B4J Question Websocket target

[TomDuncan]

Hi all,
I am building a websocket based server at the moment.
All pages are designed and saved into a sqlite database which will serve my website.
Still in design stage but it is getting there.
Full software will be available to all when I get it ready.

The problem I have (have many but this one at the moment) is how to trigger a page change.
I have a menu items which I have given an id (for the page to go to)
The Target subroutine gives me the id, that bit is fine.
How do I then load the required page dynamically?
At the moment when the websocket routine is loaded it loads all values by doing a sql query for page 1.
What I waant to do is set this to page X and load it.
Hope this makes sense.
Tom

 

[TomDuncan]

Well Still working on menu bits, but the site is going.
The Designer has still lots of work to do but it is getting there.
Anyway here it is so far.
http://ctd.noip.me/
Running from a machine at home and using noip.
Speed might be a bit slow since my upload speed is not great, but seems OK at the moment.

Tom

 

[Erel]

You can use multiple websocket handlers to implement different pages. Though if your content is mostly static then it will be simpler to use regular handlers and fetch the static content from the database.

Websockets are good when you need to maintain a live connection between the server and client.

 

[TomDuncan]

Thanks will have a look at static for display and websockets from designer to the server.
So would it be better for my designer to create each page, then use the server to handle the pre built pages.

Tom

 

[Erel]

It really depends on your requirements. WebSockets are good when there is an active interaction between the user and the page. It will be easier to build a regular site with many pages using static html files and standard handlers.