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Re: Menubar.. using jscript

10-Oct-02 8:51

Try here:

Clickety[^]

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Pradhip10-Oct-02 12:19

Pradhip

10-Oct-02 12:19

try www.apycom.com.

these guys ahve some real cool menus and detailed documentation on using them.

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Re: Menubar.. using jscript

Richard Deeming11-Oct-02 0:22

Richard Deeming

11-Oct-02 0:22

Try http://webfx.eae.net/[^]

Global function / values

Ray Cassick10-Oct-02 7:49

10-Oct-02 7:49

I am wondering which would be beter here..

In the older ASP days I would place any global values that I needed to set into a asp file that would be included at the top of every other page in the system. I could tehn refer to those vars inside the page that they were included in.

I have been playing around with different ways of doign this now that I am getting into the ASP.NET stuff. I notice that I can place variables (and the properties that can get/set them) intothe global.asax file of my site and then refer to them by simply using 'Gloabl.<property_name>'.

Is there any advantage to one way Vs. the other? My thinking is that using the global.asax method might be a bit faster since it does not require a physical file to be read and included as part of the one being displayed. I don't however have any data to back this up.

Being new to the ASP.NET arena I am also wondering how to go about configuring some global functions. I would like to have several functions that would be used at various points int he site and am htinking that the global.asax might be a good way to make them available as well.

While I am on the subject of global things on a web site, what about instances of classes? I was considering creating a class of User that I could us through out the site, but I am at a loss as to where I would creat an instance of it, as well as when I would destroy it. It would be handy to simply create a an instance of it on my login page, then have it worry about user validation to the DB on the backend, returning a property for authenticated or not, but how to I take care of it when the user 'logs off' so to speak.

Thanks for any insight anyone here can provide...

leppie10-Oct-02 10:44

leppie

10-Oct-02 10:44

Ray Cassick wrote:
I was considering creating a class of User that I could us through out the site, but I am at a loss as to where I would creat an instance of it, as well as when I would destroy it.

I was thinking of the same. Although I havent worked with Cookies I think that will be the best option. Then use the variables you stored to recreate a User class for the page on load. Thats sounds like the "logical" way to do it.

Maybe the User instance class can be set as a Session Variable, that could work too I think....So we would retrieve Cookie values at session start make User class, validate with DB , and persist it for the remainder of the session.

I would probably have a look at this over the weekend, so if I find more info I will let you know Smile | :)

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Paul Riley10-Oct-02 10:51

Paul Riley

10-Oct-02 10:51

No idea which would be the faster way of using global values but I'd imagine Global.asax is the least bug-prone (not relying on you to remember to include it). You can also use a module for things like this.

The same applies to functions.

As for user verification, it's worth SERIOUSLY considering Forms Authentication. Takes all the work out of it for you.

This article[^] is quite a complicated example and it's still a lot more simple than coding a cheap and nasty authentication yourself Smile | :)

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There's a nice explanation of Forms Authentication in O'Reilly's Inside ASP.NET if you have access to Safari.

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Ray Cassick10-Oct-02 11:56

10-Oct-02 11:56

Paul Riley wrote:
You can also use a module for things like this.

I was going to consider this. If I create a module, doe sit matter where I create it? Can I assume that puting it in any directory is ok as long as I make the functions that it contains public?

Paul Riley10-Oct-02 12:11

Paul Riley

10-Oct-02 12:11

I don't see why it wouldn't work if it's in the same application as the calling page somewhere. I've only ever used a module where all my pages are in one folder, so don't quote me on that, but so long as it's in the right namespace it should be fine. Even if it's not, you can probably reference it.

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designs

Nnamdi Onyeyiri10-Oct-02 7:37

10-Oct-02 7:37

does anyone know of anything i can do [rituals, chanting, electric shock] that will help me come up with a new website design? how do u lot get inspiration?

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Brian Delahunty10-Oct-02 7:49

10-Oct-02 7:49

Please don't say your changing your own site. It's very cool as it is.

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Nnamdi Onyeyiri11-Oct-02 4:42

11-Oct-02 4:42

Brian Delahunty wrote:
Please don't say your changing your own site. It's very cool as it is.

well.....ummm......actually......i am Big Grin | :-D

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Brian Delahunty11-Oct-02 4:57

11-Oct-02 4:57

Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
well.....ummm......actually......i am

Well.... ummmm... why??? Wink | ;-)

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Nnamdi Onyeyiri11-Oct-02 5:00

11-Oct-02 5:00

well......umm......i got sick of the old design Poke tongue | ;-P

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Brian Delahunty11-Oct-02 5:01

11-Oct-02 5:01

Suppose. Thats a good enough reason. So.. Any ideas for the new one?

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Nnamdi Onyeyiri11-Oct-02 5:03

11-Oct-02 5:03

only one, but i dont really like it. and browsing the net doesnt help, it only makes me hate my ideas even more Frown | :(

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Brian Delahunty11-Oct-02 5:07

11-Oct-02 5:07

I really should get around to finishing my site.. Well. I'd have to get around to starting it first I suppose.

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Nnamdi Onyeyiri11-Oct-02 5:10

11-Oct-02 5:10

got anything uploaded? Big Grin | :-D

url...

ps. just keeping this thread going on. Smile | :)

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Brian Delahunty11-Oct-02 5:13

11-Oct-02 5:13

Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
got anything uploaded?

Nope. Well.. Wait. There used to be something at http://snet.wit.ie/~brian[^] but I think I removed it.. yep. .I did.

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Paul Riley11-Oct-02 9:29

Paul Riley

11-Oct-02 9:29

Brian Delahunty wrote:
Nope. Well.. Wait. There used to be something at http://snet.wit.ie/~brian[^] but I think I removed it.. yep. .I did.

And yet, you left the link in. Big Grin | :-D

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Brian Delahunty12-Oct-02 0:23

12-Oct-02 0:23

Paul Riley wrote:
And yet, you left the link in.

I didn't check until after wether or not I left that site up. I suppose I shoudl have removed trhe link. Blush | :O

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Ray Cassick10-Oct-02 7:51

10-Oct-02 7:51

I do alot of browsing around to sights that have the same (or similar) subject focus, then I make notes on what I like, what I don't like... I use those notes in my design.

Hmmm Orange bar down the left side of the page, cool little mascott cartoon character at the top, rolling adds for some cash... Hmmmmm