Re: Falsifying [BROWSERNAME]

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18721
interpreted = N
texte = On 7/7/1998 2:26 pm, Michael Winston so noted...>One of the things that the header script is supposed to do is assign >NEWCART=1 if the browser if from Lycos. I use the following code: > >[SHOWIF [url][BROWSERNAME][/url]^[url]Lycos[/url]][MATH >SHOW=F]NEWCART=1[/MATH][/SHOWIF] > >However, when Lycos starts indexing my pages, I watch the Web* window. >Lycos is browser using CARTs other than 1. It's like [BROSWERNAME] isn't >recognizing the Lycos browser. I'd like to test this, but I can't because >I don't have a Lycos browser.Does it *ever* properly assign the cart number for the Lycos spider? I don't know if it'd affect the matching in this case, but the [url] tags are not necessary (especially for something like [url]Lycos[/url]). Browserwatch also lists a couple Microsoft browsers that contain LycosIT1 and LycosUK1, so you may want to change the comparison to:[SHOWIF [BROWSERNAME]^Lycos_][MATH SHOW=F]NEWCART=1[/MATH][/SHOWIF]for safety's sake.>So, does anyone know a way that I can force a browser to send a string >different than its normal one? Can I make Netscape send out Lycos_Spider >(T-Rex) instead of Mozilla x.x?If you want to do it for your internal testing, you can open a copy of Navigator with ResEdit and change the third string of Str# resource 210 from Mozilla to Lycos_Spider_(T-Rex) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Falsifying [BROWSERNAME] (Rob Marquardt 1998)
  2. Re: Falsifying [BROWSERNAME] (Michael Winston 1998)
  3. Re: Falsifying [BROWSERNAME] (Rob Marquardt 1998)
  4. Falsifying [BROWSERNAME] (Michael Winston 1998)
On 7/7/1998 2:26 pm, Michael Winston so noted...>One of the things that the header script is supposed to do is assign >NEWCART=1 if the browser if from Lycos. I use the following code: > >[SHOWIF [url][browsername][/url]^[url]Lycos[/url]][MATH >SHOW=F]NEWCART=1[/MATH][/SHOWIF] > >However, when Lycos starts indexing my pages, I watch the Web* window. >Lycos is browser using CARTs other than 1. It's like [BROSWERNAME] isn't >recognizing the Lycos browser. I'd like to test this, but I can't because >I don't have a Lycos browser.Does it *ever* properly assign the cart number for the Lycos spider? I don't know if it'd affect the matching in this case, but the [url] tags are not necessary (especially for something like [url]Lycos[/url]). Browserwatch also lists a couple Microsoft browsers that contain LycosIT1 and LycosUK1, so you may want to change the comparison to:[SHOWIF [browsername]^Lycos_][MATH SHOW=F]NEWCART=1[/MATH][/SHOWIF]for safety's sake.>So, does anyone know a way that I can force a browser to send a string >different than its normal one? Can I make Netscape send out Lycos_Spider >(T-Rex) instead of Mozilla x.x?If you want to do it for your internal testing, you can open a copy of Navigator with ResEdit and change the third string of Str# resource 210 from Mozilla to Lycos_Spider_(T-Rex) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com Rob Marquardt

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