http / browser help: changing url in location window
Python
python at venix.com
Wed Feb 1 17:58:01 EST 2006
On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 17:34 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote:
> On 2/1/06, Python <python at venix.com> wrote:
> I am doing a survey application (It will show up as
> HowsYourCare. It
> is not yet visible to the world.). So the URLs look like:
> http://HowsYourCare.org/survey/01
> the form action will be:
> /survey/02
> the next screen, and things work well so long as the forms are
> processed
> in sequence.
> However, some forms become irrelevant depending upon the
> responses. In
> that case, the irrelevant form(s) are skipped and the next
> usable form
> is presented. However, the URL displayed in the browser came
> from the
> last form action and shows the URL for the first skipped
> screen. This
> is not a show-stopper, but I would prefer forcing the display
> of the
> real URL. I am testing with Firefox.
>
> Is the identification easy enough to discover within JavaScript?
> Just have the JS change the location to post the form to..
The determination happens at the server after collecting the responses.
I do not think a JS solution is feasible.
In addition, as someone who keeps JS disabled as much as possible
(Firefox plugin NoScript) I would be reluctant to force others to enable
JS without good reason.
>
> Thomas
>
>
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Lloyd Kvam
Venix Corp
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