Removed: Allowed Link Path Depth from Homepage

Previously supported in Plus & Enterprise versions

This setting allows you to define how far your visitors can navigate from the homepage by setting a number of links allowed.

The default setting is empty, which means that this setting is disabled. Once a number is defined, Kiosk Pro will only allow that 'depth' of links to be followed before showing the off-domain alert (if enabled). For example, if this is set at '2', you should be able to navigate to any link on your homepage and any link on the page you navigated to before being blocked. It can be used in conjunction with allowed and restricted domain settings; if used at the same time, each link will be checked against these lists before being loaded and added to the 'depth' history.

The UIWebView browser that Kiosk Pro uses does not provide us direct access to the history of webpages loaded so the app attempts to construct its own history to access. Requests that are registered by the UI WebView as 'main' views are tracked, requests that are registered as 'frame views' (where part of a browser pane is loaded from another url, frequently used in page advertisements) or 'hidden' are ignored. As we must rely on UIWebView to categorize these requests, this functionality may perform differently depending on the content being shown and how it is categorized by UIWebView. We recommend testing with your content prior to implementation to determine the correct level of links required.

In addition, Kiosk Pro does not map all the links on the page so it is possible that your visitors will be blocked from following a link that would otherwise be allowed if they were higher in the navigation path. For example, let's say you set 'kioskgroup.com' as your homepage and an 'Allowed Link Depth' of '2'. If you follow the 'Kiosk Hardware' link at the top of the page, that sets you at a link depth of one, allowing you to navigate one page further. You touch 'Kiosk Software' and you are now at a link depth of two (despite the fact that you could theoretically navigate to that page at a link depth of one). At this point, you are allowed to navigate back to the main homepage (which resets your link depth at zero) or to 'Kiosk Hardware' (which resets it to one), but you cannot navigate to 'Resources' (as that would put you at a link depth of three).