RE: Auto appending of CFID and CFTOKEN in application.cfm
Dh! Last night as I was about to fall asleep I realized I was off my rocker, but in a different way. Your problem with XPSP2 has nothing at all to do with ColdFusion, though the appending may work. The issue is related to not having two things: A properly formatted set of P3P privacy statements in your directory structure, and (2) not having adjusted your web-server's headers to include the P3P privacy statement. If you meet both of those requirements, your clients won't keep rejecting the cookies - I'm pretty sure that the cookies are being rejected because of failed properly written P3P statement, or missing files/header. Could that be it? That would also save a lot of rewriting work on the code. Any feedback on if this is right (or wrong!) would be appreciated. Stephen Cassady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sure it's cold in Canada, ColdFusion cold! ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187832 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Auto appending of CFID and CFTOKEN in application.cfm
Hi, I am retooling a large CF site and need to append the CFID and CFTOKEN to each request as XPSP2 has locked out a lot of users who aren't allowing cookies. There are too many pages to start digging through the links and forms to add the URLTOKEN (unless I really need to). Is it not possible to add some code to application.cfm to automatically do this? I tried with no success and received an invalid characters in the CFID or CFTOKEN message. Any info appreciated. JW ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187249 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Auto appending of CFID and CFTOKEN in application.cfm
I might be off my rocker - but are you implying that you are using cookie as the Default Storage Mechanism for Client Sessions? Could I suggest instead that you run all your client session requirements to a database instead? I know that to create Search Engine Friendly URLs ( http://www.peoplefield.org and http://www.spankmag.com ) all my href links are actually a custom function I wrote so I can automatically append (and pre-append) items to a link (in this case adding the /p.htm to everything at the end, and a parsed vaiable to map to the correct directory structure, yes I know, not Fusebox sturcture :-) ). But I don't think you want to rewirite all your links in the code. Can you expalain your problems more though about XPSP2? I've not had that problem (I think) and if I am, I would like to know more about what you are experiencing. Stephen http://www.Lopedia.com Canada is cold, so ColdFusion is natural to us! Hi, I am retooling a large CF site and need to append the CFID and CFTOKEN to each request as XPSP2 has locked out a lot of users who aren't allowing cookies. There are too many pages to start digging through the links and forms to add the URLTOKEN (unless I really need to). Is it not possible to add some code to application.cfm to automatically do this? I tried with no success and received an invalid characters in the CFID or CFTOKEN message. Any info appreciated. JW ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187287 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Auto appending of CFID and CFTOKEN in application.cfm
I'm sure you're rocker is fine. I am using non-persistant session cookies for session management, not persistant cookies. A few members installed XPSP2 and it apparently disables all cookies, persistant ant not, so that can login but the session cookie fails to be set, and they get punted back to the login. Some members had no problem setting the browser accordingly, but others would find it easier to build a roller-coaster. So, I just need an easy way (short of rewriting all my links/forms) to append the CFID and CFTOKEN. JW I might be off my rocker - but are you implying that you are using cookie as the Default Storage Mechanism for Client Sessions? Could I suggest instead that you run all your client session requirements to a database instead? I know that to create Search Engine Friendly URLs ( http://www. peoplefield.org and http://www.spankmag.com ) all my href links are actually a custom function I wrote so I can automatically append (and pre-append) items to a link (in this case adding the /p.htm to everything at the end, and a parsed vaiable to map to the correct directory structure, yes I know, not Fusebox sturcture :-) ). But I don't think you want to rewirite all your links in the code. Can you expalain your problems more though about XPSP2? I've not had that problem (I think) and if I am, I would like to know more about what you are experiencing. Stephen http://www.Lopedia.com Canada is cold, so ColdFusion is natural to us! Hi, I am retooling a large CF site and need to append the CFID and CFTOKEN to each request as XPSP2 has locked out a lot of users who aren't allowing cookies. There are too many pages to start digging through the links and forms to add the URLTOKEN (unless I really need to). Is it not possible to add some code to application.cfm to automatically do this? I tried with no success and received an invalid characters in the CFID or CFTOKEN message. Any info appreciated. JW ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187299 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Auto appending of CFID and CFTOKEN in application.cfm
I am using non-persistant session cookies for session management, not persistant cookies. Actually, in terms of the issue you are having, it wouldn't really matter. Even if you use client variables in the database, Cold Fusion still uses the CFID and CFTOKEN to identify the client. So they either need cookies on or you need to pass it over the variable. A few members installed XPSP2 and it apparently disables all cookies, persistant ant not, so that can login but the session cookie fails to be set, and they get punted back to the login. Some members had no problem setting the browser accordingly, but others would find it easier to build a roller-coaster. So, I just need an easy way (short of rewriting all my links/forms) to append the CFID and CFTOKEN. Well, afraid I don't know any way to do this through the application. I always build that kind of function into the application, because I've had lots of issues with various browsers or users having problems with losing sessions even with cookies turned on. What I do is set a variable in the application either blank or with the session token and then use that variable on all the links. Yeah, it's a bit of a pain to do, but becomes habit after awhile. You can find the links in your site fairly easily with a regular expresssion search, which will at least save you a bit of time. Interestingly enough, I had installed SP2 and then had to take it off for other issues. But recently I've been having major issues with my application losing the session whenever a new window is opened (or a JS location script runs). Only happens in IE and enabling all cookies does not seem to help. It's really driving me nuts! Mary Jo ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187305 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
