I have previously used the JavaScript OnClick method to track outbound link clicks, when I had Urchin (now Google) stats installed on my hosting package.
<a href="http://www.example.com/example.html" onClick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/Outbound/Link1');">Example Link 1</a>

I now have SmarterStats (not out of choice) and wondered if there was an equivalent way of tracking outbound links.

I have looked at many of the examples and previous topics, and don't really understand Javascript, so have not been able to modify any of these. I would appreciate a dummies guide to tracking with javascript.

I can do this with ASP redirects, but do not want to use redirects in this case.

Can I still use an OnClick type event. Is there also a way, using Javascript to track clicks that will also write the information to an Microsoft Access database?

Thanks

Can I still use an OnClick type event. Is there also a way, using Javascript to track clicks that will also write the information to an Microsoft Access database?

Nope, not directly. javascript is client side so cannot "talk" to the database directly.

You would need to use the javascript XMLHTTP object ( now suddenly popular as AJAX ) and create a request to a ASP page with the DB function on. Problem here of course is that the XMLHTTP Object is different in each browser
So you need a browser sniffer and code for each browser, personally the jump link and asp redirect is much simpler.

Chris

Thanks for the reply.

I'll have to investigate further, as it is a little beyond my knowledge....!

Graham