djdelirius Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hey guys, I'm basically trying to find a way to control what appears in status bar when you hover, click, clicked a link. Here's an example: I have a client with a marketing website, when you visit their site and click any given advertisment it usually takes you from the affiliates site to the products site and there is a very long url that includes the affiliates id number along with other information. Is there a way to manipulate the text shown in the status bar after the consumer has left the affiliates site and entered the products site? Is there a way to use the affiliates dedicated server to proxy the consumer to the product website so then you can control the information shown in the status bar? My client has unlimited bandwidth on a dedicated server so traffic is not really an issue if they have to proxy their cosumers to the products website. They want to control the info in the status bar for a number of reasons also, i.e. they don't want the consumer to see a very long url with id numbers which makes their site look unprofessional and makes the site look like a marketing site to consumers because of the huge url with id embedded in it, and also because of link hi-jacking which has been a problem with my client site before. I just wanted to let you guys know why they want to control the status bar info and it's not for some unscrupulous reason. The link cloaking and status bar manipulation is easy enough with php and mysql and I know how to do that but I'm trying to find a way to still manipulate the status bar after the consumer has left the affiliates website and entered the products website. The only way that I can think of would be to proxy the consumer through the affilates website to the products site through use a some sort of frames, is this possible? If this is possible than any help on how to do it would be much appreciated(I'm still pretty new to php so still learning) or if there's another approach to get the same outcome then it would be very helpful to know. Any help on the issue would be great and I look forward to hearing back from you! Thanks guys, David Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 You mean status bar (at bottom of browser's window) or address bar? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamatomic Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 onMouseOver and window.status a google on those ought to get you going HTH Teamatomic Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdelirius Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Well, both. The method that I came up with in my mind(using the affiliates server as a proxy between consumer and product site) would give control over both since a user would be visiting a product website through an affiliate server. Hence, it would show the affiliate url in the address. I don't even know if this is possible and this is why I'm asking. I'm just trying to figure out a way to meet my clients needs, which they just want to control what appears in the status bar(bottom bar in ie) and address bar and this is the method I came up with. If they're other method then I'd happily try them. Thanks, David Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddski Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I'm intrigued by this.. link cloaking and status bar manipulation is easy enough with php and mysql You cannot hide a URL in the address bar.. but as teamatomic said window.status() should work.. But im not sure about all browsers.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdelirius Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 onMouseOver and window.status a google on those ought to get you going Thanks, but when the cosumer exits the affiliates site and enters the product site you lose control over these functions. This is where I'm coming into a problem. Is it possible to display a website to a user through your own server working as a proxy or a similar method using frames so that basically a user connects to your server then clicks a link on your page on that server that takes them to the products page? Usually once the link is clicked and the consumer is redirected to the product page and is connected to that page, but is it possible to have your server connect to the product page and send the info to the consumer essentially using your server as a proxy of sorts so that you can keep control over those stated functions? Thanks, D Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddski Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I guess you could use an iFrame... then attempt to iterate though all the links inside the iframe and "change" them Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/191257-how-to-cloak-links-is-the-status-bar/#findComment-1008463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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