The Problem: I recently built a small web app that tracked downloads. Part of that was using the referring page. Somehow, for some reason, the url was not being sent along with the request.
The Cause: After much travail, I finally noticed that the browser was on page https://www.somedomain.com and the link in question was http://somedomain.com/mytrackingapp – i.e. not under SSL, and with a slightly different hostname. For some reason the referer header is not sent in that situation.
The Solution: Just change the link to https://www.somedomain.com/mytrackingapp and life is good.
This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the Digital Tool Factory blog
This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the Digital Tool Factory blog
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