PROBLEM:

I love sticky street. But as a designer who hosts her own web site, I just wish there was an easy way to customize the tracking of the points page without needing php. I don'twant to pop up a third party site, I want a seamless option that fits right into my design, but don't have a server for the php.

TIP:

The vast majority of hosting companies have PHP pre-installed in their servers, no matter which platform (Windows, Unix, etc.) It's really, really rare for PHP not to be available on a hosting service.

That said, the code we had up about a month ago did give a lot of people some trouble because the safest possible setting for PHP -- which a lot of hosting companies use -- did not allow inclusion of outside code. We've uploaded a new type of PHP code that works with that very secure setting. You can find the new instructions here:

http://www.stickystreet.com/support/loyaltylink-instructions-support.html

If on the other hand, you really don't have access to PHP, call your hosting company and ask them if they can install it for you. There's really no reason for them not to.

If you don't know how to find out if you do have PHP installed or not, simply try this:

1. Create a file with the following three lines only inside it:
   

   <?php
      echo phpinfo();
   ?>

2. Name it something with .php as the ending, such as "phpinfo.php" and upload it to your server.
   
3. Then point a browser to it. (ie: http://www.yoursite.com/phpinfo.php)
   

You should get a screenful of information about PHP if it is indeed installed, or the content of the file like it was a text file, if it's not.