> I take exception with the way you have edited the thread to make it appear > as if the cookies comment is attributable to me. Actually, my reply to > George's original questions was about the use of Java. I for one pay little attention to who said what. I look at what was said and if it was edited then I always grab a grain of salt. > understood that he meant that he wanted to track the originating site, > not the referring site. As far as I am aware, referrer logs will on show > the referring site, not the originating site. (Of course, I could be > wrong. I've looked at lots of server logs in my time though). What is an "originating site". That is a new one on me. The referer log tells you what the browser tells you. The browser can lie on purpose or not. It is supposed to give you the link that led them to your site. I will assume that "your site" is the "originating site" in that it is the first page they request from your site. This leads me to page 78 of "Apache the definitive guide" from ORA. That may very well be a way to track someone better than how webtrends does it. I have not turned this feature on in Apache (that may be why some sites seemed to inundate me with cookies before -- if they are sent for every image request etc.). I am assuming from what I have read of that page that if once the person lands on my site he will keep the same cookie for every other request. So if he fills out a form on mysite and gives me a name or email I can then see every html file (or..) that he has requested. I might then suggest he look at other sites. I can also do a lookup in the EXTENDED log and see who referred him to my site (understanding that this may not be exact and might escape perfection). Peter _________________________________________________________ Peter J. Schoenster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exercise Your Brain..Read a Book http://www.rede.com/ Free CGI Scripts and Applications http://www.rede.com/samples/index.html _________________________________________________________ Peter J. Schoenster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exercise Your Brain..Read a Book http://www.rede.com/ Free CGI Scripts and Applications http://www.rede.com/samples/index.html ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
