Re: Cart passing in URL...
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Alan White wrote:> How do you combine the use of both just out of interest? I haven't really> had that much experience using cookies etc so I'm afraid I am having> difficulty justifying their use to my employers also... I would be happy to> use them as it would certainly make my life easier ;-)We use well-formed session cookies (meaning they won't trigger browser security issues) to store only the cart number. We then use POST to move from page to page (wherever possible), so the URL looks uncluttered. Basically, my rule of thumb is that any URL that is too long to view in the URL box of my browser is probably too long.Check out:http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/and do a quick search. The main Multibook page and the Next and Previous links don't have anything in the URL (they are all driven by form variables). The individual book links are fully exploded URL's (since otherwise we'd have to have a graphical submit for individual