hi.
got a situation for a potential page that i'm playing with. i'm trying
to figure out how to implement it, and the best/good approach to this.
i'm actually considering integrating this kind of process within a cms
(joomla/mambo/cmsms/etc..) but right now, this is in the initia
thought stage...
if you have a thought/page that i can lok at that's actually
implementing this kind of flow.. i'd really like to see it..
so, here goes...
===============================================
--need to figure out a way to have the user invoke an action on the
top section of
a page, and have that action, trigger an action on a separate part of the page
example:
i have a page that looks something like this:
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
initial navbar stuff (always shown on the page)
<form name="foo">
stateList (select/option)
</form>
+----------------------------------+
<form name="cat"> based on the user
selected state {
<tbl name="dog"> based on the user { <<<<< based on
the selected state
user state {
{
"cancelBTN" "submitBTN"
</form>
+----------------------------------+
(page1)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
i need to have a way to have the user select a "state" from the
statelist, and to then have the tbl/section of the site under
the "cat" form, generated, based on the selected state.
at the same time, i need a way to have the user select an item
from the "dog" tbl, and to have the user select the
cancelBTN/submitBTN, with the app then generating the
subsequent action/logic. the page below, is a kind of
example of what i'm thinking of...
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
initial navbar stuff (always shown on the page)
<form name="foo">
stateList (select/option)
</form>
+----------------------------------+
<form name="cat2"> based on the user
selected state, and the cat1.submitBTN
confirmation section
{
based on the user selection from page1/cat1 { <<<
based on the previous
cancel/submitBTN {
cancel/submitBTN
"cancelBTN" "submitBTN"
</form>
+----------------------------------+
(page2)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
i can see a couple of ways of accomplishing this...
1) i can have a page of logic, that is composed of a bunch of
logic, that is basically an "if block", that generates/displays
the different parts of the page, based on the user actions of
the preceding pages/sections (the cancel/submitBTNs). this approach
would essentially require the entire page to be regenerated with
each BTN selection.
the logic would generate/invoke the correct page elements based
on the user selection/action of the previous page/section.
2) i could possibly utilize div/frames, to allow the content in
the targeted div/frame to be updated/redrawn/regenerated based
on the user action/selection of the previous page/section...
this might be able to be done (not familiar with the
underlying processes to know if this is doable/suitable)
or even a goof approach..
would this apaproach still require the entire page to be
redrawn? or just the portion that's in the targeted
div/frame...
3) somehow invoke javascript/ajax function/features/logic,
to allow the actions/interaction to occur, such that the
content in the targeted div/frame is modified, without
requiring the rest of the page to be modified...
i have no idea if this is doable, or what this would mean,
or involve, or how to apprach this..
or, there might be a different way of accomplishing this
that i haven't even thought of...
any example sites/docs/code would be greatly appreciated...
heck, i'd even be glad to see an actual site/code that
demonstrates how this can/might/should be implemented!!!
thoughts/comments...
thanks
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