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Or you could pass the URL of the web page that they were in via the rate form...

Like the following:

1) Create a new global tag called referer...

Use $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} as its config.

2) Then in the rate.html and rate_error.html file, add the following hidden field:

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="referer" value="<%referer%>">


3) Then in the rate_success.html template file, simply add a link (or use the META refresh tag):

Code:

<a href="<%referer%>">Back to Previous Page</a>


Of course, there are other options like using the javascript history code with (-2) rather than (-1) to go back to the "previous" page...or provide a link back to the MAIN category where the link is found....

I have both available in my rate_success.html template file.


Regards,

Eliot Lee
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