How to implement a "Don't show this message again"

Question

In a ASP.NET/JQuery/.NET 3.5 environment, how would I show a DIV with a "Don't show this message again" option when clicked will not show the DIV to the user.

I would need to do it in 2 different scenarios - 1 with authenticated users and the other with anonymous users.

Answer 1

Matt Berseth has a very informative post on how to do this for delete confirmation. However this solution will only work for authenticated users. For anonymous users you will probably have to do something client-side (a cookie?). I used his solution in my own application.

Answer 2

For authenticated users you could use a flag in the database and for anonymous users you could use a cookie.

Answer 3

I used jquery cookie plugin to set a cookie and read it before i show the dialog

EXAMPLE: with a little bonus function

  if ($.cookie("warned") != "warned"){
    display_alert("WARNING: This diallog will not appear again until your next session");
    $.cookie('warned', 'warned', { expires: 0 }); 
  }

  function display_alert(message,title) {
    title = title || "Alert";
      $('#alert').text(message);

      $("#alert").dialog({
          autoOpen: false,
          bgiframe: true,
          modal: true,
        title:title,
          buttons: {
              OK: function() {
                  $(this).dialog('close');
              }
          }
      });
    $('#alert').dialog('option', 'title', title);
      $("#alert").dialog('open');
  }