Message when cookies are disabled?

[orange_juice]

Hallo,

When a browser does not accept cookies, I have a problem ...

Firefox issues the following message:

The page isn't redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.

Internet explorer ( ) is indefinitely trying to do what it was asked, probably loading the server with unnecessary traffic. (Zen cart sends a cookie, explorer blocks it, zen cart sends another one, explorer blocks it ... for ever)

Is it possible to have zen cart check if cookies are disabled, and -if so- cease any activity and inform the user that he must enable cookies?

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[DrByte]

Sounds like you've got an addon installed or server configuration problem that's breaking normal operation.

[orange_juice]

Indeed ...

Thank you for your prompt reply.

My cart's behavior is rather different that the original zen-cart in this issue.

I will try to find out where the problem lies.

However, I would very much like to prevent people from navigating in the site unless cookies are enabled.

Would this be possible?

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[DrByte]

Your time will be better sent figuring out what's causing the unnecessary redirects.

[stevesh]

inform the user that he must enable cookies?

Sorry, I don't know the technical answer to your question (though Googling force cookie use might provide some answers), but if I have cookies disabled, I've done so for a reason, and I'd leave your site before I'd let you dictate how I operate my browser. Just my $.02 worth.

[orange_juice]

Your time will be better sent figuring out what's causing the unnecessary redirects.

Thanx, this is the proper thing to do.

The issue should be lying at my host's configuration, because he uses lighttpd. Along with Simple SEO url those redirects initiate.

I am currently talking through this issue with them.

Sorry, I don't know the technical answer to your question (though Googling force cookie use might provide some answers), but if I have cookies disabled, I've done so for a reason, and I'd leave your site before I'd let you dictate how I operate my browser. Just my $.02 worth.

Opinion respected. I apologize for the wording. At my second post, I made it better:

However, I would very much like to prevent people from navigating in the site unless cookies are enabled.

Nevertheless, I will try to cater for all users. This is the best, I agree.

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[orange_juice]

The issue of the redirects is solved now.

It was caused by the default value of php for session.use_only_cookies which has changed from 0 to 1 at version 5.3.

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[orange_juice]

It is a security measure, and therefore the "Force cookies" option might be considered as a necessity?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/session...e-only-cookies

Sorry for the new post, I did not catch the 7 minutes limit!

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[DrByte]

My server has session.use_only_cookies set to 1 and it works fine for me. I can browse the store, login, add items to my cart, complete checkout.

[orange_juice]

My server has session.use_only_cookies set to 1 and it works fine for me. I can browse the store, login, add items to my cart, complete checkout.

How is this possible? Is there a special setting I have to make at the admin menu or the server?

I have just installed a fresh zen-cart 1.3.9g with a demo store and I am trying to navigate with mozilla-firefox-3.6.9 in a linux gentoo environment.

As expected, I get a ?zenid= ... at the end of my url.
However, this number changes constantly after each click I make.

Therefore, when I send something to the shopping cart, although I have a zenid number, I get a message "your shopping cart is empty" because the shopping cart's zenid is different than the one I had at the product's page.

Combining this constant ?zenid number change, with the simple SEO url, we get infinite redirects.

However, when I disable the session.use_only_cookies by setting it to 0, everything works like a charm.



Kind regards,
orange_juice