trying to figure out how to make ikiwiki slightly more interactive

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / logout_in_ikiwiki.mdwn

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 It looks like there is no way to logout of ikiwiki at present, meaning that if you edit the ikiwiki in, say, a cybercafe, the cookie remains... is there some other security mechanism in place that can check for authorization, or should I hack in a logout routine into ikiwiki.cgi?
 
 > Click on "Preferences". There is a logout button there. --liw
 It looks like there is no way to logout of ikiwiki at present, meaning that if you edit the ikiwiki in, say, a cybercafe, the cookie remains... is there some other security mechanism in place that can check for authorization, or should I hack in a logout routine into ikiwiki.cgi?
 
 > Click on "Preferences". There is a logout button there. --liw

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+> It would be nice if it were not buried there, but putting it on the
+> action bar statically would be confusing. The best approach might be to
+> use javascript. --[[Joey]] 
+
+
+>> I agree that javascript seems to be a solution, but my brain falls 
+>> off the end of the world while looking at ways to manipulate the DOM. 
+>> (I'd argue also in favor of the openid_provider cookie expiring 
+>>  in less time than it does now, and being session based)
+
+>> It would be nice to move navigational elements to the upper right corner 
+>> of the page...
+
+>> I have two kinds of pages (wiki and blog), and three classes of users  
+>> anonymous users - display things like login, help, and recentchanges,
+>> non-admin users - on a per subdir basis (blog and !blog) display 
+>> logout, help, recentchanges, edit, comment 
+>> admin users - logout, help, recentchanges, edit, comment, etc