If someone is able to run a mirror of the Sword web interface on their server I would think they would also be able to have write permissions to save preferences as well, wouldn't they?.
by grace alone, Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Web Interface - Customization > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote: > > > I'm guessing that the ability to save preferences across sessions will > > require a user/login type of system where the preferences will be able > > to be saved in a database. Is this doable? > > Logins and server-side storage of setting adds a lot of complexity to what > is required of service providers. You may get people who come by once, > make some settings, and never or seldom return. But their data may remain > on the server forever. > > What diatheke currently does (and what would be my recommendation) is just > set cookies on the client. Nothing is required of the server maintainer. > If people disable cookies, the have to live without these features. The > only real drawback is that it doesn't work if you switch computers or do > most of your work from different (e.g. public) computers. > > A third possiblity, if we want to deal with it, might be to set up a > single central preferences database, hosted by CrossWire. This relieves > 3rd party server admins of the need to set up the database and provides > the added bonus that, regardless of which server or which client you use, > your server will always request and receive the same settings from > CrossWire's server. We can set it up as a web service that the 3rd party > servers could query. > > --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
