refresh page or stop access....

[mark_h_uk]

Hi,

I have an index page which submits some data to another page when a person hits a button they are then taken to this other page, I want to stop them going back to the index page or refresh it when they go back the reason being that when the index page loads some of the items on it are random.

What code can do this?

Thanks,

Mark

[loopt]

One solution is that your index page stores the user IP in database and then if same user try`s to refresh that page script compares his IP with the records in database and then redirects user to another page or displays a blank page.

[Eric_Bartels]

You can also use cookies to store whether he has visited the index page or not.

[notionlogic]

Perhaps you could use Javascript to modify the client browser history when they click on the button you mentioned?

[Eric_Bartels]

I think you cannot do this!!

[notionlogic]

If you're referring to my post about Javascript and the browser history, let me quote from my JS book:

location.replace(url)

The replace() method does not generate a new entry in the History object. when you use replace() the new URL overwrites the current entry in the History object!

I rest my case 😃

[mark_h_uk]

I tried doing the modify users browsers back button using js but it wouldn't work, in the end I just made the index page load up in a new window without the back button and disabled the right click so they cant right click and press back. Thanks for the other suggestions but i havent learnt to do cookies yet and the ip database seems a bit long winded and will end up with a v large database if the site gets popular.

Thanks for your help,

Mark