Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Sounds to me that you'll have much better luck approaching this in a much more secure way instead of trying to fudge through limited tools available to you. If this school is even partially serious about protecting its pupils then they should be open to discussion and you can illustrate these

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread steve miller
OK. Thanks for the thoughts. steve On Oct 19, 2008, at 9:23 PM, Sheila Fenelon wrote: steve miller wrote: Hi Sheila. Guess I'm being thick here, but wouldn't the logged in visitor still see the url to the intermediate script? Or are you thinking it will happen so fast that they won't

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread Portman
I seem to remember someone saying that if you redirect a url and use masking, the real url won't show - is this true? (And an option?) Riva On 10/20/2008 8:49 AM, steve miller wrote: OK. Thanks for the thoughts. steve • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk,

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread steve miller
Couldn't agree more, but the school is not very up on technology yet. We are actually a club of parents that support various school activities, like their music program. We run trips and things to raise money, so we are not officially part of the school system. The school has a basic site,

Re: [Bulk] Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-20 Thread David Precious
On 10/20/2008 01:54 PM, Portman wrote: I seem to remember someone saying that if you redirect a url and use masking, the real url won't show - is this true? (And an option?) No. You have to tell the browser what URL to go to, in order for it to go to it. There's no way to get the browser to

[wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread steve miller
Hi all. Could use some help with a url rewrite, if possible... I am sending a variable from one site to another via a url string because I don't have access to send it as a form post variable. Thus, the variable is viewable, like index.html?this=that. I'd like to hide the variable value. Is

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:10 AM, steve miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sending a variable from one site to another via a url string because I don't have access to send it as a form post variable. Thus, the variable is viewable, like index.html?this=that. I'd like to hide the variable

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread steve miller
Hi Hassan. The other site is a commercial site that our school uses (edline.net) and they (so far) are only allowing us to post links on their site, not forms. Since I am not the school's contact with edline, I can't ask directly, and the person who is the contact is not being very

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM, steve miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they (so far) are only allowing us to post links on their site, not forms. / So, I am stuck with a simple url and I'd like to hide the variable being sent. OK, got it. If it were me, I'd probably just put the values in

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread steve miller
Guess I need to give more info. This is a private site that the school does not want accessed via the open web. They don't have an intranet, so what we are doing is making it only available through a site that they contract (edline.net). In this way, school members log into edline first with

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread Sheila Fenelon
steve miller wrote: Guess I need to give more info. This is a private site that the school does not want accessed via the open web. They don't have an intranet, so what we are doing is making it only available through a site that they contract (edline.net). In this way, school members log

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread steve miller
Hi Sheila. Guess I'm being thick here, but wouldn't the logged in visitor still see the url to the intermediate script? Or are you thinking it will happen so fast that they won't be able to read it? steve On Oct 19, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Sheila Fenelon wrote: steve miller wrote: Guess I

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread steve miller
On Oct 19, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Hassan Schroeder wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:58 PM, steve miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this way, school members log into edline first with a username and pw, then they see the link to the private site. So, I'm hoping I understand this correctly

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread Sheila Fenelon
steve miller wrote: Hi Sheila. Guess I'm being thick here, but wouldn't the logged in visitor still see the url to the intermediate script? Or are you thinking it will happen so fast that they won't be able to read it? Yes, exactly. Beside the URL is viewable on the protected site

Re: [wdvltalk] url rewrite help needed

2008-10-19 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:43 PM, steve miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The main info on the site is pw protected, but I'm hoping to increase security and settle some parents' anxiety by hiding it all together. It has trip signup info, contact info, pictures... and they don't want predators