Addidng PHP to root directory for outboud email tracking

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  ryanbuhk · Member · Jan 7, 2015 at 7:42 pm

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  Hi there,
  I am trying to add a php file to my site for outboud email tracking. I am having trouble tracking down where I should be adding this?

  All the best,
  RB

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 2:18 am

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  Hello there Ryan,

  WordPress.com users to not have access to root directories. Could you tell me your goal? Perhaps I can assist with a way to attain it, that doesn’t require you to add a php file.

  Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much.

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  ryanbuhk · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 2:13 pm

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  I am trying to add a tracking feature to my outbound emails. The service requires the following:

  What is MyTracking?
  MyTracking is a service built on top of TrackReports; it allows you (the sender) to track links
  directly from your web site without using TrackReports urls in your emails – instead, all tracked
  links go to your own web site, which connects to TrackReports server API when events (opens,
  clicks) are registered.

  Prerequisites
  What do you need in order to use MyTracking?
  1. You need a TrackReports account
  2. You need to update SendBlaster to release 2.0.130 beta or later
  3. Your web site needs to support PHP 4.1 or later
  If your web server does not support PHP (very unlikely), you may subscribe a PHP-enabled
  hosting plan (even very basic ones are fine, no MySql is needed) just for the tracking service – you
  don’t need to transfer your web site: just use the PHP hosting for the tracking features.

  Installing MyTracking on your server
  1. Rename mytracking.php (included in this package) to something different (use just letters and numbers, avoid spaces, punctuation and non-latin characters; keep the .php extension).

  As an example, rename it to mt.php.
  2. Upload the renamed script to your website’s root directory, so that it can be reached by any browser (e.g. http://www.mywebsite.com/mt.php). From now on, we will refer to its url as “MyTracking url”

  It is very important that the script is renamed before uploading: if you don’t rename it (and leave it as mytracking.php) the script will not work. For security reasons, don’t choose obvious names which others may be using.

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 6:23 pm

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  Hi Ryan,

  I see. This isn’t possible here.

  If this is a necessary function for you, you may consider self-hosting your WordPress.com site. It will give you more options and flexibility when it comes to this type of feature.

  Here is a brief breakdown that describes the difference between hosting at WordPress.com and self-hosting via WordPress.org:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!