Logging Referrers With Javascript

jackchen posted this at 01:40 — 11th June 2000.

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I found something called "document.referrer", I suppose it has something to do with referral webpages.

Can Javascript be used to log referrers?

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Vincent Puglia posted this at 22:33 — 11th June 2000.

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Hi,

document.referrer refers (I couldn't help it to the document which referred the current page. In other words if you came to this page from yahoo, the document.referrer would equal www.yahoo.com. It is sometimes used to determine if the user is coming from a page other than the main frameset, or the answer sheet from a quiz.
If by referral, you mean a click-through, I guess it could --
var lastSite = document.referrer;
for (i=0; i < referralArray.length; i++)
if (lastSite == referralArray[i])
givePoints(referralArray[i[;

Hope this answers your questions

final note: I've heard it is undependable

Vinny

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Lloyd Hassell posted this at 06:10 — 12th June 2000.

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You cant use client-side JavaScript alone to log the referrers. You need to use a server-side language (can use JScript with ASP) which has the ability to write to a text file or a database.

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