Re: any suggestions for creating a multi-lingual site?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > > As I would prefer not to pass the langauge choice in the URL >(trying to keep > > the URLs as clean as possible) it would seem that I need to read the cookie > > on each page. Having never worked with cookies before, is there a > > performance penalty to doing this? Or is the cookie in memory once it is > > read the first time? > >Use the headers. You have 40 of them and you can even stock more than one >variable in each of them, if you have the technique (that is not that hard). > >You can stock the cart value in a cookie. You can also stock other variables >in different cookie. Cookies are usually retrieved by the browsers at >startup and there should be no performance penalty. Only problem: what if >somebody does not allow cookies to be set?A cool way to pass things is to use the MIME headers, which you can do with a combo of [SETMIMEHEADER] and [LISTMIMEHEADERS].On page one (where you would set your cookie), set a MIME header:[SETMIMEHEADER name=myCoolName&value=myValue]On the next page read your value with:[ListMIMEHeaders name=myCoolName&exact=T] ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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> > As I would prefer not to pass the langauge choice in the URL >(trying to keep > > the URLs as clean as possible) it would seem that I need to read the cookie > > on each page. Having never worked with cookies before, is there a > > performance penalty to doing this? Or is the cookie in memory once it is > > read the first time? > >Use the headers. You have 40 of them and you can even stock more than one >variable in each of them, if you have the technique (that is not that hard). > >You can stock the cart value in a cookie. You can also stock other variables >in different cookie. Cookies are usually retrieved by the browsers at >startup and there should be no performance penalty. Only problem: what if >somebody does not allow cookies to be set?A cool way to pass things is to use the MIME headers, which you can do with a combo of [setmimeheader] and [listmimeheaders].On page one (where you would set your cookie), set a MIME header:[SETMIMEHEADER name=myCoolName&value=myValue]On the next page read your value with:[ListMIMEHeaders name=myCoolName&exact=T] ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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