Re: Status of variable hierarchy changes?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >>Have you decided whether or not to reinstate the version 3 variable >>hierarchy? Please let us know if and when you do so, it is very >>important to many of us, thanks ... :) > >The default behavior will not be the un-secure style.As long as you give us a *VERY* quick and easy way to fix all our old sites, the default doesn't matter provided we can still use it the 'old-fashioned 3.0 way'.If you let us revert to the old variable hierarchy via a global preference, fine. If you make it easy for us to bbedit entire sites by replacing [text] with [text secure=f] for example, that's fine too.Just don't break our old sites in a way that makes us go thru every template and include file manually to fix what your new default is going to break, because that's an upgrade killer if there ever was one. >Still working >on a way to deal with your true issue, which is to find a nicer way >of filling in default form fields.I'm sorry to read this, because prefilling forms is NOT the true issue! It looks like you got stuck on one of my examples instead of seeing the big picture my example was meant to illustrate ... :(The *real* issue is this: We already have an exceptionally useful variable hierarchy that we know and love in version 3 -- and we do not want to lose it. If you leave the 3.x variable hierarchy intact while adding new (secure) variables to the mix in 4.0, that would result in a genuine enhancement which would benefit all of us.:) ================================ 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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>>Have you decided whether or not to reinstate the version 3 variable >>hierarchy? Please let us know if and when you do so, it is very >>important to many of us, thanks ... :) > >The default behavior will not be the un-secure style.As long as you give us a *VERY* quick and easy way to fix all our old sites, the default doesn't matter provided we can still use it the 'old-fashioned 3.0 way'.If you let us revert to the old variable hierarchy via a global preference, fine. If you make it easy for us to bbedit entire sites by replacing [text] with [text secure=f] for example, that's fine too.Just don't break our old sites in a way that makes us go thru every template and include file manually to fix what your new default is going to break, because that's an upgrade killer if there ever was one. >Still working >on a way to deal with your true issue, which is to find a nicer way >of filling in default form fields.I'm sorry to read this, because prefilling forms is NOT the true issue! It looks like you got stuck on one of my examples instead of seeing the big picture my example was meant to illustrate ... :(The *real* issue is this: We already have an exceptionally useful variable hierarchy that we know and love in version 3 -- and we do not want to lose it. If you leave the 3.x variable hierarchy intact while adding new (secure) variables to the mix in 4.0, that would result in a genuine enhancement which would benefit all of us.:) ================================ 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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