[UPHPU] Convert a site to ajax

[Kyle Waters]

Orson Jones wrote:
> I think I can keep my existing backend and simply add an option to not
> display headers/navigation/footers (Just the stuff that is updating.)
> Then I would have some javascript that would rewrite the links/forms to
> pull/update the content ajax style.
>
>   

    Sorry I have never used a toolkit for my ajax work(except dirks 
three files) so I can't help you there, but I'm trying to understand 
what you are saying.  In other posts you say you want the site to work 
even if the ajax is turned off but that seems inconsistent with the above. 
    The way I handle menus is server side includes or if I'm already 
using php I use php includes.  That way I'm able to reuse code and not 
use nasty frames.
    Personally I don't like to use get requests unless I think it is 
something the user will want to copy and past to someone else.  So in 
the case of navigation I think get requests are often a good idea, but 
in terms of forms and submitting information I prefer post.
    Anyways if you are dynamically changing your main content with 
javascript the site will not work if someone turns off javascript.  If 
you do not need to refresh the page with out user intervention I would 
avoid javascript.  I'd really recommend looking at the php.net site I 
think they have a great implementation.

Kyle

ps how not to do it:  http://unum5.org/javascript-resource/

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