mikemueller

Last night I checked out Hotscripts.com. I didn't find what I was looking for but did find a "solution in a box" called Post Affiliate Pro. I'm not sure if it will work - it may be much more than what I was looking for. The cost is $99. Anyone have any experience with this? - and thanks Thomas!

Thanks for the welcome Bruce! Hotscripts, eh? I'll see what I can find out. About all I know about php is that it's what makes my blogs run. learning something new is always good. MM

Here's what I want to do. I'm working on a site that will attract homeowners from various other sites (real estate agents, loan officers, lawyers) and from various means (websites, blogs, emails). I would like to be able to track the source of those visitors so that when they decide to fill out a form (negotiation request) - we know how they came to us and can reward the referral source. Not too unlike an adwords or affiliate situation. I figured the easiest way to "source" them would be to send them to a page just for their referrals where I would set a cookie. The cookie would have to last as we see visitors enter, bookmark, and comeback a month later. I can write html, and know enough .js to get into trouble with. The site is primarily html. I'd like to set the cookie using this: <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="refcode=mm99;expires=Wednesday, 08-Aug-10 23:59:59 GMT; path=/"> It's an easy thing to create a page and insert this tag and change the value. This cookie has the name of "refcode" and a value set by me that might match the referral I set the page up for. (Wayne Gretzky might be wg99) My problem is finding a javascript that reads that cookie and inserts it into a html page. I don't want to delete the cookie, I don't want to edit the cookie. I also don't want the visitor to have to enter the referral source - I want it automatic. I'd also like it to automatically insert the value into a form (hidden or visible is fine). I've spent the last couple of days searching script collections on google - but can't seem to find what I need or make one of them work. I found one called ID tracker - but it has the user enter their referral source. Any help would be greatly appreciated. For references - here's what I have right now. Here's a sample referral start page: http://suburban-renewal.com/r/mm That sets the cookie and refreshes to the index. This is the test form I'm working on: http://www.suburban-renewal.com/negotiationrequest1.html I have the script loaded here: http://www.suburban-renewal.com/scripts/refcodetracker.js Am I barking up the wrong tree or can this be done and I'm just missing something. Thanks! Mike Mueller