Re: Cart passing in URL...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58287
interpreted = N
texte = Alan White wrote: > I am proposing passing [cart] as part of my URL like so to get to various > areas of the site, notice the change in length of URL which would be in > reference to my previous post to do with cart numbers. A) The length of the URL is strictly a UI issue (i.e. completely up to you); B) How is this going to interact with search engines, which will store these cart values as if they were real URL values? In particular, each time the spider hits your top page and is assigned a new cart, it will appear that you have completely new content. This could lead to overspidering (read DENIAL OF SERVICE) of your site. If you don't have any conceptual problem with long URL's, why not just pass the cart as a URL parameter (like the good old days): http://www.hanon-shop.com/products/brand/mens_silas_clothing/?cart=1231308345042523532 or use exclusively form submissions to move from page to page and pass the cart as a hidden form variable. This in no way prevents you from using a single page to handle all of the processing (which is what you are intending to do, right?). FWIW, we use cookies and hidden form variables to provide a cleaner and simpler UI for most of our sites. Some search pages will display all of the nasty URL nonsense, but we aren't that concerned about it. YMMV John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Alan White wrote: > I am proposing passing [cart] as part of my URL like so to get to various > areas of the site, notice the change in length of URL which would be in > reference to my previous post to do with cart numbers. A) The length of the URL is strictly a UI issue (i.e. completely up to you); B) How is this going to interact with search engines, which will store these cart values as if they were real URL values? In particular, each time the spider hits your top page and is assigned a new cart, it will appear that you have completely new content. This could lead to overspidering (read DENIAL OF SERVICE) of your site. If you don't have any conceptual problem with long URL's, why not just pass the cart as a URL parameter (like the good old days): http://www.hanon-shop.com/products/brand/mens_silas_clothing/?cart=1231308345042523532 or use exclusively form submissions to move from page to page and pass the cart as a hidden form variable. This in no way prevents you from using a single page to handle all of the processing (which is what you are intending to do, right?). FWIW, we use cookies and hidden form variables to provide a cleaner and simpler UI for most of our sites. Some search pages will display all of the nasty URL nonsense, but we aren't that concerned about it. YMMV John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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