TM3 is such a bitch to set up - GoFuckYourself.com

ichauch · 02-15-2007, 08:37 AM

1) The direct-cgi bin method doesn't work with php files.
2) My site's index files are php files. I include the content through php inclusions. So I enabled SSI for .html files, put the TM3 execution code on the page, but it's not working when I call the index page. Only when I open the page with the code directly, the traffic is tracked.
3) Renaming the index files to .shtml will not work, because the php will not get parsed.

I've tried about anything. My index pages need to be php, so I can't make changes there.
The only thing left that I see is to create a new index file, put a frameset in it that covers the whole browser area and put the TM3 code in this index. -> not very good for the search engines.

Has anyone else had these problems with TM3?

Trax · 02-15-2007, 08:46 AM

dont they install the script for you?

ichauch · 02-15-2007, 08:52 AM

Yes, but you have to do the setup yourself.

Lycanthrope · 02-15-2007, 08:54 AM

<?php virtual ("/cgi-bin/tm3/in.cgi"); ?>

(or whatever the in script is called) Doesn't work?

ichauch · 02-15-2007, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

<?php virtual ("/cgi-bin/tm3/in.cgi"); ?>

(or whatever the in script is called) Doesn't work?

Nope. I get "virtual() [function.virtual]: Unable to include '../cgi-bin/tm3/m' - request execution failed" when I try to include it like that.

I even tried to include in another way (using ob_start, require, ob_get_contents and ob_end_clean), but it didn't work, either.

02-15-2007, 08:37 AM	#1
ichauch Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 463	TM3 is such a bitch to set up 1) The direct-cgi bin method doesn't work with php files. 2) My site's index files are php files. I include the content through php inclusions. So I enabled SSI for .html files, put the TM3 execution code on the page, but it's not working when I call the index page. Only when I open the page with the code directly, the traffic is tracked. 3) Renaming the index files to .shtml will not work, because the php will not get parsed. I've tried about anything. My index pages need to be php, so I can't make changes there. The only thing left that I see is to create a new index file, put a frameset in it that covers the whole browser area and put the TM3 code in this index. -> not very good for the search engines. Has anyone else had these problems with TM3? __________________

02-15-2007, 08:52 AM	#3
ichauch Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 463	Yes, but you have to do the setup yourself. __________________

02-15-2007, 08:54 AM	#4
Lycanthrope Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,517	<?php virtual ("/cgi-bin/tm3/in.cgi"); ?> (or whatever the in script is called) Doesn't work? __________________

02-15-2007, 08:46 AM	#2
Trax [----------------------] Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 14,486	dont they install the script for you?