided OR go to the home page. Andy -Original Message- From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:31 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Return Links (best practice) What

RE: Return Links (best practice)

2004-09-07 Thread Dennis Powers
the best methods to returning users back to where they came from after they log in. We approach this with the rule of thumb “never trust the data the client is sending you”So do not depend on referrer or cookie information unless you absolutely have to.On our simpler “login sites” we insist on