I say go really really simple. At the bottom of the article page include
some javascript like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
setTimeout(
// Function to get called after 60 seconds.
function(){
var imgRequest = new Image();
imgRequest.src =
"reward_user.cfm?id=#...#&article_id=#...#&key=#Hash( SESSION.CFID &
SESSION.CFTOKEN & id & article_id )#"
},
// Run after 60 seconds
60 * 1000
);
</script>
This would, after 60 seconds, create an image and then try to set it's
source to a CFM page. This would in essence call that CFM page. The image
would break (or you could return a gif based on CFContent). The
reward_user.cfm page would reward the user based on the user id (id), the
article id (article_id) and a key (the HASH value). The HASH value is meant
to help stop anyone else from guessing a reward URL. Then on the
reward_user.cfm page, you would want to make sure you never credited someone
twice I suppose.
.......................
Ben Nadel
www.bennadel.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:03 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CFIdea: how to implement
I have a CFidea and I wanted to seek advice on the best way to implement it.
I'm concerned that this idea will be taxing on my shared web hosting server.
After buildinig sites for employors and contracts, I've finally built a site
for myself.
My site is a news and downloadable magazine (which I sell for $9.95/yr)
THE IDEA
On my site(s), I posts related stories from within my industry. I want to
reward my readers and build loyalty. I want to reward my readers for each
story they read with X point(s). As long as they stay on the page for more
than 10-15 (?) seconds they will be rewarded. I want to track this to avoid
users from just clicking through stories to get points. Once they
accumulate x number of points, they will receive one of the four issues for
free. If they collect enough points, they can get an entire year for free
and earn additional issues beyond their first year or give their points to
friends or co-workers. When visitors reads stories from my site, my google
ads are displayed which makes me money. I also want to convey to potential
advertisers that our we reward our reader base. No other news site within
this industry does this.
THE CODE
The reader signs up by providing only their e-mail address and confirm their
e-mail address through an automated reply from my site with a confirmation
link they must click on.
As an option if they want to earn reward points, I ask them to sign in with
just their e-mail address to initiate and track their points, then get the
current time with #CreateODBCDateTime(now())# and store it as a session
variable. When they click and go to another page on the site, even if it's
not a story, capture the #CreateODBCDateTime(now())# again and compare the
times and update their profile with X point(s) if the time difference meets
my x seconds per page criteria. If someone just rapidly clicks from story to
story to accumalate points, the points will not be counted. If they like the
site and decide to become a loyal reader, then they will receive these
additonal benefits and be rewarded for their loyalty.
Thoughts on the coding approach?
Thanks in advance.
D-
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