HTML banners do not record the clicks on the banner

**Hi
Very new at this...
Just wondering why this is, ******HTML banners do not record the clicks on the banner, and if there is a way to change this so that clicks are recorded.
Reason I ask is beceause I have a few banners on my site and would like to know which ones are more effective, etc.
Thanks

HTML banners do not go through the site they are a direct link to what you have setup so that link should have some form of tracking for you ...

Hi. I wonder if I am missing something here. On my test site, I removed the image on a banner and put this:

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

into the HTML Text section in the Banner Manager instead (I copied it from the html output for the image link). The text link shows up fine and the banner manager seems to be counting the clicks made.

Since it isn't following the predicted behavior, I worry that I may have messed it up in some way.

Thanks.

That code doesn't do anything as it isn't complete ...

You need to actually use something that would run if in a normal HTML page if you want to utilize the HTML code of the Banner ...

Ajeh,

Thank you for the speedy reply.

I'm afraid my ignorance has to come out now...I guess I don't really understand what the HTML banner is supposed to do. I thought it was just to create a clickable link to the site listed in the Banner URL field. That seems to be what is happening with what I entered. Is it meant to do more than that?

Would there be any problems with using the HTML Banner as a text link (for which the displays and clicks are counted in the Banner Manager) the way I did?

Thanks again.

What do you think that code you posted is suppose to do?

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.

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?

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 https://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 (https://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.

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 ...

Ajeh,

Thank you for checking it out.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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!!

I am posting this just in case someone else out there is interested in using an HTML Banner but also having Banner Manager count the clicks. I have tested the setup (described in the discussion above) for a few days and it seems to be working fine.

Ajeh has pointed out that it is sort of a combination of BannerURL and HTML Banner. I have only tested it with simple text links.

To do this:

1. Set up a banner ad according to the normal process for BannerURL
2. Copy the the opening <a> tag from the HTML output for that banner ad (using firebug, etc.) and paste it into the HTML Text field for that banner (admin>tools>banner manger>"ad in question">edit).
3. Enter whatever text you want after the <a> tag and then add a closing tag (</a>)

This should give you your text as a link in the banner box, and it will also count the clicks on that link in banner manager. The link will click through to whatever url you have entered in the Banner URL field for that banner ad.

Again, I have only tried this with a simple link. I don't know (I even have doubts) if it will work with more complex HTML banners.

If anyone is aware of any problems with (or cautions for) this setup, please post them.

Hi!
I'm almost sure what will be the answer, but I have to ask anyway :-)
If I need to make an "HTML banner" to display Flash banners, does it means that I have no way (on side of ZenCart) to count clicks on such Flash banners?
Or there is a way to count them somehow?
Thanks

P.S. I've tried the way described in the previous message, but it doesn't cont clics in my case (SWF file with built-in link).
Thanks

HTML banners do not count clicks ...

You can count displays but not the clicks ...

It is sad. Thanks for your answer.