Setting Some Cookies To Track Visitors To My Site ?
Apr 10, 2010
I have setting some cookies to track visitors to my site. I have my pages in folder music and in sub folders. I can access my site by typing: [url] So the domain will be: [url] and the path: /sara/music/
But the broblem is that other cookies are attached to my cookieby going to [url] or any link in it.
Is the problem from setting the path? If not how can I filter my cookie so i can just display my cookies only, I use one function to display all the cookies.
I'm running a test on my site for the mcafee secure logo, such that the mcafee logo will be shown to some visitors, and we track conversion rates with and without the logo. Naturally, mcafee have to keep track of the user vir the whole session, through to any 'thank you for buying' page. The code you place on the site is just an image, which includes in the url a reference to your domain.
The tech guy I spoke to suggested that the tracking happens via a cookie. But can this be done, when no script has been called from their server? The headers returned with the image show Content-Type: image/gif.
So basically I'm asking can cookies be set this way? If not then all I can see is that they're tracking urls only, which will be far from reliable.
Does anyone know the best way to detect and track a visitors screen resolution. I know the javascript to detect the users resolution but I am a bit confused on the best way to track and save this. Should I save it to a database or is it easier to save it to a text file?
Use jquery to track visitors mouse movements and clicks and then playback. Here is the proof of concept:Uses: jQuery and php. jquery records mouse moves and clicks, sends data via ajax to a php page, the php page writes the mouse events to a text file.When you go to the playback page, jquery connects to a php page that reads the text file and moves the mouse accordingly
In some articles on my site I'll be talking about money and I would really like to be able to find out where a visitor is from and target my dialogue to whatever currency they use. E.g. "It is possible to earn 15 pounds/dollars/euros" depending on the readers country.
I am using cookies to track form data the user inputs. The data only needs to be available during their session. I have well over 80 fields. How can I combine some of the cookies to cut down on the amount. I am storing them with JS and retrieving them with php.
I would like to start offering an "Affiliate" program on my website. Can anyone offer a script that I can use to track clicking to my site from an affiliate's link?
I need to set two cookies. One to be used for redirection and page loading, which i have now and works and a second one that is used to write information on a page.
Both are to be set automatically when loading the page. The second will will set a company name like "Your company name". Then when the next page is loaded it will put "Your company name" on the webpage. And like I said before the first cookie is set for navigation purposes.
My text and what I have been researching on the internet has not been very helpful in determining the code that I need to prevent a user from entering his/her information more than once. Here is my current code
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD.HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm14/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
[code]....
I have created a new web page to link the duplicate cookie too, titled doubleinfo.html. This is what I am using to let the user know that their information has already been entered.
My text is telling me that I need to look for a nextform() function, but I didn't have to write one so what would I need to do, if anything, to start the document.cookie = "name" codes?
As far as I can tell, and it makes sense, when I set cookies for a page, say like this: HTML Code: <script> function setCookie(cookie_name,value){ var cookie_value=escape(value); document.cookie=c_name + "=" + cookie_value; } </script>
It works just fine, but it only sets the cookies for that particular page. Unfortunately I need it to remember that for all pages. In essence, this code belongs to a sign in page, but I need it to remember the username and password on all pages. I would like to avoid sending variables from page to page containing usernames and passwords if it's at all possible.
For complex reasons, I have to use HTML with JavaScript to set a cookie. I know it is easy to set and get cookies PHP but I have to put the code in HTML. I ran this Javascript code:
Code: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function putCookie(){ cookie_name = "specialcookiehuge"; if(document.cookie != document.cookie){ index = document.cookie.indexOf(cookie_name); }else{ index = -1; }if (index == -1){ document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT"; }} </SCRIPT>
I tested this code by placing alert statements and I know that the line: Code: document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT"; gets run. I tried to find this cookie (Tools -> Internet Options -> Browsing History ->Settings) And I did not find anything named "specialcookiehuge" in "View Objects" or "View Files".
I am setting a cookie on a subdomain: http://store1.mydomain.com
Then the store takes me to a shopping cart that is at: http://shopping.mydomain.com
Somewhere the following code (taken and modified from The JavaScript Source) is broken between domains, because when I click my "store" link that should read the cookie and send me to store1.mydomain.com or storeN.mydomain.com I get the default template store.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- Original: Ronnie T. Moore --> <!-- Web Site: The JavaScript Source -->
<!-- Begin var expDays = 30; var exp = new Date(); exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));
function getCookieVal (offset) { var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset); if (endstr == -1) endstr = document.cookie.length; return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr)); } function GetCookie (name) { var arg = name + "="; var alen = arg.length; var clen = document.cookie.length; var i = 0; while (i < clen) { var j = i + alen; if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) return getCookieVal (j); i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1; if (i == 0) break; } return null; } function SetCookie (name, value) { var argv = SetCookie.arguments; var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length; var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null; var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null; var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null; var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false; document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) + ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) + ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : ""); } function DeleteCookie (name) { var exp = new Date(); exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1); var cval = GetCookie (name); document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString(); }
var favorite = GetCookie('store');
if (favorite != null) { switch (favorite) { case 'store1' : url = 'http://store1.mydomain.com/' break; case 'store2' : url = 'http://store2.mydomain.com/' break; case 'store3' : url ='http://store3.mydomain.com/' break; case 'storeN' : url = 'http://storeN.mydomain.com/' break; } window.location.href = url; } // End --> </script> </HEAD>
The cookie is set by a javascript "onload command" Like I said I have it working on a server with no sub domain.
