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989 [In-Portal CMS] Front End feature request N/A 2011-02-05 07:57 2011-02-05 07:57
Reporter: alex Platform:  
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Priority: normal OS Version:  
Status: active Product Version: 5.1.2-B1  
Product Build: Resolution: open  
 
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Reference: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/in-portal-bugs/82EJXjbGIco/discussion
Change Log Message: Added ability to use favorites for Guest users
Estimate Points: 0
Summary: 0000989: Favorites functionality for unregistered users (guests)
Description: For now only registered and logged-in users can add links (In-Link) to favorites. When not logged-in then this ability is disabled by default.

However by enabling FAVORITES category-based permission for Guest/Everyone user groups non logged-in users can add favorites. The problem is that all non logged-in users share their favorites.

To eliminate such possibility I'm proposing to do the following:

For non logged-in users only:
* generate random cookie (only, when missing) for user computer's web-browser being used
* add UserCookie column to Favorites table (or any interested table, e.g. Link)
* when Favorite (or ant interested data, e.g. Link) is added, then also store UserCookie value with it
* when Favotite is removed, then check, that UserCookie of Favorite matches the one from user computer
* match Guest users with cookie to registered users with same cookie


* when new user is created, then store UserCookie in PortalUser table.
* when favorite list for logged-in users is shown, then select records this way:
- based on user cookie
- based on user id

This way, when user presses Logout button, then he still will see favorites he used to add, while being non logged-in.

Also we need to auto-claim (get user id based on it's UserCookie and set as CreatedById in appropriate tables) favorites added by guests after new user registration and after user login processes.
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Additional Information: There should not be more then 1 user registration from one web-browser for all this to work.
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Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-02-05 07:57 alex New Issue
2011-02-05 07:57 alex Reference => https://groups.google.com/d/topic/in-portal-bugs/82EJXjbGIco/discussion
2011-02-05 07:57 alex Change Log Message => Added ability to use favorites for Guest users

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