Thanks for the info, Jim...sounds great! I'll check it out!
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: One thing I've always wanted to build... breadcrumb trail... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:54 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: One thing I've always wanted to build... breadcrumb trail... > > > > Not the one that represents a folder structure or > > hierarchy, but shows the exact places visited. > > > > Home > Services > Contact > Pricing > FAQ > > I've done this on my site for years: > > www.depressedpress.com > > I call it the "ClickStream" - it's up near the top right. > > > Anyone know of a tutorial on how to do this? > > > In my case a lot of this falls from application framework. I maintain an > instance of a "session" component for each user - that stores information > about them (browser information, clickstream, credentials, etc). The whole > framework (all the CFC libraries) is here (look to the "Framework Package" > specifically): > > http://www.depressedpress.com/Content/Development/ColdFusion/DPLibraries/Ind > ex.cfm > > The actual clickstream component (a property of the session component) is > really just an abstraction of an array: > > http://www.depressedpress.com/Content/Development/ColdFusion/DPLibraries/Doc > umentation/DocViewer.cfm?Component=cfc_DepressedPress.Framework.DP_Clickstre > am > > If you look at the "add" method that's the meat of it. I store the URL, the > QueryString (if any), the title of the page (to make using the data easier - > but it also means that your title is available), the datetime (let's you > infer how long they've spent on each page) and a boolen "true" if the user > was logged in at the time of the entry. > > Each user has a key and each session has a key - when the session ends the > clickstream is saved to the database for later analysis. I could pull up > clickstreams from previous visits (one of those "to do" items I never seem > to get around to) this way. > > In any case the basic idea is just an array of URLs - what you do with the > data is up to you. It can be as simple as "here's where you've been" or you > can get into really cool custom analytics. ;^) > > Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
