illusions2k Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 I was wondering what you guys use for your clients, session id or cookie usage. and if you use cookies, how do you get spiders and crawlers to index your site since they dont accept cookies. whats better sessions or cookie usage.
boxtel Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 I was wondering what you guys use for your clients, session id or cookie usage. and if you use cookies, how do you get spiders and crawlers to index your site since they dont accept cookies. whats better sessions or cookie usage. there is no choice between them as they are two different entities, you have both. Treasurer MFC
illusions2k Posted February 15, 2006 Author Posted February 15, 2006 there is no choice between them as they are two different entities, you have both. so what does force cookie usage mean? you mean i my site uses both?
boxtel Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 so what does force cookie usage mean? you mean i my site uses both? Force cookies means that no session is started until cookies can be set and read back so that the session id can be stored in that cookie. So if the cookie cannot be set (because it is refused or your settings are wrong) no session is started, no session variables like language, currency and yes, shopping cart will function. Hence the cookie usage page if you wish to use the cart. if set to false, a cookie setting is still attempted but if it cannot be read back, the sessionid is attached to every url because that is then the only available option left to retain it and because you do not force cookies, you allow it. With set to false, on first page entry it is always attached because you can only verify if the cookie setting was successful on the next page request. If successful, the session id will from then on be managed in the cookie and no longer attached to the url. Treasurer MFC
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