Click through set up assistance.... Please

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi I just found the click through php software on your site and although it looks easy I am very ignorant when it comes to PHP and CGI I simply don't understand how to put my site.com information into the file and make it work not to mention, I don't really understand how it generates information for me.

I read in the Wall Street Journal about click through software that lets a marketer like me (adv. photography) know when someone has recieved my offer (email) and has logged onto the site with information that it is a person from my list.

Is this what your click through will do? If so, I'm more than happy to pay you for tech help...

Thanks David

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

Yes, our click-through script is just for that. It simply counts how many times a recipient open a message or click on a link. I recommend you to download the script and try to install it on your site. It comes with a readme file with instructions. If you have problems with that, please ask.

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi thanks for the reply I read the readme and it says to send money first ok I can do that but after reading the installer I still don't understand most of what it says. I admit I am a complete novice so please be gentle...
First off, I don't know which one to try, I have used cgi scripts in the past a tiny bit but PHP is very foreign.

C. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mamak Click Count requires the following:

* A current version of Perl 5 (version 5.004 or better).
* FTP access to your account.

II. INSTALLATION
1. After unzipping the file, upload click.cgi and click.dat to your cgi-bin folder.
(WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?)
2. chmod click.cgi to 755 and click.dat to 666.
(WHERE DO I CHANGE THE $FILENAME?)
3. change the $filename to your folder path for click.dat.

III. RUNNING THE SCRIPT
Add the url below infront your actual link in your page.

http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?link=
ie: http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?link=www.mamakstall.com
(IF I DO THIS DO I HAVE TO REPROGRAM MY ENTIRE SITE WITH THIS LINK NAME?)

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES
The default password for admin page is "admin", you can change it in click.cgi. To view the admin page, simply type the url below:
(IF I INSTALL THIS AND VIEW THE ADMIN. PAGE WHAT WILL I SEE?)

http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?view=admin

THANKS DAVID

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

Why don't you install the PHP version? You can place it anywhere on your site, not only in the 'cgi-bin' directory. Chmod can be done with your FTP client. It depends on the software you use. Keep $filename as is. About III, I don't understand what you mean with 'reprogram'. To respond to your last question look at http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/click/index.html

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi ok if I open PHP I see the one file and I open that do I need to change this line $page .= "<font size=-2 face=arial><a href=\"http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/\">Max Programming, LLC (Maxprog)</a>\n";

to my domain.com?

2. INSTALLATION
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1. After unzipping the file, upload click.php and click.dat to any folder.

2. chmod click.dat to 666.

3. change the $filename to your folder path for click.dat.

How do you change #2 and #3?

Thanks

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

#1 No, you don not to change that.
#2 Chmod the file with your FTP software. With Transmit it is Cmd+I
#3 Don't modify that line.

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi thanks again for helping me Stan, I know it's ridiculous but I suck at this and it seems so easy.

Anyway, I changed the click.dat to 666.dat but I tried the link and it said no such item then I tried putting the files into the public_html and that also didn't do anything.

http://www.yourdomain.com/myfolder/click.php?link=

ie: http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/click/demo/click.php?link=http://www.maxprog.com/

Do I put my domain .com etc or do I need to leave yourdomain

I am still not quite understanding how this works I started with a folder called php and put the files in does that change the link above?

Thanks again

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

No, you don't have to rename 'click.dat', just CHMOD it to 666. About your other question, where is your script stored right now?

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi I didn't notice that you replied, anyway I have tried putting the two files in the public_html folder by themselves and I have made a folder php and put them in that, this is what I mean by not understanding the directions.

I have checked the link included to do admin stuff as well as simply checking the php stats but no go thus far...

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Stan, here's another thing I don't get,
Add the url below infront your actual link in your page.

http://www.yourdomain.com/myfolder/click.php?link=

ie: http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/click/demo/click.php?link=http://www.maxprog.com/

so the web site address would be http://www.mydomain.com/scripts/click/php/click.php?link=http://www.mydomain.com/

when I try that nothing comes up in my case I made a folder called (php) in your example the demo means the click.php and the 666 is in a demo folder?

is click.dat suppose to be 666.dat or 666. thanks
Thanks DF

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

What is your link right now?

666 is not a file. It is Unix permissions in octal format. You can set a file as 666 using Transmit, pressing Cmd+I and writing 666 where it says 'Octal'.

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hi Stan, looks like you are the entire support team over there? Anyway, so I believe I finally got the script straight but a couple of things I am still not understanding.

1. In order for the click to count the url needs to have the

Add the url below infront your actual link in your page.
http://www.yourdomain.com/myfolder/click.php?link
ie: http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/click/demo/click.php?link=http://www.maxprog.com/I

I am not understanding how I add that to my url in order to count people
Thanks, I know its been a hassle helping me but it is appreciated.

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

Yes, you have to run the script with the destination script as the parameter. When someone click on it, the script is executed, the click-through counter is incremented and the destination URL is displayed to the user.

http://www.maxprog.com/scripts/click/demo/click.php?link=http://www.maxprog.com/

dfphoto · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 8 Location: LA

Hey Stan thanks, wish there was a way to embedd it, people will know we are counting them...

Thank you though I think for challenged people like me you might add some of the things we discussed on your read me....

df

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2379

Yes, if you send HTML you can embed that URL into an online picture. Rather than using standard URL use the script with the picture URL as the parameter.