Redirection Problem - Blog Module [Lead: Antonio Chagoury]

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11/7/2005 8:45 AM

	Chris Wylie
93 posts

Redirection Problem

Hello Hans-Peter,

I've upgraded from NewBlog to the Core Blog and all went well. Thank you for bringing this usefull module to our community.

I see that after visitors submit a comment they are still being redirected to the top level "most recent entries" page. *All* my clients find this disorientating.

Here is an example of the current redirection confusion:

Starting page - "most recent blog entries"
User searches through 20 blog owner listings to find "wylie's blog"
User navigates to "wylie's blog"
User navigates through 10 categories to find wylie's blog - "organic gardening category"
User navigates through 100 organic gardening blog entries to find "organic blog entry #75"
User submits comments.
After submission user is automatically redirected back to top level "most recent blog entries" page.

I suggest that the user is simply cycled back to the page they posted the comment on - that being "organic blog entry #75".

Here are some additional thoughts to support my position:

1 - Programmers can often forget how confusing it is for non-technical people to navigate things like blogs and forums. It is better to provide simple and clear progression and navigation than to make assumptions where people might want to go next.
2 - Personally I find great satisfaction in actually seeing my comments posted. Don't you? If I suddenly end up somewhere else in the site how do I know if my comments were actually posted?
3 - As the complexity of the web increases it is good to follow time honored protocols used in the industry. All other blogs and forums (including this one) and wikis that I know of return the user to the page where their comments are posted.

Please consider making this change to the 3.2 release so that I don't have to make core changes with every update. Here is the change I made if anyone else finds the current behavior disorientating.

Change line #238 of the ViewEntry.ascx.vb from
Response.Redirect(NavigateURL(), True)
to
Response.Redirect(NavigateURL(Me.TabId, "", "EntryID=" & m_oEntry.EntryID.ToString()) & "#Comments", True)

So far I have been the only person to petition this change. Perhaps I'm asking something unreasonable. What do other viewers think? Please add your comments.

Thanks,
Wylie

Interzoic Media www.interzoic.com
Empowering the world - one website at a time

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