Back button that does not take you back

[Woodymon]

I'm embarrassingly ignorant this eve.

Privacy Policy has a "back" button on it which works correctly by default when clicking on Privacy Policy links located in various Zen Cart menus.

But when I hard code a link to the privacy policy (/shop/index.php?main_page=privacy), for instance on top of the create_account page (https), the back button on privacy page does not direct the browser back to the create_account page. Just redirects browser to home page.

There must be a simple trick to make this work. Any clues? Thanks.

Woody

[kobra]

Add a referer to your hard code

[kobra]

Slippy fingers meant a return code

[Woodymon]

Slippy fingers meant a return code

Example please?

[kobra]

As you are working in Zen Cart - here is some code from the checkout_process.php file -
This is the check if they are logged in and if not sends them to login and then returns them to the checkout
the snapshot is what you want and this has to be set from whence they came

   // validate customer
    if (zen_get_customer_validate_session($_SESSION['customer_id']) == false) {
      $_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(array('mode' => 'SSL', 'page' => FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING));
      zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
    }
  }

[Woodymon]

As you are working in Zen Cart - here is some code from the checkout_process.php file -

This is the check if they are logged in and if not sends them to login and then returns them to the checkout the snapshot is what you want and this has to be set from whence they came

   // validate customer
    if (zen_get_customer_validate_session($_SESSION['customer_id']) == false) {
      $_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(array('mode' => 'SSL', 'page' => FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING));
      zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
    }
  }

Thanks Kobra,

I should have been looking for code like that on the login page in the first place.

Instead I was looking at tpl_privacy_default:

<div class="buttonRow back">
<?php echo zen_back_link() . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_BACK, BUTTON_BACK_ALT) . '</a>'; ?>
</div>

I was having trouble understanding how zen_back_link function works with sessions and SSL. A complex subject I know. But now that you pointed out the zen_redirect code above I don't have to dig any further or know much more...for now. Thanks!

BTW your last post did not show up in my forum User CP subscription list (I am subscribed to all threads which I post). And the thread was not listed when I searched the forum on my username. Strange.

Woody

[kobra]

BTW your last post did not show up in my forum User CP subscription list (I am subscribed to all threads which I post). And the thread was not listed when I searched the forum on my username. Strange.

Hummmm...I do not have control over this?? Maybe I am banned or something?