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Orionis
Orionis

Reputation: 1021

restrict site access if not authorized + DIV advice reflow

I hope to explain what I need in a clear way.
I have a site (which uses Javascript and Jquery) which should be accessed only by customers who are in good standing with payments, and I recognize them reading a server side database.
The mechanism works pretty well, but there is a minor problem which should be addressed.
After the validation check, if further site access must be blocked I use the following brutal code to show a message in a DIV (id=noway) and then stop any operation: 

$("#noway").html("<p>You are not allowed to proceed since your payments are overdue</p>");  
while 1{}

Problem: the DIV does not show anything until the browser's (mozilla) timeouts with a 'script in the page has stopped...continue..exit...' message.
It seems that Mozilla enters the infinite loop before of completing the DIV update. What can I do?

Besides this, is there any other more elegant way to block any further visitor activity?
Actually I thought to redirect the visitor to a different page with just the advice, but I would prefer not to do in this way, if possible.
Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

KostaShah
KostaShah

Reputation: 343

I think the best way to restrict site access is to do it server-side. Your page shell read the server-side database before it build any client-side output. So, if the user is not authorized, than the only page content shell be the message about the payment. And only if the user is OK, then the page outputs all the regular contents.

Upvotes: 2

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