I am trying to set my cookies with the click of a button and display them with another button and have them expire one day after visit. I have been having some trouble with this and have written and rewritten code many times. How can I get this code to work? (not very familiar with setting cookies).
Below is the cookie script I am working on which I am having trouble with: <script> var equipment = document.forms[0].equipment.value; var pDate = document.forms[0].pickupDate.value; var pHour = document.forms[0].pickupHours.value; var pMin = document.forms[0].pickupMinutes.value; var rDate = document.forms[0].returnDate.value; var rHour = document.forms[0].returnHours.value; var rMin = document.forms[0].returnMinutes.value; var first = document.forms[0].firstName.value; var last = document.forms[0].lastName.value; var street = document.forms[0].street.value; var city = document.forms[0].city.value; var zip = document.forms[0].zip.value; var dob = document.forms[0].date.value; .....
This is the input field in the body part of the form: <input type = "button" value = 'Set Cookies' onclick = "setCookie('anyName','Hello',expDate)">
The following code works fine in IE8 and Firefox 3.5. Any idea why it does not work in Chrome ? Tried it both in localhost and on my web server -- no success.
In the header: [code = php] <?php if((isset($_COOKIE["unique_id"]))&&isset($_COOKIE["users_resolution"])){ $screen_res = $_COOKIE["users_resolution"]; $unique_id = $_COOKIE["unique_id"]; } else //means cookie is not found set it using Javascript { ?> [/code] [code = html] <script language="javascript"> <!-- writeCookie(); function writeCookie() { var today = new Date(); var the_date = new Date("December 31, 2023"); var the_cookie_date = the_date.toGMTString(); var the_cookie = "users_resolution="+ screen.width +"x"+ screen.height; var the_cookie = "unique_id="+ uniqid(); var the_cookie = the_cookie + ";expires=" + the_cookie_date; document.cookie=the_cookie }function uniqid(){ var newDate = new Date; return newDate.getTime(); } //--> </script> [/code] [code = php] <?php } ?>
// And in the ,body> <?php echo "Screen resolution: ".$screen_res."<br>"; echo "Unique ID: ".$unique_id."<br>"; ?> [/code]
I'm setting up a fictitious shopping page which uses cookies to remember what a user has selected. The products are photographs that the user can select either framed or unframed versions and I'm trying to put a confirmation box if the user actually requests framed and unframed versions of the same photograph. The code I'm using actually worked before I tried to add this extra functionality but I can't work out how to test for this extra bit. Here's my code and it sets cookies with names as either lulworth01 for the unframed version or lulworth01f for the framed version. The bits that work are in black and my extra code for this test is in red.
function getCookie(name){ var index = cart.indexOf(name + "="); if(index == -1) return null; index = cart.indexOf("=", index) +1; var endstr = cart.indexOf(";",index); if (endstr == -1) endstr = cart.length; return unescape(cart.substring(index, endstr)); } function setCookie(name) { if ((name.charAt(name.length-1)='f') && (getCookie(name.substring(0,10))!=null)) { confirm("You seem to have placed orders for both a mounted and framed image of the same photograph. Is that OK?"); } else { alert("Thank you. Your basket has been updated."); x=parseInt(getCookie(name)) || 0; y=x+1; var today = new Date(); var expiry = new Date(today.getTime()+28*24*60*60*1000); // plus 28 days document.cookie=name+"="+y+";expires="+expiry.toGMTString(); cart = document.cookie; }}
Modify cookie values for any site you want Support for secure cookies Create New cookies Delete cookies Session Only or Persistant cookies Escape and Unescape cookie values for easier editing
Is there a way to use Javascript to read a txt file, take all the words in the txt file one by one, then create a cookie out of each of them? Ideally, I'm also looking to create a prompt which asks the user if they want to set the cookie each time.The purpose of this is that I'm looking to create some basic browser based games (with information stored in txt files), so it doesn't have to be a script which works online. Everything is just run offline. If it makes a difference, it can also be, say, a doc file rather than a txt.I understand the idea of using activeX & IE to read the txt file, and after looking through this forum, I have found a way to load the entire txt into a form. I have not been able to advance my idea beyond that however.I've used Javascript before many times for webpages, but it generally comes down to me copying and pasting code, then just changing a few keys words. What I'm quickly trying to say there is that I can use js, but I'm not that much of an expert.
I'm trying to serve static content from a cookieless subdomain s.mydomain.org.uk, so that image/css requests from pages at [URL] don't get sent with needless cookie data. The trouble is that Google Analytics insists on adding its cookies (_utma, _utmz) to those requests anyway!
My code is: <script src="[URL]" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("xxxx"); pageTracker._setDomainName("www.mydomain.org.uk"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch (err) { } </script>
I have a page which takes information from a user. When the user clicks the "send" button, it stores data in a cookie then does a javascript redirect to the next page which grabs the info. I don't want the data to be present in the URL on the next page and the site is supposed to be put together without the use of PHP (the 2nd page is a confirm page that sends the data to Web Services).
This has been working great for everyone who has tried it, but there are a handful of complaints that users will not get the information they expected on the 2nd page. My question is, as I'm trying to debug this stuff, is it reasonable to think that the cookie may not be properly stored in time for the redirect to take place for some users?
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