[Yanel-dev] yanel prefix link in order to activate the Yanel toolbar

[Guillaume Déflache]

Michael Wechner a écrit :
>> To fix indexing issues, we would have to make sure to add 
>> rel="nofollow" on the link *and* set the HTML robots meta attribute to 
>> "noindex,nofollow,noarchive,nosnippet" ( cf. 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow#Interpretation_by_the_individual_search_engines 
>> and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element#The_robots_attribute )
>> But anyway we should really use POST-then-redirect there instead, and 
>> only use GET for debugging.
> 
> will add this to the from scratch realm as best practice example

Thanks.

>>> engines or don't wan't to point people where one can enter Yanel.
>>>
>>> Still, somehow one needs to access Yanel and remembering/typing the 
>>> above link is a bit cumbersome.
>>>
>>> So I thought why not introduce something like
>>>
>>> http://foo.bar/yanel/REALM_ID/yanel
>>>
>>> as link instead, which I think is much easier to remember and is 
>>> configurable within web.xml and gives some identity to Yanel.
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>
>> You mean where "yanel" would be the reserved prefix, right?
> 
> yes

BTW which page would you suggest we display in that case in addition to 
the toolbar?
Maybe we could redirect to 
http://foo.bar/yanel/REALM_ID/RESERVED_PREFIX/help.html?yanel.toolbar=on 
(which is always present) then?


>> Why not, but maybe it should not toggle the toolbar permanently (IOW 
>> for the session)? (I am still reluctant to add new URLs that change 
>> state...)
> 
> well, the question is, is there a better alternative ;-) ?

Well, as I tried to explain the easy-to-remember URL would not add the 
toolbar permanently, but only for one HTTP request. Then all links 
should be rewritten to include yanel.toolbar=on, which then would not 
need to save any state: more correct but arguably probably much more work.