Re: My 1st Internet Service

Hello all,

 Thanks for all the replies to date. A few HARD LESSONS LEARNED. I had some
severe html errors on the page which I traced down to having TOO COMPLEX an
update system causing me to have the SAME FILENAMES in different locations
in different states of repair and this coupled with a few "smart" features
with my editor caused things to get jumbled up.

The Lesson:-
1) KEEP IT SIMPLE.
2) ALWAYS use a  "DIFFERENT FILENAME" CONVENTION to store earlier versions
of the same file.

So far though no one has actually used the service to see the results, I
would appreciate it if someone could insert the code  which points to the
tracking service into their html and give comment on the results which will
arrive in the email the following day.

I was able to monitor the page loads and referrals to the joinstats page
itself though, which was useful for me but I'de much prefer someone elses
view.

the site is at:-

http://nzsc.virtualave.net/joinstats.html

Also does anyone know a BETTER way of obtaining the Referrer of a REMOTE
page?
at the moment I am simply using the <img> tag to point to the cgi script and
provide the referrer using javascript's document.referrer.

Thanks
Peter Newton

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went there and got a 500 internal server misconfiguration when I tried to
sign
up.

The layout is straightforward and simple, though perhaps a bit TOO
straightforward and simple for my taste. It could use a bit of retuning, in
my
opinion, to make it look sexier. Also it's a very cool service, so you might
want to state which stats you'll send, and a bit about why you're doing
this!

Look forward to seeing the final version!!!
nick


On 4 Nov 99, at 0:22, Peter Newton wrote:

From:           "Peter Newton" <c-newton(at)ihug.co.nz>
To:             <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Subject:        My 1st Internet Service
Date sent:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 00:22:03 +1300

> Well Here Goes (deep breath)
>
> I have just created a tracking service as the 1st step in a site promotion
> service I will be offering.
>
> I have 3 sites 1 a test site 2 the real thing and 3 this site which I will
> use to field test any bugfixes, alterations or developements I make on the
> test site. I would be most gratefull if anyone could consider using this
> service and provide critique etc so that I can 1stly establish a stable
> working reliable system, and then to practice responding to customer
> (your) requests in developing the site.
>
>  I have started off simply since I'll most likely be asked to alter most
>  of
> it anyway, whats important to me is how it END UP. This will allow me to
> provide my customers with a quality problem free service. I intend to keep
> this field trial site indefinitely and build it up into a useful and
> reliable site so if you choose to use it and like how its progressing you
> can rely on it being maintained over the long haul.
>
> I have not implemented Time Zoneing so it will best suit those who are on
> the same time as the host server (virtualave.net).  Its probably EST time
> but I'm not sure. I've displayed both the Server's time and your computer
> time to make it easy for you to compare.
>
> you can find the site at:-
>
>  http://nzsc.virtualave.net/joinstats.html
>
> and I look forward to your ideas and critiques
>
> many thanks
> Peter Newton
> (gulp!)
>
>
>


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Nick Selby
Aviation, Travel and Technology writer
www.nickselby.com

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