onclick click action

[smallcompany]

Hi,

First, Happy New Year!

I find that people use coupons from my site while not clicking through my affiliate links.
I'm trying to get the click through rate up by having a coupon hidden requiring click action to reveal it. So far I have this:

script

<script type="text/javascript">
function toggle(obj) {
var obj=document.getElementById(obj);
if (obj.style.display == "block") obj.style.display = "none";
else obj.style.display = "block";
}
</script>

HTML code

<a href="javascript: void(0);" onClick="toggle('couponcode')">Click here to get the coupon code</a>
<div id="couponcode" style="display:none;"><strong>MYCOUPON</strong></div>

Now I would like to have one more thing happen onclick which is to use a link that will drop the cookie.
Those that used to do cookie stuffing would do something like this:

<img src="http://www.example.com/" width="1" height="1" />

Now, I want to do a similar thing, but only when somebody clicks to reveal the link (otherwise, it would be against the TOS). Would that be possible with the existing example?

Thanks

[daveVk]

I guess only one click is valid, so maybe

<script type="text/javascript">
function showCoupon(el) {
el.style.display == "none"; // hide link
document.getElementById('couponcode').style.display = ''; // show coupon
document.getElementById('couponImage').src = 'http://www.example.com/'; // cookie stuff
return false; // do not follow link
}
</script>

HTML code

<a href="#" onClick="showCoupon(this)">Click here to get the coupon code</a>
<div id="couponcode" style="display:none;"><strong>MYCOUPON</strong></div>
<img id="couponImage" src="/dummy.gif" width="1" height="1"/> // use a valid image url

[smallcompany]

Hi,

Thanks for this.

When I tried it, I got the link reported in privacy report in IE as soon as I landed onto the page.
My goal is to see my URL being parsed only when a click onto the "reveal coupon" link happens.
I used my tracking link in both script and dummy image place.

[daveVk]

I used my tracking link in both script and dummy image place.

Use something different as the dummy image link, preferably a small image or an image used somewhere else on the page. You do not want tracking link used prior to click.

[smallcompany]

Thanks again. All seem to be right now.