Update external record

Click tracking - update record on one site and go to another

[wdavis10]

I am currently implementing a click tracking link that runs from another site in a classified listing.

It needs to go directly to Site A but must update a record on Site B simultaneously. The goal is to not have it access Site B before Site A in order to update the record.

I would think it would be an onunload event when the page leaves to A it would somehow send a message to Site B.

Thanks for the ideas!

[Dabrowski]

The easiest thing would be to run a script on Site A which calls something on Site B.

For example, the web stats package I wrote inserts an IFRAME on the page which calls the tracking software on my server. The IFRAME is set to zero size, hidden etc etc.

If I need to debug, I make the IFRAME visible and it actually contains useful information about what it's tracking.

This is the same method page counters and things use, I imagine it's the industry standard way of doing it.

[wdavis10]

If Site A was under my control I would do it, but it is not. I can only point a link to it. I am trying to not send Site A any reference to Site B.

[Dabrowski]

Then you can only hit Site B, and have that redirect to Site A.

If they are on different domains you can't even use an iframe and onLoad.

[wdavis10]

Thanks for that bit of info! I was hoping I could do it without redirecting from Site B. I just set it up to update with php and mysql on my site and redirect.

Tahnks!