Back button woes 1

[Terwin]

For several somewhat unfortunate reasons, I've implemented a hit counter for a site of mine using an invisible iframe that does a form.submit to a server where the database resides. The problem is, the iframe screws up the navigability of the site by being referenced by the back button, which now does nothing.. just loads the invisible frame over and over.

Is there a way that I can use javacsript history objects to remove this page, so that it is no longer referenced by the back button?

Thanks,
T

 

[adam0101]

Instead of using an IFRAME, could you use an image?
Something like:

<img src=&quot;formHandler.asp?page=index.html&quot; width=1 height=1>

You could also use JavaScript to write the img tag.

Adam
while(ignorance==true){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life--};

 

[Terwin]

You know, I was wondering about that technique, but how does the image get returned.. or does an image even get returned?

My formhandler page hits a servlet, which may be able to forward the request to an image url after processing.

Is that how it's done, lest I get a big red x?

Thanks for the response.

T

 

[adam0101]

Well, you could have it return an image (I've never done that), but what I wrote has the width and height set to &quot;1&quot;, essentially hiding the big red x. If that's not good enough, you can always use style sheets to hide it completely.

Adam
while(ignorance==true){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life--};