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7 years 11 months ago #154764 by ledoux
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Hi the community,

I would like to know if the respondent have clicked on a URL link that is integrated in the introduction page (this link calls a PDF page hosted in an external server). Is that possible? what would be the process to create this "counter"?

if possible, we should keep it simple, given that I don't code (few html and logic).

thank you !
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7 years 11 months ago - 7 years 11 months ago #154781 by tpartner
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It's not easy to count something from the welcome screen but if you hide that and place the welcome message in the first survey group, you can use JavaScript to load a hidden short-text question with the clicks.

1) Run the survey in group-by-group mode.

2) Place your welcome message in a text-display question in the first survey group.

3) Add a class "count-clicks" to the <a> tag of the link to the PDF.
Code:
<a href="pathTo/PDF" target="_blank" class="count-clicks">Link to PDF</a>

4) Add a short-text to that group and give it a CSS class "hidden".

5) Add this script to the question source of that question:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function(){      
    $('a.count-clicks').on('click', function(e) {
      $('#question{QID} input[type="text"]').val(Number($('#question{QID} input[type="text"]').val())+1);
    });
  });
</script>
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7 years 11 months ago #154859 by ledoux
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Thanks Tpartner, very clear
the only doubt is "Add this script to the question source of that question:" you mean in the CSS files or in the settings of the question ?
thank you again
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7 years 11 months ago #154869 by tpartner
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Please refer to the manual on how to use JavaScript in the question - www.limesurvey.org/manual/Workarounds:_M...tc..29_in_LimeSurvey
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7 years 11 months ago #154870 by ledoux
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Tpartner
Sorry but I did a mistake, actually the link is in the invitation email... is there any solution then ? Do I have to deal with my web-host (OVH) ?
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7 years 11 months ago #154873 by tpartner
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Sorry, that's not a LimeSurvey issue so I cannot help.
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7 years 11 months ago #154875 by ledoux
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The link is in the invitation email sent in LS plateforme ... so it is a LS issue isn't it?
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7 years 11 months ago #154876 by tpartner
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In my opinion, no. LimeSurvey cannot track the behavior of an email recipient, regardless of the source of that mail.
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7 years 11 months ago #154877 by Ben_V
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Hi,

I think you can use a custom token attribute to record a yes/no value depending if your document was open or not (default)...

Obviously your link have to fire a small script before accessing the document to update the token value to "yes" (necessary to pass the token ID in the link).
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