Re: [flasher] Counting Visitors with Flash

[Gregg Caines]

Well first you need to detect it, so you need to choose javascript

or flash-based detection.


After that, you just need to use some middleware (CGI, ASP,

PHP, JSP, ColdFusion) to increment a value in a database or text

file.  That value will be the number of distinct visits where Flash

was detected.


It's not really possible to track individual and distinct users because

of a number of factors, but you should get an idea from the count

you receive... I'd also suggest counting non-Flash visits too, so you

have something to compare against...


The only other wild card in this process is users who do not enter

your site through the front door...if your detection is on the first

page of your site (which it probably should be) then you won't be

able to detect or count users who enter to some interior link.  There

are some elaborate ways to force your users to use the first page,

if that's a problem, but it probably isn't...


I've done something similar on my company's site, so it's definitely

possible.  I used flash-based detection and ASP on the back-end

and it works very well.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> Hi

>

> Does anyone know if you can track visitors who have the Flash Plug-in

> installed?

>

> I am about to makeover a site which, at the moment, is HTML based. The

> client has expressed interest in using Flash (either as a complete site,

or

> mixed up with the HTML). I would like to track existing visitors to the

site

> to see if they have the Flash Plug-in. Version checking would be cool, but

> not necessary. The site is on a Unix box running Apache.

>

> Any help, pointers would be appreciated

>

> TIA

>

> m@

>

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