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AHMEDHHH1
Junior Member
Egypt
105 Posts |
 Posted - 17 June 2011 : 10:20:08
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Hello,
I want to learn just one thing
.how to make one of the options work without refreshing the page
For instance, when adding a quick reply, it appears directly when
.I am in the subject without refreshing the page
I want to learn this because I want to make many options work without
refreshing the page such as fixing the subjest and locking it, and locking
the form and opening it as well as many many things
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Edited by - AHMEDHHH1 on 17 June 2011 11:08:03 |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2011 : 11:23:44
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What you are describing is commonly done with AJAX. There are some ASP AJAX libraries out there to make the learning curve a little easier (Google/Bing/whatever and you will find several options). The forum is not set up with this in mind, and I'm not the biggest AJAX fan in the world.
For starters, you are still depending on the client having JavaScript turned on (which it usually is, but not always - NoScript is rather popular these days). So you'll need to make sure you either have a fallback option or decide that they are not worth the traffic. Only you can decide which applies to you.
That's not even getting into what versions of what browsers will run a given chunk of code...
Also, many of the libraries break the back button - a huge disadvantage. A lot of people will assume your site is broken and leave if the back button doesn't work.
For me, adding the "cool factor" has not been worth the extra work. At my job, the people that remote in can't run JavaScript - kills the whole option for a sizable percentage of the people that need to run the site.
On my side projects, I still get enough traffic from older browsers and browsers with JavaScript turned off that it's not a good value propisition. It will take too much time for me to make it work right.
For you, only you can decide if it is worth your time and effort. |
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AHMEDHHH1
Junior Member
Egypt
105 Posts |
Posted - 18 June 2011 : 07:32:30
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| yes you're right it takes a lot of time to learn and i do not have enough time for the time being, maybe |
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