[Building Sakai] portalscripts.js causing error on login page in 2.7.x

[Bryan Bakotich]

Chuck,

I created a jira for this and assigned it to you:
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-19371
I'm testing a workaround now that essentially takes the check out of the
portalscripts.js file and puts it in the includeStandardHead.vm where I can
use the loggedIn variable. If it works I'll attach a patch to the JIRA for
review.

-Bryan

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:59 PM, csev <csev at umich.edu> wrote:

> Bryan,
>
> Make sure to file a JIRA with a patch and assign it to me or Gonzalo when
> this gets figured out to make sure it gets fixed in trunk and for 2.8.
>
> I think that the scripts you are speaking of are the "check if I am about
> to be logged" out scripts  Interestingly in 2.7 this is off by default but
> the scripts run anyways - mostly to figure out that they are off :)  Unless
> you use the feature a quick workaround is to remove the bit of JQuery in
> portalscripts that fires these up.
>
> In Sakai 2.8, things work differently.  I had the portal include a bit of
> data in the page that indicates if you are logged in or not so these scripts
> don't make any additional requests as they have the data they need.   I will
> test this in 2.8 to make sure it works in 2.8 with the new 2.8 approach.
>
> I like the gateway site like feature so we need to make sure everything
> works.
>
> Thanks.
>
> /Chuck
>
> On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Bryan Bakotich wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just upgraded a dev server from 2.6.x to 2.7.x and now when you
> navigate to the login page it keeps refreshing itself. We use the sakai
> property gatewaySiteList to display two sites on the landing page instead of
> just the gateway page.
> >
> > The problem is being caused because portalscripts.js detects whether a
> user is logged in or not by looking for the presence of the siteNav div.
> This div exists when a user is not logged in because of the above property
> that we are using. So some functions are being called that shouldn't be
> called unless you are logged in.
> >
> > Prior to 2.7 the only symptom of this bug was a timeout warning being
> displayed even if you aren't logged in. In 2.7 there is an extra check in
> the poll_session_data function that looks for a userId and if it is null
> redirect to the loggedOutUrl. This is why the page keeps refreshing.
> >
> > Is there a better check we can do to find out if a user is logged in or
> not? For a temporary solution I can take out the extra check for a userId so
> we at least get the same functionality as in 2.6, but it'd be nice to find a
> real fix to the problem. Thanks for the help!
> >
> > -Bryan
> >
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> > Digital Media Center, Information & Technology Services
> > Pacific Lutheran University
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> > Phone: 253-536-5021
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Bryan Bakotich
Open Source Implementation Specialist
Digital Media Center, Information & Technology Services
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447-0013
Phone: 253-536-5021
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