Re: Hierarchy of form/text/math variables (renamed thread)
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >Oops, meant to rename that thread. Don't reply to the other one. > >>Please, Please, Please just fix the global tags and leave the hierarchy the >>way it is.Grant, I spent a couple of hours testing version 4 the other day -- until one of my standard coding techniques broke as soon as I passed a variable into the page. I had no idea what to do about it, so I just stopped using version 4. I really don't have time to re-conceptualize virtually every coding technique I have developed in the past year. >Naturally I'd like to figure out a way to keep the functionality >you're asking for and also maintain some kind of security.I sure hope you come up with one! No matter how many other 'really cool' features webcat4 adds to the mix, they are only the icing on the cake. I just wish the cake didn't taste like you stomped on it with army boots ... :( >It >concerns me and lots of webmasters that any hacker can essentially >change your internal text variables by simply putting a new field >into the URL.How about defining certain variables that CANNOT be overridden by incoming formvariables, and leave all the others the way they are in version 3? >So let's try to think in a more general and abstract way about how we >can achieve the same affect that you're getting now. Perhaps some >kind of [PresetFormVariables] context, or something like that?Good idea, but I like Jesse's solution too. His would allow us to add a parameter to any math or text variable wherever we create it. ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Oops, meant to rename that thread. Don't reply to the other one. > >>Please, Please, Please just fix the global tags and leave the hierarchy the >>way it is.Grant, I spent a couple of hours testing version 4 the other day -- until one of my standard coding techniques broke as soon as I passed a variable into the page. I had no idea what to do about it, so I just stopped using version 4. I really don't have time to re-conceptualize virtually every coding technique I have developed in the past year. >Naturally I'd like to figure out a way to keep the functionality >you're asking for and also maintain some kind of security.I sure hope you come up with one! No matter how many other 'really cool' features webcat4 adds to the mix, they are only the icing on the cake. I just wish the cake didn't taste like you stomped on it with army boots ... :( >It >concerns me and lots of webmasters that any hacker can essentially >change your internal text variables by simply putting a new field >into the URL.How about defining certain variables that CANNOT be overridden by incoming formvariables, and leave all the others the way they are in version 3? >So let's try to think in a more general and abstract way about how we >can achieve the same affect that you're getting now. Perhaps some >kind of [PresetFormVariables] context, or something like that?Good idea, but I like Jesse's solution too. His would allow us to add a parameter to any math or text variable wherever we create it. ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================############################################################# 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 To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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