Reading and writing to a file without a webserver.

[RandomFool]

I don't have a real webserver so I can't use a database or anything server side stuff which is killing me but I'm trying to find a way to keep track of which links are clicked and how often. I'm pretty sure this isn't going to work but I was hoping somebody might have an idea of how I could do this. Thanks!

-Ryan

 

[tfinch2]

Javascript is client side, meaning that if I visit a page from your "server", the Javascript is going to execute on my end. That's not going to be very helpful if you want to keep statistics on your "server".

 

[RandomFool]

Yeah, Like I said I don't think this is possible but I figured maybe someone would have an idea of something I could do.

 

[Ken g6]

There are people who do have real webservers, who let you use theirs to count hits. Here's a list. 😉

 

[RandomFool]

I'm actually working on an intranet site and I'm attemping to find a way to reorganize everything. I had an idea of making a set of frequently used links that update based on who used them but that's not gonna work so I'm implementing a cheap search function that just highlights the term on the page.

 

[Thyme]

If it's for an intranet, just install a server of your choice on one of your boxes.

 

[sumguy1]

I'm confused. . .by your original post, it would imply that you do have a web server of some kind to serve that pages for which you want to track the clicks but you say you don't have a web server.

 

[aceO07]

How are the webfiles currently being hosted now? Are people just looking at the html files from a file server?

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: aceO07
How are the webfiles currently being hosted now? Are people just looking at the html files from a file server?

Yeah pretty much. I do not have a webserver just a file server and I can't get a webserver except perhaps by an act of god.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: aceO07
How are the webfiles currently being hosted now? Are people just looking at the html files from a file server?

Yeah pretty much. I do not have a webserver just a file server and I can't get a webserver except perhaps by an act of god.

Just install Apache & PHP on the fileserver? IIS is probably already on the machine too if it's Windows XP Pro or some MS Server variant.

 

[Ken g6]

If this is on an intranet, is there any place that everyone who visits your "web site" would have write access to? If so, this page might be useful to you. Just treat one or more network files like local ones.