Passing sessions trought new window on submit

nic0las

Hi,
I set up the IMP Webmail and it works well now. But when I try to open a new window when the users submit the authentication form (using javascript), it never recognizes it, and you have to click twice on submit for the authentication to work! Note that if I dont use the javascript thing to open a window, it works quite well.

here is the page I'm talking about. Log in whit 'test@hitechplanet.com' and 'test' as a password. You will understand the problem.

If you know how to fix that, please tell me.

Frag

I don't know. It seems to have worked for me. I'm using Opera 6.03 on Windows98 SE2

Frag

MrAlaska

I don't think it has anything to do with javascript, I am on IE 5.1 with javascript disabled and I had to push the button twice. I would assume it had something to do with your validation, but that wouldn't explain it apparently working on an Opera browser, so there must be something funky about the form submission.

Opening a login into a new window reaches a new height in irritating features, I would be curious to see how the site develops to justify that decision.

nic0las

headache....
What do you mean about how the site develops ?

netizen

head-ache indeed.

It worked for me. Opened new window just fine. One Click.

win2k/ie 6.0

MrAlaska

Originally posted by nic0las
headache....
What do you mean about how the site develops ?

I merely was curious what was gonna end up on that page to make it need to stay open while the user logs into another window, unless the project is just an academic exercise or something. No biggie.

nic0las

Well, its a mix between an exercice, a hobbie and the need to let the users go to other sections of the website when they are done, using the links that have to be implemented near the form.

Its very strange that you had to click twice while some others have just entered in one click. Could you retry Mr Alaska ?

MrAlaska

I just tried it again and had to click twice. However I picked up a few clues that might help.

When I click the FIRST window it pops open the SECOND window with a login screen. Toggling back to the FIRST window and clicking again then logs the SECOND window in.

If I CLOSE the SECOND window then push the button on the FIRST window again, it works properly, which means the problem is with reading the session, because closing the FIRST window and forcing a new session to start repeats the process.

HOWEVER, if I turn SESSION COOKIES on (which I do not allow by default), it works PROPERLY from the beginning, which means you have a problem validating the session the first time through using the session in the URL method.