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BrianG · 01.29.2008, 06:19 PM

Not if it uses client-side code. My site does have the option for server-side scripts (MySQL/PHP/etc) but any change the user make would require trips to the server and have the web server write out the final output. I find performance to be much better to have everything downloaded to the client and use scripts to change any active content. The largest file I use in all pages, library.js, is only 50kB, so client-based code works fine and would almost be a waste of time to make it query a database like this site does.

The most I could do is use a form of encryption scheme, but that is fairly easy to crack. It would only keep the honest thieves honest. It also makes updating the pages a PITA because I'd have to unencode it, make changes, and reencode it. Blah.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	01.29.2008, 06:19 PM Not if it uses client-side code. My site does have the option for server-side scripts (MySQL/PHP/etc) but any change the user make would require trips to the server and have the web server write out the final output. I find performance to be much better to have everything downloaded to the client and use scripts to change any active content. The largest file I use in all pages, library.js, is only 50kB, so client-based code works fine and would almost be a waste of time to make it query a database like this site does. The most I could do is use a form of encryption scheme, but that is fairly easy to crack. It would only keep the honest thieves honest. It also makes updating the pages a PITA because I'd have to unencode it, make changes, and reencode it. Blah.