Showing software error

[rini]

I have installed clickmanager as it is given but it is showing the following software error :-

Software error:
http://www.abc.com/cgi-bin/clickmanager/date.txt No such file or directory, stopped at clickmanager.cgi line 35.

Please help as I want to start using it asap.

Thanks in advance
Rini

[rini]

Why didn't anybody answered to my query?

I am waiting for the problem to be fixed. Please somebody reply.

[Jeremy]

sorry, your post must have slipped through the cracks. i normally reply to every post.

your problem is you are confusing the path with the url. your path is probably just . (a period). try using that instead of your url.

[rini]

ok I solved the problem myself only

yes I was giving the url instead of the path.

now there is another ques which I want to ask. FOr shortening urls in the readme file it is given -

-Shortened URLs
Think it looks ugly to type two whole urls to get one link? Well, here's the
solution. Go to clickmanager.cgi and you'll see the list of links at the
bottom. Just take the number from the ID column and it can be used instead of
a url. An example would be:
clickmanager.cgi?dl=1 or clickmanager.cgi?dl=22
IDs are automatically assigned when a you go to a new url, so to create one go to
clickmanager.cgi?dl=http://www.linkedsite.com.
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Can't understand this part how to do it. Can you be a bit more specific exactly at which line I need to change. I really wish to shorten the urls.

Thanks
Rini

[Jeremy]

you don't need to change anything, it's done automatically. just look at the stats page.

[rini]

But where will I give the links.
In the stats.cgi it is given
foreach (@db) {
my($hits, $url, $id) = split(/\|/);
if (length($url) >= 75) {
$id = length($url);
$url =~ /(.*)(....................)/;
$url = &truncate_string($1, 53) . $2;
}
$tmpl{individual} .= qq~<tr><td class="cell">$id</td><td class="cell"><a href="clickmanager.cgi?dl=$id" target="_blank">$url</a></td><td align="right" class="cell">$hits</td></tr>~;

Will I have to give links in this part
$url =~ /(.*)(....................)/;
like this
$url =~ /(.*)(http://abc.com)/;

Thanks
Rini

[Jeremy]

it does it automatically. just go to stats.cgi in your browser.

[rini]

I think you are not getting me. What I am telling is that when giving links I have to write
<a href="http://www.abc.com/clickmanager.cgi?dl=http://www.abc.com/links.shtml">Click here....</a>

Now instead of writing such a big link I can write
<a href="http://www.abc.com/clickmanager.cgi?dl=1">

Now when I am referring 1 where am I assigning the value of 1. If I don't assign a value how will it know by itself whih specific link to go.

I hope I am clear now.

Thanks
Rini

[Jeremy]

you don't assign that value, it is assigned automatically. go to stats.cgi in your browser and you'll see what id gets assigned to the url.

[rini]

ok thanks it assigned automatically

Now suppose I want to click tracks on some banner which is linked to some other site will it work?

I tried to do it by giving links dl=3 but the stats.cgi was not updated.

Thanks
Rini

[Jeremy]

what's your url?

[rini]

suppose my url is abc.com so when I am entering any page links in my site it's showing the clicks in stats. Like when I am giving <a href="http://www.abc.com/clickmanager/clickmanager.cgi?dl=1">Click here</a> it's showing the clicks.

But if I give <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/clickmanager/clickmanager.cgi?dl=1">Yahoo Banner</a> on some banner it's not showing the clicks but it's going to the respected site.

[Jeremy]

i know, but i don't have a copy installed anywhere so i want to test it on yours because i'm lazy.

[rini]

ok check it at
http://www.kshitij.com/index1.shtml

[Jeremy]

what's the url to clickmanager.cgi i mean