I have a directory site, and would like to keep more stats. I can do most stats I wand, but can't figure out a good way to track click on mailto links, or a good way to redirect to a mailto without at the least reloading a page. Am I missing something.
I'm writing my own scripts in PHP.
marcs
4:17 am on Jun 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
A mailto link has a browser-side effect, you can't track those in logs.
What you could do is either use a feedback script instead. That would show in logs and you could track that way.
olwen
9:04 am on Jun 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
No, I don't want that. The email is going to a third party, and I want it to come up with the proper from address, without relying on people to enter it. I experimented with opening a page in a new window and redirecting to the email link, which worked, but left another browser window open. I could do a javascript window.open which coluld open a php script that recorded the click and might then allow me to close it automatically when I have finished with it. It's good idea like that I'm looking for. I was wondering if other had found a method they recommend.
edit_g
3:56 pm on Jun 23, 2003 (gmt 0)
You could do a little php script to bcc an email account on your site each time one is sent by a user - you'd get one for every mail sent. Then you could just count the emails.
