Re: [mv] Setting MV session ID from outside of Minivend.

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting ant@maine.com (ant@maine.com):
> To tell you the truth, I almost think that you could just generate a random 
> 8 letter session id and feed it into minivend. In fact, I tried it, and it
> worked. However, there is no real reason to generate a session if there is 
> none, because it doesn't accomplish anything. Just require that people use
> cookies and you are all set. It's going to be a good amount of work to set
> up your links so that they have a minivend-esque session tacked on to the
> end.
> 

I am doing some work with mod_perl and Minivend. Some things
on the target list, in current expected order/likelihood
of implementation:

    -- coordinate with timed-build to deliver pages that
       are pre-built, i.e. static pages. This would be
       cookie-based, i.e. the catalog would mark a user
       session to do caching on any of several levels:

	    * when not logged in
	    * when logged in
	    * when items are not in basket
	    * when items are in basket
	    * user definable levels

    -- Routing of catalogs based on the invocation
       SCRIPT_NAME and HTTP_HOST. This would mean
       you can have one tlink program and run any
       number of catalogs from it.

    -- Robot defense and throttling.

    -- Access logging / usertracking.

    -- preselection of search results via a SQL query
       or other method, with those results passed to
       Minivend for display.

    -- coordination for payment gateways that route
       you to a third-party HTTP server

I am still looking at features, so if anyone has any input it would
have an excellent chance of getting in the framework.

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