Dummy Pages

A dummy page is a static page that is used to stand-in for a page that is a dynamic result of form submission.

When a form is submitted, the next page (Result page) may have content that is derived from the information that the visitor typed into the form.

For example:

Several solutions are available in this situation. If these are not chosen and ClickTale cannot get the proper HTML, you can use dummy page approach. It works like this:


 * 1) One should save the HTML source of the result page, containing Mr. Smith’s details. This file is saved in the webserver’s file system; in a folder that is accessible using a simple GET request from the outside (optionally one could add restrictions that only the ClickTale servers would have access to it.
 * 2) One should add the ClickTaleFetchFrom command to the code of that live page, directing to the location of the saved HTML static version.
 * 3) Whenever a visitor gets the result page, after submitting the form the bot would fetch the previously created page instead of arriving to the same URL as the visitor.

Positive:


 * Enables the display of the result page, without data errors.
 * Very simple to do.

Negative:


 * Every recorded visitor will show in playback the result page saying “Thank you, Mr. John Smith for registering….”, because only the response with John Smith’s details was saved.
 * If the result page is changed in major way, we need to update the static (Dummy) version.