Re: Views on e-commerce download tracking

At 1:38 PM +0200 5/15/06, Chris Grigor wrote:

Hey all Was just wondering what others have used on there e-commerce sites to manage digital downloads, for instance how to track if a user succesfully downloaded a complete file from you (what happens if there connection drops halfway through a download)???? Is there something in php / javascript that could do this - javascript:oncomplete_ofdownloadfile send response to server Anyone have any ideas? Your views / suggestions are appreciated. Chris

Chris: Just a suggestion -- many times I've download digital stuff I purchased. In most cases, the seller just provides a url and I download as I may. If the connection drops, or if I interrupt it, or it doesn't work for some reason or another, then I am free to try again. If after repeated failures, then I'll contact the seller and find another means to get what I purchased. However, in none of many downloads I've experienced (from memory) showed any signs that the download had been successfully completed. So, based upon that -- I wouldn't worry about it. hth's tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com