Forcing a Referrer on click

How to?

[Mike_Werner]

Hi All,

I'm trying to force a referral when clicking on links on one of my site, ie, something like this:

href="abc.com/?referrer=zzz.com"

That doesn't work, but what should I do? I know it's possible, but haven't been able to figure it out. Or will I need to go via JS?

Any help appreciated.

[nanotopia]

I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you saying that when a user is at your website, and they click on an internal link, it also launches a referral link (opening a new window, or something to that nature)? Or are you just trying to have a referral link on your site that takes the user to a different site?

If you're trying to do the first thing, that's sounds pretty evil.

If you're trying to do the second, the affiliate program that you're with should provide the link that you need.

If I'm still missing what you're asking, please be more specific.

[Mike_Werner]

I've got a main site and a database with links to third party sites.

I want my users to be able to browse the database (embedded using iframes so they don't even know the database unless they get specific info), and when they find something of interest, click on the link.

That will bring them to whatever website is listed.

What I'm trying to avoid, is at the receiving website, that the referrer shows as the database address, I want it to show the original website.

eg

My site is "http://example.org". Embedded in one of the pages is a database with a listing of all current bloggers [in my topic], including theit url. The database is located at "http://example.org/topic-bloggers.nsf". Since the listing is embedded using iframes, it appears seamless to the end user.

But when someone clicks on a link, the 2nd address will appear on the linked site's referrer list.

So, I want to referrer to the normal news site, not the database...

Nothing evil, just trying to keep things secure and in order..

[edited by: tedster at 11:19 pm (utc) on June 14, 2005]
[edit reason] remove specifics [/edit]