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A [[Common Terms#Link Code|linkcode]] is a referral [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator URL] tracked by [[Common Terms#NATS|NATS]].

== Redirecting to the Correct Page ==
When NATS turns a linkcode into a tour URL, it automatically appends a slash (/) to the end of barewords.  Your can prevent this by appending a question mark to the end of the URL. For example:

{| class="tmplfunc" border="1"
! Tour URL
! Where Linkcodes Go
|-
| <nowiki>http://example.com/tour</nowiki>
| <nowiki>http://example.com/tour/?nats=</nowiki>''natscode''
|-
| <nowiki>http://example.com/tour?</nowiki>
| <nowiki>http://example.com/tour?nats=</nowiki>''natscode''
|}

== Qualified Link Codes ==
If there's a extra "t" in your linkcode, you probably grabbed the wrong link code from the top of the Sites edit page.

<pre>
http://join.site.com/ttrack/<?=$_REQUEST['nats']?$_REQUEST['nats']:'MDowOjE'?>/page.html
</pre>

The ''ttrack'' is used for qualified clicks; ''track'' is used for normal hits.

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