cjnewbs

I'm guessing that you want to place an image in an e-mail and have your server store weather or not the person has read it, and your server to e-mail you when they have read it.If so then I belive that should be quite easy. Here's how: Set the mime type of the script using Response.ContentType, then include the image. I think #Include should work - don't quote me on that.Then what you will need to do is request the querystring from the requested URL. (e.g. in the html of the e-mail you have your tracking image displayed by having <img src="http://www.yourserver.com/logo.asp?id=12345"> . There tracking code will have to be different for each e-mail you send)Then you update your tracking field in your databse (To say 1, or true, etc) where the record ID matched your tracking ID from the querystring.Finaly you get your script to send yourself an e-mail with the querystring ID, or whatever it is you want it to tell you.Hope that helps.

Install IIS on XP Home - oh, the wonders of Googling.If you dont like that method then ChilliSoft ASP from Sun MicroSystems bay be your cup of tea.

Using notepad is good, however I would also recommend using dreamweaver to make a page, and then look at it from notepad , or dreamweavers code view, then you can see the code that has been generated, and therefore see how it works.Right-click > View source is always a winner as far as I see if you want to understand other peoples pages.

Hi - im new here, anyway - on to the question,Someone has come to me and a friend about designing an eBay clone style site. I am stuck on choosing weather to use ASP or PHP. I am currently more comfortable with ASP. I have used PHP before, but that was bout 4 years ago using the simple Lycos Tripod tutorials. I think i would prefer to use ASP, however if the site gets lots of traffic then an upgrade from Access to SQL server would probaly be required. As you know using Microsoft software in web development costs more, and the LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP) Platform is cheaper.In your opinion would it be best to keep with ASP, and just bear with it. As it's just for a localised community, I dont think stability will be that big an issue, as long as i keep my code clean.Personally I dont know if this person has even thought about how this site will become popular. They have not given us a design breif. All I have heard is thay want a eBay clone for a localised community. I belive they are a complete Newbie jumping in at the deep end. - A bit like someone who has just learnt to make a web page and asks "I want to make a Hotmail style site, how do i do it?"Sorry if that seems like a rant - I feel better for getting that off my chest now lol.Thanks - Craig Newbury