>From a search-engine optimization standpoint, the first option is better, otherwise when the search engine tries to access any of the private pages, it will get the login form, which is probably not what you want. By using the first option, the search engine will simply not index the private page.
-Adeel On Jul 29, 2:22 pm, "Gonzalo Servat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm working on a private site (ie. all pages are only accessible to logged > in users) and I'm trying to figure out if it's best to redirect the user to > a login URL or keep the URL as is and display the login form. Here are the 2 > scenarios: > > 1) User requests /resources/list (since it is in the user's history.. maybe > bookmarked?). app_controller.php checks that the session variable > User.iddoesn't exist so Cake redirects the user to /users/login (ie. > URL in the > Address/Location bar has now changed to /users/login). This would mean that > I'd store all the user validation code inside the users_controller and the > User model and I'd have to keep track of what URL was originally requested. > > OR > > 2) User requests /resources/list. URL stays as is, but app_controller.php > dispatches /users/login and the form action tag points to /resources/list. > User enters their login/pass, clicks submit (which points to /resources/list > .. as per the form tag) so app_controller.php sees that the user is not > logged in but $this->data has a username/password set so app_controller does > the validating and sets the right Session variables. The user gets to see > the /resources/list page. Also, if the user was entering some data on a page > and their session times out, I thought that maybe I could also keep > $this->data in memory when the user clicks submit, and set it back to > $this->data when they've logged in successfully. > > I personally like 2) best since I don't have to worry about which page the > user requested (as the URL doesn't change), but before I change my code > (currently using option 1), I'd like to hear other's opinions on this. > > Thanks in advance! > > - Gonzalo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
