[Zope] Re: Force reloading of a zope form?

[Maik Jablonski]

Patrick Price wrote:
> I am trying to set up a web site where I can choose different templates 
> to change the style of the site.  I store the template name in a browser 
> cookie.  All my documents/forms use the cookie to determine which 
> template to render the site with.
> 
> My selection mechanism is  a DTML document named index_html which 
> contains href links.  These links call itself (index_html) with a 
> template=n value tacked onto the URL eg: <a 
> href="index_html?template=2">Use Template #2</a>
> 
> I set the cookie if the "template" value is present when the document  
> is called.
> 
> The overall flow is:
>  1: document  loads the original template1, based on pre-existing 
> cookie, or default template if none
>  2: I select a new template with href link
>  3: link calls the document again (which still loads the original 
> template based on as-yet unchanged cookie)
>  4: the document sets the cookie value to the new template setting

Hi,

1. ok
2. ok
3. wrong: your link should not call the document, but an 
python-script/dtml-method instead which sets the cookie and...
4. ... redirects to your template

-mj