Re: [WebDNA] Page close data
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2014
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = --001a11369764d8266204fddb1206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Ken, Thanks for the input. I hope that you are doing well. I would be using Goolge Analytics, as you recommend, but there is a problem with that. I don't really have multiple web pages on this site, but I have one template page, with several other files that are [included] into the template page, depending on which menu is chosen. So Google only sees the template page, over & over, rather than the individual included files. This is why I am writing my own tracking system, because I can easily add and measure the time on any of the 'plug-in' files, except the last one, as the user leaves the domain. I have also thought about using a 'click-to-leave' alert, as I've seen a lot of these used with a javascript pop-up. I'll need to ask my client if that's something that would bother them. Would you know of anyway of getting the time from a javascript into a WebDNA variable? Thanks again for writing back, sfb Stephen F Braun sbraun1@twcny.rr.com On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Braun, Stephen
wrote: > Hi Ken, > Thanks for the input. > I hope that you are doing well. > > I would be using Goolge Analytics, as you recommend, but there is a > problem with that. > I don't really have multiple web pages on this site, but I have one > template page, with several other files that are [included] into the > template page, depending on which menu is chosen. So Google only sees the > template page, over & over, rather than the individual included files. > This is why I am writing my own tracking system, because I can easily add > and measure the time on any of the 'plug-in' files, except the last one, as > the user leaves the domain. > > I have also thought about using a 'click-to-leave' alert, as I've seen a > lot of these used with a javascript pop-up. > I'll need to ask my client if that's something that would bother them. > > Would you know of anyway of getting the time from a javascript into a > WebDNA variable? > > Thanks again for writing back, > sfb > > > > > Stephen Braun / Theatre Manager > Robinson-Faust Theatre of the Performing Arts / Oswego High School > Two Buccaneer Blvd. / Oswego, NY 13126 > 315.341.2265 > sbraun@oswego.org / http://fausttheatre.org > > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Kenneth Grome > wrote: > >> I have built several tracking systems for clients over the years, >> but I don't recall if I ever built one that tries to track the >> amount of time a visitor stays on each page. I'm not even sure >> this makes sense any more, at least with the way I typically visit >> a site ... >> >> I find myself frequently opening a bunch of pages, each in a new >> tab, so that they are already loaded and available when I'm ready >> to look at them. If your "time on page" tracking system were used >> with me, it would appear that I spent a second or two on each page >> except the last one. >> >> There's a problem with timing the last page as well ... >> >> You cannot determine when the user leaves the 'last page' of your >> site for another site unless two things happen: >> >> 1- Rather than just closing the tab like I normally do when I >> leave a site, the visitor must click a special link that sends >> him/her to a "leave the site" webdna page. >> >> 2- Your "leave the site" webdna page must records the click time, >> then redirect to the other site. >> >> Even if these two requirements were met, leaving tabs open for >> hours while doing something else before leaving the site would >> create wildly inaccurate data. >> >> Having said all this, I should also mention that Google Analytics >> is easy to setup and your client will probably be much happier >> with this data than anything you could create in webdna. >> >> Obviously webdna has its place, but sometimes it makes sense to >> use better and free existing tools. Not always, but sometimes. >> >> :) >> >> Regards, >> Kenneth Grome >> WebDNA Solutions >> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management >> >> >> On 07/05/2014 09:53 PM, Steve Braun wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > I'm building some minor page analytics for a customer. >> > I'm just subtracting the time when moving from page to page to >> > capture the 'time-on-page' data. >> > I also want to be able to find the time (ie [time]) when the user >> > leaves the web site for a new domain, or the 'time-on-last-page' data. >> > >> > Has anyone done anything like this with WebDNA before? >> > >> > Thanks for any suggestions. >> > sfb >> > --------------------------------------------------------- This >> > message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing >> > list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: >> > http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: >> > support@webdna.us >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >> > > --001a11369764d8266204fddb1206 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ken,
T= hanks for the input.
I hope that you are doing well.
= I would be using Goolge Analytics, as you recommend, but there is a problem= with that.
I don't really have multiple web pages on this site, but I have= =20 one template page, with several other files that are [included] into the template page, depending on which menu is chosen.=C2=A0 So Google only see= s=20 the template page, over & over, rather than the individual included=20 files.
This is why I am writing my own tracking system, because I can=20 easily add and measure the time on any of the 'plug-in' files, exce= pt=20 the last one, as the user leaves the domain.=C2=A0
I have also thou= ght about using a 'click-to-leave' alert, as I've seen a lot of= these used with a javascript pop-up.
I'll need to ask my client if that's something that would bot= her them.
Would you know of anyway of getting the time from a = javascript into a WebDNA variable?
Thanks again for writing ba= ck,
sfb