STM Mobile Tracker V4 - Major Upgrade (57)

Hey guys , will keep this short and update later since I am on a train right now.

Just some of the new features on this version :

1 - Cookie-less Tracking. Much more accurate tracking and minimal click loss
2 - Faster redirects due to code improvements
3 - Additional tracking variables
4 - Landing Page Rotation
5 - Option to pass carrier / model / device / os on your lander
6 - Landing Page CTR in group overview
7 - etc etc etc

Finally out, thanks man. Drop some screenies in this thread later on.

I just installed the previous version, might as well do a fresh install

Tutorials for the STM Mobile Tracker V4

• How to install the STM Mobile Tracker V4
• How To Set Up A Campaign With The STM Mobile Tracker V4
• How To Set Up A Rotating Lander With The STM Mobile Tracker V4
• How To Set Up Geo -, Carrier, Device And Other Redirects With STM Mobile Tracker V4

Bingo. Cheers!

Nice one! This alone makes the membership worth it.

Can someone tell me the server spec needed for this to work well with mobile? ive tried the search but not really been able to narrow it down...cheers

I'm running it on a 1GB RAM Linode
ubuntu 12.04, nginx 1.4.0, php 5.4.14, mysql, memcache
Just started sending traffic to the server, but very fast to work with so far until the db will get heavy
Didn't encounter any major discrepancy in clicks between ad network and affiliate network

Originally Posted by guardianads

Nice one! This alone makes the membership worth it.

is it possible for someone to make an update version of this for an existing prosper202 install? id love to have this but to use it on my current tracker would be amazing.

@vidivo - Unfortunately the changes to the database structure are pretty significant. It'd be theoretically possible to write a converter, but it'd be finicky and subject to all the usual problems you tend to find when you convert one data source to a radically different one.

I'm getting a strange error in the new tracker. The tracker installed, created a test campaign and everything was working fine.

Then I created a redirect link... still working fine. Then, I changed the url in the redirect link and now I get this php error.

Wow, that's a new one! I'm sorry to hear you're having this trouble!

Can you check and see if you can reproduce that error with a new test campaign? If so, if you can let me know the steps to reproduce the error, I'll test it over here and start tracking the bug down.

Suggestion for future upgrade: Multi tiered landing page tracking. Would be useful if we're running a multiple landing page campaign on mobile. Not that I am...
New tracker is nice, thanks guys.

Gotcha, I'll put it on the "things to consider for next release" list!

Do you mean a multi-page lander as in ad -> page1 -> page2 -> offer ?

Hmm.. I created one rotating lander campaign successfully in the past, but now when I goto add a rotating lander, the loading gif just keeps spinning next to Aff Network and never loads. Anyone else experiencing this issue? I'm not sure if this is related to installing Besmir's update mod to update CPC costs.

Originally Posted by timtetra

Hmm.. I created one rotating lander campaign successfully in the past, but now when I goto add a rotating lander, the loading gif just keeps spinning next to Aff Network and never loads. Anyone else experiencing this issue? I'm not sure if this is related to installing Besmir's update mod to update CPC costs.

Originally Posted by caurmen

Gotcha, I'll put it on the "things to consider for next release" list!

Do you mean a multi-page lander as in ad -> page1 -> page2 -> offer ?

Originally Posted by bbrock32

The CPC update shouldn't make a change at all. Can you try using a new browser?

@groomez - Yeah, multi-page landers are a real bugbear for Prosper. With the way that the STM Tracker now works, it would in some ways be easier to track multi-page funnels, though - definitely worth thinking about.

Originally Posted by caurmen

@groomez - Yeah, multi-page landers are a real bugbear for Prosper. With the way that the STM Tracker now works, it would in some ways be easier to track multi-page funnels, though - definitely worth thinking about.

The way I did this was create a different LP within P202 for each step (LPxxx_step1, LPxxx_step2) and calculate the metrics myself, e.g. P/L = rev step2 - cost step1. Pretty "dirty" solution though, so sth like the LP path thing in CPV Lab would be cool.

@andyvon - that's almost exactly what I'd do if I had to track a multi-pager using something Prosper-based, too. Either that or track the funnel internally using another package (maybe even Google Analytics!) then just track the start and the end of the funnel in Prosper.

stm tracker did not sent t202kw to landing page
from

www.xxx.com/tracking202/redirect/tracker.php?t202id=297&t202kw=stm.com

www.xxx.com/lp1.php?&subid=1652&rotateid=0&t202id=297

thx so much

@affluent - Hmm, this is actually a really good point! I'll check out the best way to echo kw on the landing page and get back to you ASAP.

I've checked this out, and you'll need to do a very minor code change to get keywords to be accessible in your landing page.

1) Open up "tracker.php" in /tracking202/redirect/

2) Replace line 441, which reads

	$redirect_site_url .= '&carrier='.$html["carrier"].'&brand='.$html["brand"].'&model='.$html["model"].'&os='.$html["os"];

	$redirect_site_url .= '&carrier='.$html["carrier"].'&brand='.$html["brand"].'&model='.$html["model"].'&os='.$html["os"].'&keyword='.$keyword;

<?php echo $_GET["keyword"]; ?>

Is it safe to optimise tables like it is in prosper202? Just checking since this is a modified version.

@kai1 - Yep, that'll be fine.

Originally Posted by kai1

Is it safe to optimise tables like it is in prosper202? Just checking since this is a modified version.

What version of WURFL is included in this? 2.2? I Looked around in the files but didn't see the #. I ended up downloading the latest version and replacing the one included, leaving the cache folder. Is there licensing reasons you didn't use the latest version?

