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Re: [mv] How does Minivend 4 use Cookies?



On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:19:28PM -1000, Warren T. wrote:
> I wonder if someone can shed some light on how Minivend uses cookies.
> 
> I'm using Javascript to create an expandable menu system in place of the default setup in the leftside file.  It uses cookies to retain the state of the expandable menu so the proper outline is formed.  It works great if I use
> it in a page that's not parsed by Minivend.  However, as soon as I put it in any page that Minivend parses, the state is not properly maintained.  Now, I know Minivend also uses cookies by default, and I have not turned off
> this feature since I want to keep  it for proper operation.  It appears that Minivend is somehow interfering with the state information  in the cookie for proper operation of the expandable menu system.  Does anybody out there
> know how and when Minivend updates the  cookie information? I'm using Netscape 4.05 as my browser.

What do your web server logs show?  Can you configure them to show cookies?

FWIW, we've not had any issues with minivend touching cookies other than
it's own.  We often set other cookies with javascript or within minivend.

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Christopher F. Miller, Publisher                             cfm@maine.com
MaineStreet Communications, Inc         208 Portland Road, Gray, ME  04039
1.207.657.5078                                       http://www.maine.com/
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