HTML banners do not record the clicks on the banner

[OFelixCulpa]

I thought it was to create a simple text link in the banners_all sidebox (albeit one which is tracked by the Banner Manager).

It seems to be doing that, for there is a link in the box that looks like:

Test HTML Banner

In the Banner URL field, I have:

http://www.lulu.com/content/466605

And it clicks through to the site for the Zen Cart Manual, and seems to be counting the displays and clicks just fine.

Apparently, I'm missing something about what is supposed to be going on. What is it?

Thanks again.

[Ajeh]

This doesn't appear to be anything "real" ...

<a href="http://office/BBT/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=12 ">Test HTML Banner</a>

You need a real URL that actually does something will cause something to happen ...

What do you think that is suppose to do?

[OFelixCulpa]

Ajeh,

I'm so sorry that I haven't been able to explain myself very well. I went ahead and installed a fresh ZC on an empty domain of mine so that I could show you (my cart is in development and exists only on my test server right now).

Check www.ofelixculpa.net

In the banner_box_all sidebox, the middle ad now has "HTML Banner Text" as a link. When clicked, this link brings up a the url I have listed in the Banner URL field (www.ofelixculpa.com -- just pictures of my house).

The banner manager is also counting the clicks on that link (which I understood the directions to say that it wouldn't do).

Anyway...I'm so confused that I don't even understand what's supposed to be happening and how what happens there is different.

Sorry. I know confused people can be a real pain. Thanks for helping!

Oh...Just in case you want to see what I did, the admin username is "admin" and so is the password. The admin folder is still named admin as well.

[Ajeh]

You have two things happening here ...

You have configured this with both a Banner URL and HTML ...

HTML by itself does not know what to do for counting clicks ...

Banner URL overrides the HTML ... and Banner URL knows how to count ...

This makes it appear that your HTML is counting but the HTML is not really running as the HTML code you put in there is the Banner Code generated for that Banner URL that you have in it ...

[OFelixCulpa]

Ajeh,

Thank you for checking it out.

Will that "both/and" setup cause any problems that you can think of?

[Ajeh]

Other than only the URL link is actually working? I am not sure you will have to test for awhile ...

I know that earlier, several times, the link gave me a dead page ... an hour or two later I tried it and it was working ...

[OFelixCulpa]

Other than only the URL link is actually working? I am not sure you will have to test for awhile ...

I know that earlier, several times, the link gave me a dead page ... an hour or two later I tried it and it was working ...

Well, that would be a problem. The fact that the behavior is inconsistent makes me a little concerned that my webhost might have been on the fritz.

I'll test it over the next few days and post the result.

Again, thank you for your help!!