To All: Thanks for all your great help! Sincerely, James Blaha
WebMaster wrote: >Hi Ian, James, >Seems we are getting more info now. >OK, so you can't map html to cf. So your choices are PERL,PHP or whatever >cgi your provider allows. If they don't allow cgi you could still use the >image route and do it using JavaScript as suggested by Ian. You can gather >all the info you need from JavaScript and put this into new image() and set >the src to the coldFusion page you want. Ian's code below actually shows >you how to do this. Nice work Ian. Here is another example: >NOTE: I have not tested this so there may be syntax errors. Also note the >spelling of referrer. In cgi it is incorrectly spelt with one r. ><script language="javascript"> >newImg = new image(1,1) // Creates a new image >var infoNeeded = "?referrer=" + document.referer // Sets infoNeeded to >?referrer=theReferringDocument >infoNeeded = infoNeeded + "&port=" + document.port // appends any other >needed info to infoNeeded >// This code will make the src for the new image call a CF page. This page >should return an image. >// the code on this page can do whatever you want with the info passed. >newImage.src="http://yourdomain.com/yourColdFusionPage.cfm"; + infoNeeded >//This code will run when the page is loaded, or you can put it in a >function and call it with onLoad in the body tag. ></script> > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Blaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:45 AM >Subject: Re: Issue: Update a tracker database with an index.html file. > > > > >>Ian, My case is also the the index.html file is on a non CF box. How do >>you do what you do? You capture the same information I'm looking for? >> >>James Blaha >> >>Ian Lurie wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hrm. I guess you can do that but the reason we went the JavaScript route >>> >>> >was > > >>>for clients who have index.html files on non-CF servers. >>> >>>I may have misunderstood. Sorry about that... >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:00 AM >>>To: CF-Talk >>>Subject: Re: Issue: Update a tracker database with an index.html file. >>> >>> >>>sure it will work. just map .html to cf >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Ian Lurie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:47 AM >>>Subject: RE: Issue: Update a tracker database with an index.html file. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>This won't work if the file is an index.html file - your server won't >>>>recognize the pound signs. >>>> >>>>We've gotten around this using Javascript: >>>> >>>><!--- begin XED clickthru measurement script ---> >>>><script language="javascript"> >>>>function PageQuery(q) { >>>>if(q.length > 1) this.q = q.substring(1, q.length); >>>>else this.q = null; >>>>this.keyValuePairs = new Array(); >>>>if(q) { >>>>for(var i=0; i < this.q.split("&").length; i++) { >>>>this.keyValuePairs[i] = this.q.split("&")[i]; >>>>} >>>>} >>>>this.getKeyValuePairs = function() { return this.keyValuePairs; } >>>>this.getValue = function(s) { >>>>for(var j=0; j < this.keyValuePairs.length; j++) { >>>>if(this.keyValuePairs[j].split("=")[0] == s) >>>>return this.keyValuePairs[j].split("=")[1]; >>>>} >>>>return false; >>>>} >>>>this.getParameters = function() { >>>>var a = new Array(this.getLength()); >>>>for(var j=0; j < this.keyValuePairs.length; j++) { >>>>a[j] = this.keyValuePairs[j].split("=")[0]; >>>>} >>>>return a; >>>>} >>>>this.getLength = function() { return this.keyValuePairs.length; } >>>>} >>>>function queryString(key){ >>>>var page = new PageQuery(window.location.search); >>>>return unescape(page.getValue(key)); >>>>} >>>>function displayItem(key){ >>>>if(queryString(key)=='false') >>>>{ >>>>var me = 1; >>>>} >>>>else >>>>{ >>>>var nnn = queryString(key); >>>>document.write('<img >>>>src="http://blahblahblah/recorder/clickrecorder.cfm?ID=' + nnn + >>>>'&page=home" width="1" height="1">'); >>>>} >>>>} >>>>displayItem('ID'); >>>></script> >>>> >>>> >>>>You can rebuild this, I think, to grab the referring page... >>>> >>>>Ian >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:44 AM >>>>To: CF-Talk >>>>Subject: Re: Issue: Update a tracker database with an index.html file. >>>> >>>> >>>>Use an image tag. The src= can be your CF code which returns a gif. >>>> >>>> >Gif > > >>>>could be transparent. Pass all your user info to the cf page. >>>>Ex:<cfoutput> >>>><img >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>src="mycfUserINfoPage.cfm?referrer=#cgi.referer#&whateverElse=#wewew#" >>> >>> >>> >>>>width=0 heifht=0 border=0> >>>></cfoutput> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:25 AM >>>>Subject: Re: Issue: Update a tracker database with an index.html file. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I've never gotten SSI to kick off a .cfm page successfully, how did you >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>do >>> >>> >>> >>>>>this Isaac or .. are you just suggesting this without having tried this >>>>>for yosuelf? >>>>> >>>>>~Todd >>>>> >>>>>On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>If they're installed, you could use a server side include (SSI) tag to >>>>>>include the ColdFusion module where you want the counter to appear. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>This >>> >>> >>> >>>>is >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>done with hit counters written in PERL to display plain-text hit >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>counts >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>rather than those god-awful graphical hit counters. The cfm would then >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>be >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>able to run your script and display the count. The include tags would >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>look >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>like this: >>>>>> >>>>>><!--#include virtual="/dir/tracker.cfm"--> >>>>>><!--#include file="subdir/tracker.cfm"--> >>>>>> >>>>>>The other thing you have to check for is that SSI may not work on >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>html >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>since they're not always enabled for the .html or .htm extensions ( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>the >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>intended extension was .shtml )... >>>>>> >>>>>>hth >>>>>> >>>>>>Isaac Dealey >>>>>>Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer >>>>>> >>>>>>www.turnkey.to >>>>>>954-776-0046 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>============================================================ >>>>>Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | >>>>> Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | >>>>>http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | >>>>>http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | >>>>>http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | >>>>>============================================================ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
