Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried the interactive configuration. In the future I will stick to > editing wwwoffle.conf. I recall the last time I tried it similar > things happened. [But wait, happy ending] > > Just some http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ style feedback on my visit to > > http://localhost:8080/configuration/url?http://ads.storagereview.net/adframe.php%3Fn%3Da46880e9%26what%3Dzone:7%26target%3D_blank%26refresh%3D300 > > On the form there are boxes marked "other". The user doesn't > understand what they are for. [I.e. don't tell me here, mention it on > the page itself next release.]
I am at a loss as to what I could put on the page that would explain this without adding lots of words. The text field labelled "other" is in square brackets '[...]' and follows a drop-down box all on the same line where it says "host" (or "path" etc). What else can it be except and alternative for the entries that exist in the drop-down list. And when the user investigates the drop-down list they see the description of what "other" means. > I made some changes to the URL, hit the change button, then went down > to select > > http://localhost:8080/configuration/DontGet/no-name?http://ads.storagereview.net/adframe.php%3Fn%3Da46880e9%26what%3Dzone:7%26target%3D_blank%26refresh%3D300 > > [I note the URL is the same, unchanged.] If you changed the URL on the first page then the URL for the second page would have changed. It is therefore apparent that you failed to make the change. Having seen that the URL is unchanged it would have been wise for you to go back and investigate. > Anyways, I see the scary > > Insert the value above replacing the entry selected below > > Which should not be the default, if you ask me. I agree, at the time I couldn't work out a way of making it work so that if there was an entry selected (e.g. by selecting "edit selected" and pressing "Make Change") it did default to replacing the selected one. I have now worked out a way that seems to work. It will now default to "insert entry before selected one". > By the way, of the 47 items in the box, none are especially selected, > meaning the whole box is selected, perhaps. No, not selecting anything is very different from selecting everything. > Anyway, instead of blowing away the 47 items, I chose to place my new > entry after them, instead of replacing them. I click and > > Item: no-name > The requested change was to insert the entry: > > http://ads.storagereview.net/adframe.php?n=a46880e9&what=zone:7&target=_blank&refresh=300 > > after the entry > > This change failed and generated the following error message: > > The specified form action was invalid or an existing entry parameter was missing. > > same when trying "before the entry" > > Wait, I get it, I must first select an item... OK that worked. > There on the page, better mention that the user must first select an item. You pressed the button where it is clearly labelled "Insert the value above after the entry selected below" yet you failed to select an entry below. It tells you in the option that you chose that an entry must be selected from below yet you failed to do it. I have also made this default to selecting the first entry. > Now going back, I find that one must clean out the "other" boxes above > before clicking the Change button, in order for the whole shebang to > work. So today we have a happy ending. You only need to clean out the "other" boxes if you choose "other ..." from the drop down list. Choosing anything else from the dropdown lists will make a change. -- Andrew. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/ WWWOFFLE users page: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.8/user.html
