RE: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...

[Chris Tifer]

What I call a Server Side Cookie, you refer to as a Session Variable.


Can someone disable cookies (or variables) on the server end?  I've

never heard of that.  Only client-side.


Chris


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Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:44 AM

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Subject: RE: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...



What is a server-side cookie?

I've heard of session variables but not cookies.

However, this will only work if cookies are not disabled.

Session variables depend on a SessionID cookie on the clients machine.


Trying to work around the back button can prove almost impossible, depending

on browser and set-up, but more info is needed about your server to provide

more help.


One option may be to use JavaScript to prevent the page being added to the

history, but this is another thing that some people hate. Such is life.


Paul


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Tifer

Sent: 07 August 2000 13:58

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Subject: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...



Hi,


An easy way to take care of this outside of Flash would be

to set a cookie... Preferrably a server-side cookie because

some people REALLY freak if you try to set a client-side

cookie, and plus you may not want them to be redirected

next time they come to your site.


Using ASP would be really simple because on the buy, audio, or

contact.htm file you would only need this


<%

	Session("Redirect_Page") = "menu2.htm"

%>



Then on the index.htm, you would need to do:


<%

	If Len(Session("Redirect_Page") > 0 Then Response.Redirect

Session("Redirect_Page")

%>


That's why I love ASP.  Sooooo simple. Now, if you want them to replay the

intro, just make sure to set the Session Cookie to ""


I'm sure this could also be done easily in any other number of

other languages...  Any ways this can be done through Flash anyone?


Chris


P.S.

For some's amusement: I built a calendar one time on a page and

each day was a link.  I had a client that wanted to know if I could make it

so the browser's default back button took them back one day on the calendar

and the forward button could take you forward a day....  Sure..... No

problem. Ha ha



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 Behalf Of Jefferis

Peterson

Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 8:28 AM

To: Flash MailList

Subject: FLASH: Back Button redirect?



There is an interesting problem as it relates to Flash. After an intro

movie, you often want to end in a menu for jumps to other locations. The

problem is that when a person clicks on the Back button on their browser

window top, it will take them to the beginning of the intro movie rather

than to the menu [because the entire Flash movie is refreshed]. Although

I always provide navigation within the new pages, if the client doesn't

click on the obvious choices but the browser top... they go back to the

intro.  I was wondering if there is a way to redirect people based upon

their prior page in javascript?


Say for example index.htm with the flash gives links to new pages

buy.htm

audio.htm

contact.htm


If they press the back button on any of those pages, I want to redirect

them to

menu2.htm


And I'd like to give them the option of replaying the intro if they

wish... I assume that a link with a _new target will prevent the back

button action from coming into play... either that or a time() function

of some sort since last visit...



myMenu = page Array(buy.htm, audio.htm ,contact.htm)


if (document.referrer != "myMenu")  {

    window.location = "index.htm"

}

 else


      window.location = "menu2.htm

}



Can anyone foresee a problem with this approach?


Jeff



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