Re: page duration tracking
| From: | Michael Crute | Date: | Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:50:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: page duration tracking | ||
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On 11/30/05, MikeL <Mailme1@57mgte.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to incorporate some type of time in a page to track the
> duration of time each individual visitor spent on a specific page with ..PHP?
>
> I know I can keep a counter with JavaScript, but I would like it to keep
> track in my stats file.
>
> I can track & log the arrival time, but would like to either track the page
> exit time, too. It would be great to convert it to minutes:seconds for time
> spent viewing the page.
>
> I only want to track how much time someone spends on my index.php page
> before they leave the page. I can track when they click to the next page in
> my site.
>
>
> Thanks for any help and suggestions!
Theoretically you should be able to use a javascript function in the
page unload to submit back to your server when somebody navigates away
from your page. Not sure if it would work 100% of the time but its
worth a try.
-Mike
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SoftGroup Development Corporation
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