[SOLVED]Tracking ?id= and Pretty URLs

[adsilva]

I'm trying to pass a Tracking id into aweber by either placing the id into the meta_adtracking field or creating a hidden field.
"> see below

I have tried placing the aweber code into a smarty tag:

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echo
<center><form method="post" action="http://www.aweber.com/scripts/addlead.pl">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_web_form_id" value="xxxxxxxxxxx">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_split_id" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="unit" value="testpba">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.aweber.com/form/thankyou_vo.html" id="redirect_xxxxxx">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_redirect_onlist" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_adtracking" value="<?php echo $tid; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_message" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_required" value="from">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_forward_vars" value="0">
<table>
<tr><td colspan=2><center></center></td></tr>
<tr><td>Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="name" value="" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email:</td><td><input type="text" name="from" value="" size="20"></td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan=2><center></center></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<img src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/displays.htm?id=jEzszKyMxxxx==" border="0" />
</center>
;

and in between my head tags I placed:

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<?php
$tid = $_REQUEST['tid'];
?>

I do have Pretty URLs turned on and my tracking url looks like this:

www.mysite.com/resources/p-b-a/?tid=andy

and i have tried without the final forward slash

www.mysite.com/resources/p-b-a?tid=andy

But in both instances the tid "andy" is not getting passed into the bolded line above.

any suggestions on this issue?

I read up on the internet that it may be because I don't have a ".php" extension.  Is this true?

thanks.

[JeremyBASS]

Hello, in your config file you can add a .html/.php/.asp/.htm/.myOwn extension

aweber... sounds familiar...

if this is in your templates... then value="" should be

value="{$smarty.request.tid}"

then that would work... but that is if your in a template... in a udt... it's different...

Hope that helps
Cheers
Jeremy

[adsilva]

Jeremy, thank you for the reply.

So let me make sure I understand.

I HAVE to change my config file so that my pages end with .php or .htm

Then I can use the smarty tag ONLY if the script is part of my template and I cannot call it with a UDT into my page.

Is there a way I can call it into a page??

[adsilva]

What about...



would that pull "andy" from this url www.mysite.com/resources/p-b-a.php?tid=andy

or do I HAVE to use Smarty style tags?

[JeremyBASS]

>>I HAVE to change my config file so that my pages end with .php or .htm

Yes that is the sure fire way... and no if you’re really really good...

>>>Then I can use the smarty tag ONLY if the script is part of my template and I cannot call it with a UDT into my page.

No... and yes you could

>>>Is there a way I can call it into a page??

{$smarty.request.tid} is the way you would call it in a page/template/GCB basically any thing that is not a UDT or a php file it's self.

>>>>>>>>What about...
>>>>>>>> 

Depends on where you put it...


... so lets say for a sec... this is my project... I'd put that whole form in a page/GCB and to grab the tid... it'd look like this in the page...

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<center><form method="post" action="http://www.aweber.com/scripts/addlead.pl">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_web_form_id" value="xxxxxxxxxxx">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_split_id" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="unit" value="testpba">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.aweber.com/form/thankyou_vo.html" id="redirect_xxxxxx">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_redirect_onlist" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_adtracking" value="{$smarty.request.tid}">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_message" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_required" value="from">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_forward_vars" value="0">
<table>
<tr><td colspan=2><center></center></td></tr>
<tr><td>Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="name" value="" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email:</td><td><input type="text" name="from" value="" size="20"></td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan=2><center></center></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<img src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/displays.htm?id=jEzszKyMxxxx==" border="0" />
</center>

then you’re making less db calls and cutting to the chase...


Hope that helps...

Cheers
jeremyBass

[adsilva]

SOLVED!

Jeremy - U tha Man!!

[JeremyBASS]

Glad I could help...
Cheers
jeremyBass