X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2251AD81E8 for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:25 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87917-03 for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:02:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02736D815A for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0775D64BDCF for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89068-01; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:02:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B8264BDDC; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 118553B035; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 108DC3B031; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:18 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:02:17 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: greg@turnstep.com Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Ads dont connect In-Reply-To: <43b6e00794eaec9a76cf0a1e59263a9b@biglumber.com> Message-ID: <20050906120102.Y1104@ganymede.hub.org> References: <43b6e00794eaec9a76cf0a1e59263a9b@biglumber.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.041 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.009, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.05] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/6 X-Sequence-Number: 8520 On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, greg@turnstep.com wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Greg wrote in December 2004 about the ads on postgresql.org: > > === >>>> I don't have cookies enabled, and I always go right back to www.postgresql.org, >>>> if I click on anything. Why not just encode the destination directly in the >>>> URL? e.g. http://ads.postgresql.org/redirect.pl?id=42 > >>> if we were only running on central site, that would be possible, but not >>> possibl with static pages on several dozen mirrors ... > >> But could the default action for the script (in the absence of a detectable >> cookie) be to go to a random ad? Seems that would make the most sense. > > === > > Any update on this? I actually saw an ad I was interested in last week, > but clicking on it bounces me back to the main page. Any update on what? Without cookies enabled, the click through will go to http://www.postgresql.org ... having it to go 'some random site' wouldn't be particularly appropriate ... We could put up a page on http://www.postgresql.org that explains that cookies are required for the banner ads, and have it redirect to there though ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664