cgi problem

[yeeehaaw13]

NOTE: this post is more specific than my last one even though it looks basically the same.

i am attempting to use a service like searchcactus to get signups to my website. i have a formmail cgi script that i need to modify and the html already coded. the problem is that they need to be able to track the signups. in order to do this, i need to modify the cgi script for them to be able to track their members that signup on my form. below is the email they sent me. my main problem is that i am unsure as to where to place the url with "?uid=xxxx" on the end. searchcactus changes the "xxxx" to a numerical representation of one of their members when they sign up. it would go like this...a searchcactus member clicks the link to my form on searchcactus.com>>>searchcactus uses the "?uid=xxxx" to swap a member numerical number>>>the person fills out the form and hits send and i get emailed the information. i am unexperienced with cgi (i have been reading up on it and using previous replys to my last post to try to figure it out myself, but to no avail) and any help in how to do this would be appreciated. i have a cgi script that i got online that i am planning on using (EZFormmail), but if anyone knows of somewhere that i can pay someone to code it for me so i wont have to keep going in circles that would be fine as well. i would rather figure it out myself, but if paying someone else to do it is the only way to resolve this then so be it. im not trying to advertise or recruit or anything, just asking for suggestions. here is what they told me, sorry for the length:
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The "ID tracking" requires advertiser web site to handle the UserID
information that we send as part of URL (URL parameter).
To do this URL should point to "server executable" not just plain HTML
page - usually
this would be ASP or PHP script or a CGI script. You can make a new script
for this
purpose or modify the logic of already existing one.
If your web site is configured so that such script is set as a "default
page" you can
omit the name of the page itself in the URL, example:
You have the MyScript.cgi CGI script and set it to handle the uid URL
parameter received
from SearchCactus. Your web site is configured so that MyScript.cgi is set
as a
"default page". Valid URLs for us will be

http://www.mywebsite.com/MyScript.cgi?uid=xxxx

OR

http://www.mywebsite.com/?uid=xxxx

Upon each click SearchCactus will replace the xxxx part with actual ID so
you will receive

http://www.mywebsite.com/MyScript.cgi?uid=12345

(

http://www.mywebsite.com/?uid=12345)

Again - the second form of URL is valid ONLY if you have the processing
script set as a
"default page". If you are not sure please consult your Web site
administrator about site settings.
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[siberian]

You just need to change the formmail script to add a line that sends you the UID paramter.

It should be trivial. Open the script and paste the part of it where it sends the email. From that we can tell you what to insert.

 

[duncdude]

You will be receiving hits to your website with the following construct...

http://www.yeeehaaw13.com/MyScript.cgi?uid=12345

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You then need to be able to sort out the following:-

1. To make sure that this file exists MyScript.cgi in this location
2. To make sure that it is executable - this can be done by using chmod 755 MyScript.cgi
3. To make sure that the script can make use of the ?uid=12345 (this appended information comes from <FORM ACTION=&quot;MyScript.cgi&quot; METHOD=&quot;get&quot;> from within the HTML of the advertiser page

Once you have done this you are well on your way

Give me a shout if I can be of any more help

Cheers
Duncan

 

[yeeehaaw13]

i am using the formmail from this site. do you know whether or not this script will do what i need? any help is appreciated.

http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html