Creating a watchlist

Hi there,

Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
be achieved

I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
of their visit to a site.

Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven

Thanks in advance

Steven

Re: Creating a watchlist

"deepweb" wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
> be achieved
>
> I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
> of their visit to a site.
>
> Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steven

Can you explain yourself a little futher please? What is it that you want
added to a database? That they looked at the site? Their ip address? If
they log in, then who they are? One time when they click on or every
minute?

What is it you are trying to do?

Shelly

Re: Creating a watchlist

deepweb wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
> be achieved
>
> I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
> of their visit to a site.
>
> Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steven
>

Impossible, because you cannot know the "duration of the visit to a site".

The ONLY thing you can know is when they made their last request to your site.
Anything else is a pure guess.

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Re: Creating a watchlist

On Sep 24, 11:20 pm, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> deepweb wrote:
> > Hi there,
>
> > Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
> > be achieved
>
> > I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
> > of their visit to a site.
>
> > Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
>
> > Thanks in advance
>
> > Steven
>
> Impossible, because you cannot know the "duration of the visit to a site".
>
> The ONLY thing you can know is when they made their last request to your site.
> Anything else is a pure guess.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================

Hi there,

Thanks for that, I must not have asked the question right, as there
are lots of site where you can click a button or link to add the
current page/record/article to "your watchlist" ie a list of items you
are interested enough in to tag as important.

I have a list of activities and accommodation that I want people to be
able to tag and then present them with a list they can print or email.

Does that explain it a bit better

Cheers

Steven

Re: Creating a watchlist

deepweb wrote:
> On Sep 24, 11:20 pm, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> deepweb wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>> Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
>>> be achieved
>>> I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
>>> of their visit to a site.
>>> Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Steven
>> Impossible, because you cannot know the "duration of the visit to a site".
>>
>> The ONLY thing you can know is when they made their last request to your site.
>> Anything else is a pure guess.
>>
>> --
>> ==================
>> Remove the "x" from my email address
>> Jerry Stuckle
>> JDS Computer Training Corp.
>> jstuck...@attglobal.net
>> ==================
>
> Hi there,
>
> Thanks for that, I must not have asked the question right, as there
> are lots of site where you can click a button or link to add the
> current page/record/article to "your watchlist" ie a list of items you
> are interested enough in to tag as important.
>
> I have a list of activities and accommodation that I want people to be
> able to tag and then present them with a list they can print or email.
>
> Does that explain it a bit better
>
> Cheers
>
> Steven
>

OK, now I understand.

You could make this either cookie or session driven; personally I'd make
it session driven (less traffic on the 'net). If you want to give them
the ability to save them across sessions, then I'd suggest a database.

No tutorials I know of - just store in and read from the $_SESSION
superglobal as necessary. And no scripts - something like that would be
quite site specific. But also very easy to write.

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==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
==================

Re: Creating a watchlist

On Sep 25, 10:29 pm, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> deepweb wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 11:20 pm, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >> deepweb wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>> Does anyone know of a watchlist function or tutorial on how it might
> >>> be achieved
> >>> I want people to add database records to a watchlist for the duration
> >>> of their visit to a site.
> >>> Not sure if it might be cookie or session driven
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>> Steven
> >> Impossible, because you cannot know the "duration of the visit to a site".
>
> >> The ONLY thing you can know is when they made their last request to your site.
> >> Anything else is a pure guess.
>
> >> --
> >> ==================
> >> Remove the "x" from my email address
> >> Jerry Stuckle
> >> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> >> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> >> ==================
>
> > Hi there,
>
> > Thanks for that, I must not have asked the question right, as there
> > are lots of site where you can click a button or link to add the
> > current page/record/article to "your watchlist" ie a list of items you
> > are interested enough in to tag as important.
>
> > I have a list of activities and accommodation that I want people to be
> > able to tag and then present them with a list they can print or email.
>
> > Does that explain it a bit better
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Steven
>
> OK, now I understand.
>
> You could make this either cookie or session driven; personally I'd make
> it session driven (less traffic on the 'net). If you want to give them
> the ability to save them across sessions, then I'd suggest a database.
>
> No tutorials I know of - just store in and read from the $_SESSION
> superglobal as necessary. And no scripts - something like that would be
> quite site specific. But also very easy to write.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================

Thanks Jerry, I'll get stuck into my sessions stuff.

Cheers