What about the GeoIPCountry.dat file already included in the geoip folder - where did you get that file from? I wanted to download a newer version but not seeing anything on Maxminds site named that.

Also I made a simple mod to identify web user agents using this plugin since WURFL isn't made to do that. Was giving me things like "Xbox/Microsoft Surface" for IE10 and not getting the OS.

Will upload it here later when I get a chance.

@thedudeabides

I think in the latest release we added the 2.3 version. Anytime we release an update of the tracker it comes with the latest WURFL database available at the time.

The GeoIPCountry is from maxmind and is used to detect countries and do geo - redirects. You can get it here :

http://www.maxmind.com/en/country

Also , feel free to share the plugin. That's why we made the source open

How can I switch off mobile device detection option. I don't need it and i try to increase speed of redirects.

I don't believe there's a simple way to do that in this version. We'll look at it for future versions!

ETA on web detection mod should be later today/tomorrow. Was finishing up the post however when I noticed IE11 was causing broken links with WURFL. Trying to see about a fix.

edit:

Still having issues with IE11. Gonna have to come back to this when I have more time to familiarize myself with wurfl.

Just to recap,
The pieces of this awesome Tracker that i can manually keep up to date are those i already found in the /3rd-parties/ folder ?:

GeoIPCountry.dat & wurfl ?

Is the GeoIPOrg.dat not necessary anymore (Step 2 of Caurmen's tutorial "Install the GeoIP Org Database") ?

Maybe I need a tutorial just for the "updating the 3rd-parties tools" task..

GeoIPOrg is still definitely necessary - but you'll have to buy it yourself from MaxMind. Unfortunately there's no way for us to bundle it into the tracker.

IS the STM Mobile Tracker V4 from the first post still the current version?

Yep , still the latest version.

Can you rotate Affiliate Networks? I notice I can rotate aff URL but can't put the aff network name on each or those added AFF URLS. I use to using cpvlab. Will cpvlab work with Mobile just as well? Thanks

Also for GeoIP they are still approving my account. Is it necessary to have it before using STM Mobile Tracker?

@sai - Yep, you'll need the GeoIPOrg database to use the tracker.

CPVLab will also work with mobile, if you choose to use that instead.

Thanks Caurmen, switched back to cpvlab for now. Still working on getting STM Mobile Tracker to work though. I do like the interface alot. Something about the green highlight in reports

Hi All,

Any way to do split testing between landing page and direct linking with STM Mobile Tracker. I know about the rotating lander and rotating direct linking.

Thanks

You'll need to set up a landing page that just redirects to the offer. It's comparatively simple to do - a PHP header() call should do it.

Then you can just rotate between that landing page and others, as normal.

Hello everyone...I've just finished installing the STM tracker per the instructions given but I'm receiving the following error:

Warning: include_once(/home/g000gli/public_html/tracking202/_config/top.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/g000gli/public_html/202-config/template.php on line 136

Warning: include_once(): Failed opening '/home/g000gli/public_html/tracking202/_config/top.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/g000gli/public_html/202-config/template.php on line 136


Is this an easy fix?

Adam

Check template.php and find out what line 136 is.

Could be a permissions problem, could be that PHP short tags aren't on, could be that WURFL or GeoIP stuff isn't up to scratch, etc.

With errors like this, always go to the lines in the stated files to get a better idea of what command/code is actually causing the meltdown.

Wow...I would like to give this a try... I am a little hesitant though because I thought i read somewhere that you need your own server not a shared server, then i read the installation instructions and it said nothing about shared or non shared server. (hey not technically experienced)If I truly stretch myself to install on a domain name in a reseller account with hostgator . a shared account, will it function...would appreciates some advice, thanks

Originally Posted by silver

Wow...I would like to give this a try... I am a little hesitant though because I thought i read somewhere that you need your own server not a shared server, then i read the installation instructions and it said nothing about shared or non shared server. (hey not technically experienced)If I truly stretch myself to install on a domain name in a reseller account with hostgator . a shared account, will it function...would appreciates some advice, thanks

Is there a lite version of the db that can use for STM Mobile Tracker v4?

we need this 2 db?
GeoIPOrg.dat
GeoIPCountry.dat

Hi
Prosper202 already has a new version 1.8.3 that has lot of improvements. Are you planing to use it for STMTracker?

is this tracker still up and running? is it viable or should be use Voluum?

I would recommend using one of the much newer trackers like Voluum or Thrive. Note that Maxmind upped their GeoIP database price from $25 > $100 which is a pain and makes things less 'free' to start.

Originally Posted by algolova

Hi
Prosper202 already has a new version 1.8.3 that has lot of improvements. Are you planing to use it for STMTracker?

Hi,
is CPVlab better than this one?

Can i deleta Voluum now?

I already used, with profit, other tracking solutions (as services and on premise). Just to make experience, I tested also this software version. Below my notes.

Using a newer version of MySql (for example CE 5.6.27 on my side) it's possibe to encounter some problems during the setup (like "Field 'user_pass_key' doesn't have a default value" and aborted installation). Basically these issues are due to a default setting of MySQL's new versions. This setting is inside the file my.cnf and in particular it could be:

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLE S

My advise is: don't waste your time to change php script code inside installation files (typical nerd's approach from stackoverflow). The simplest solution could be to set:

sql_mode=""

in the my.cnf file.

Obviously, I suggest to study the meaning of this setting before to change it. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/sql-mode.html

Don't wait big things from this version of tracker. It's an old version. Some features don't work. Further updates are required. To start, if you need a plug and play solution, there could be other fast (but equally robust) ways. For example, I always love to give a look to codecanyon. To scale up there is always time, start to EARN before.