"an*******@yahoo.ca" <an*******@yahoo.ca> wrote in
news:11**********************@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com:
Jakob wrote: "Ann D." <an*******@yahoo.ca> schreef in bericht
news:ae**************************@posting.google.c om... > Hi!
> I'm creating a website that has a few pages... question is, how can I > prevent a user from going directly to a page.
>
> i.e. user has to go through myPage1.asp (page takes some user info) > to get to myPage2.htm. I don't want the user to be able to get to
> myPage2.htm without going through the questionnaire on myPage1.asp.
>
> How can I do this?
> Thanks,
> Ann
I guess the site is not operational yet.
But when it will be:
why would visitors not want to answer your questions?
Are you asking dumb things,
or invading their privacy without any reason?
In other words: try to create a situation in which visitors will love
to complete your questionnaire.
Jakob
For your info Jakob, they are not dumb questions. I'm helping a friend
who's building a site for a Home Builder and this questionnaire is a
customer requirement in order to enable the user to order pdf house
plans. Why the animosity??? I thought this would be a good place to
get some info. Sorry if I'm new at this and asked for assistance.
Ann:
First, a couple of things that will make life easier:
- post your replies at the bottom, after what you're
referring to, so that the text flows in the same
order as a conversation
- generally, it's better to provide more information,
not less, especially when you are "new". If you
had explained the actual requirement re the ordering
of the PDF files, people may have answered differently :-)
A)
You say "order pdf house plans". You need to explain that.
If you mean "order" as in provide personal information and
take payment details(e.g. credit card info) than that's
a whole other set of issues.
B)
If you mean that the questionaire is intended to act as
a "wizard" to narrow down the available selection of
house plans to those most likely to fit the homebuyer's
needs, then design the process so that someone who wants
to can see the complete list of plans, while still offering
the option of the questionaire/wizard to those that want
to use it.
C)
Design the questionaire/wizard to be browser-neutral, and
include client-side assistance/validation(e.g. via javascript),
but make sure the page(s) function without javascript, and that
all "real" validation is done server-side. Somebody will have
to do some programming on the server(e.g. ASP, PHP, etc).
--
Dave Patton
Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
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http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/