Navigation Suite T. Muck

Report · Jan 10, 2007

I have the Thomas Muck navigation suite and I'm trying make it work for
a page that has a long list of products. Thomas can probably answer this
best but I will gladly listen to others.

When I click the next page in page lists, it takes me to a new page with
a more complicated url.
------for now, id rather not post the actual link.
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http://www.domainname.com/test_cat_eduplay.asp?cid=75&offset=30
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This isn't so bad. If on this page, I click add item to cart, this works
too.

However, after clicking add to cart and if I click on one of the other
pages of the page navigation, my URL gets way more complicated and
starts to add info that I am not so sure should be there.
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http://www.domainname.com/test_cat_lay.asp?cid=75&BasePrice=50%2E25&Discount=
0&SalePrice=&hiddenField=0&cartname_eCart_1_ID_Add=2598&cartname_eCart_1_Quantity_
Add=1&cartname_eCart_1_ATC.x=41&cartname_eCart_1_ATC.y=11&cartname_eCart_1_ATC=Add+To+Cart&offset=30
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First of all, is this a problem?
Is this an error?
More importantly, is this link above revealing too much?

It works, it just becomes unsightly and if I want to submit the link to
google , it probably wouldn't be registered.

Is there a better system for creating multiple pages with dynamic
content? Is there a way to make sure these links don't do this and
doesn't become "messy?"

Report · Jan 10, 2007

The issue won't be with the suite but with the parameters that you send to
the page. Looks like your cart script is doing that. The suite merely passes
on parameters that were passed to it.

--
Jules
http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart
Charon Cart 3
Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

Report · Jan 11, 2007

Julian Roberts wrote:
> The issue won't be with the suite but with the parameters that you send to
> the page. Looks like your cart script is doing that. The suite merely passes
> on parameters that were passed to it.
>

Julian, I always liked that name.

Anyways, do you have any ideas on how to filter out the shopping cart
stuff? Where/why do you think it's being included?

I understand that this is probably difficult to answer. If you saw the
content would you be able to tell what is causing it? What should I look
for?
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I use WebAssist for the Shopping cart, if that helps.

Thanks

Report · Jan 11, 2007

> I understand that this is probably difficult to answer. If you saw the
> content would you be able to tell what is causing it? What should I look
> for?
> \
> I use WebAssist for the Shopping cart, if that helps.

What exactly are you worried about? This only happens when you click Add to
Cart in the shopping cart, so search engines will never see this. All they
will see is the navigation link with an offset=10 or some other variable on
the end.

Tom Muck
http://www.tom-muck.com/

Report · Jan 11, 2007

Well, that is part of what I was wondering about. I want to make sure
that the URL in the address bar at the top is not revealing too much
accidentally. It also becomes quite long and wasn't sure if this was
normal or good or bad or whatever. It just struck me as odd and I wasn't
sure what to make of it because it becomes long very quickly.

Any ideas? By the way Thom, I do like the suite. Have been using it for
a few years now.

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Tom Muck wrote:

> What exactly are you worried about? This only happens when you click Add to
> Cart in the shopping cart, so search engines will never see this. All they
> will see is the navigation link with an offset=10 or some other variable on
> the end.
>
> Tom Muck
> http://www.tom-muck.com/

Report · Jan 11, 2007

The url will only reveal variables that you pass from page to page, so there
should be no problems there. If you want to eliminate it you can probably do
it here:

MM_urlStr = Request.ServerVariables("URL") & "?" & MM_keepMove &
MM_moveParam & "="

remove the MM_keepMove variable from the list. That may affect other things,
though. I don't know what your page needs to work properly.

Tom Muck
http://www.tom-muck.com/

"Lee" <lee_nospam_@artjunky.com> wrote in message
news:eo6128$l4v$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Well, that is part of what I was wondering about. I want to make sure that
> the URL in the address bar at the top is not revealing too much
> accidentally. It also becomes quite long and wasn't sure if this was
> normal or good or bad or whatever. It just struck me as odd and I wasn't
> sure what to make of it because it becomes long very quickly.
>
> Any ideas? By the way Thom, I do like the suite. Have been using it for a
> few years now.
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Tom Muck wrote:
>
>> What exactly are you worried about? This only happens when you click Add
>> to Cart in the shopping cart, so search engines will never see this. All
>> they will see is the navigation link with an offset=10 or some other
>> variable on the end.
>>
>> Tom Muck
>> http://www.tom-muck.com/
>