Re: [Treebase-devel] Some results of testing with a user

[Ryan S. <rsc...@ne...>]

> (3) Havoc from purls.  Since sometime recently, *some* links that are crucial for the functionality of the application contain purls instead of urls pointing to the current application instance.  

IMHO, the Purl should be used anywhere you can reasonably expect a user to copy-and-paste a URL. Definitely in the citations. The Purl should at least appear on each page that a user might link to. 

One tactic we use with Dryad is to prominently display which server is in use (for example, compare the logo at top-left for http://datadryad.org and http://demo.datadryad.org ). It doesn't keep you from bouncing between servers, but at least you have an idea where you are. A better solution is to replace the Purls with some other URL on the non-production servers, but this adds some complexity to the code.

--- Ryan