https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1003185 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/logging-referrers-javascript#comment-1014084 <p>You cant use client-side JavaScript alone to log the referrers. You need to use a server-side language (can use JScript with ASP) which has the ability to write to a text file or a database.</p> Mon, 12 Jun 2000 06:10:00 +0000 Lloyd Hassell comment 1014084 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/logging-referrers-javascript#comment-1014083 <p>Hi,</p> <p> document.referrer refers (I couldn't help it <img src="http://www.webmaster-forums.com/ubb/smile.gif" alt="" class="bb-image" /> to the document which referred the current page. In other words if you came to this page from yahoo, the document.referrer would equal <a href="http://www.yahoo.com." class="bb-url">www.yahoo.com.</a> It is sometimes used to determine if the user is coming from a page other than the main frameset, or the answer sheet from a quiz.<br /> If by referral, you mean a click-through, I guess it could --<br /> var lastSite = document.referrer;<br /> for (i=0; i &lt; referralArray.length; i++)<br /> if (lastSite == referralArray[i])<br /> givePoints(referralArray[i[;</p> <p>Hope this answers your questions</p> <p>final note: I've heard it is undependable</p> <p>Vinny</p> <p>------------------<br /> my site:<a href="http://members.aol.com/grassblad" class="bb-url">GrassBlade: cut&amp;paste javascript</a><br /> moderator at:<a href="http://www.javaplace.co.uk" class="bb-url">The Javascript Place</a><br /> <A target="_blank">Javascript City</a></p> <p>[This message has been edited by Vincent Puglia (edited 11 June 2000).]</p> Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:33:00 +0000 Vincent Puglia comment 1014083 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net