Tricky Sticky NATS

SUPER-STICKY NATS + MEMBERS + JOIN



<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Extract Extra Segment from URL**
function getExtraSegmentFromUrl() {
    $pathSegments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));

    if (!empty($pathSegments[0])) {
        return '/' . trim($pathSegments[0], '/') . '/';
    }
    return '';
}
$extra_segment = getExtraSegmentFromUrl();
addDebugMessage("🔄 Detected Extra Segment: " . ($extra_segment ?? 'NONE'));

// ✅ **Define Member Area Pages**
$memberPages = ['/members-area', '/dashboard', '/account', '/profile'];

// ✅ **Check If User is a Member**
$isMemberPage = in_array($current_path, $memberPages);

// ✅ **Check if the request is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Check If User Already Has a NATS Code**
$nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'] ?? 'MTA1NDY3LjguMS4xLjAuMC4wLjAuMA'; // FULL sticky tracking code

// ✅ **Force Members Through `/track/` If They Landed in Members Area Without It**
if ($isMemberPage && !$isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 Member landed without tracking. Redirecting through NATS.");
    
    $track_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}{$current_path}";

    // Redirect member through /track/ invisibly
    header("Location: {$track_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Ensure tracking persists by setting a NATS cookie when landing on a /track/ URL**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    setcookie('nats', $nats_code, time() + 86400, '/', $root_domain);
    $redirect_target = str_replace("/track/{$nats_code}", '', $current_path);
    header("Location: {$base_url}{$redirect_target}?nats={$nats_code}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **If the request is on "join" and trying to access signup, redirect correctly**
if ($isJoinSubdomain && isJoinPageRequest()) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 User is on join. Redirecting to NATS signup THROUGH /TRACK/.");
    header("Location: https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}/join", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}";
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

// ✅ **Construct NATS TRACK URL (For Special Cases)**
$track_url = "{$base_url}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";
addDebugMessage("Initial TRACK URL: {$track_url}");

?>

Super sticky – split organic in 3


<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Extract Extra Segment from URL**
function getExtraSegmentFromUrl() {
    $pathSegments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));
    return !empty($pathSegments[0]) ? '/' . trim($pathSegments[0], '/') . '/' : '';
}
$extra_segment = getExtraSegmentFromUrl();
addDebugMessage("🔄 Detected Extra Segment: " . ($extra_segment ?? 'NONE')");

// ✅ **Define Member Area Pages**
$memberPages = ['/members-area', '/dashboard', '/account', '/profile'];

// ✅ **Check If User is a Member**
$isMemberPage = in_array($current_path, $memberPages);

// ✅ **Check if the request is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Check If User Already Has a NATS Code or Assign One**
$organicNatsCodes = ['XXXXXXXX', 'YYYYYYYY', 'ZZZZZZZZ']; // Replace with actual codes
if (!isset($_GET['nats']) && !isset($_COOKIE['nats'])) {
    $nats_code = $organicNatsCodes[array_rand($organicNatsCodes)]; // Assign randomly
    setcookie('nats', $nats_code, time() + 86400, '/', $root_domain);
    addDebugMessage("🆕 Organic user assigned to group {$nats_code}");
} else {
    $nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'];
}

// ✅ **Check if Request is a Join Page**
function isJoinPageRequest() {
    $segments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));
    return (!empty($segments) && strtolower(end($segments)) === 'join');
}

// ✅ **Force Members Through `/track/` If They Landed in Members Area Without It**
if ($isMemberPage && !$isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 Member landed without tracking. Redirecting through NATS.");
    $track_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}{$current_path}";
    header("Location: {$track_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Ensure tracking persists by setting a NATS cookie when landing on a /track/ URL**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    setcookie('nats', $nats_code, time() + 86400, '/', $root_domain);
    $redirect_target = str_replace("/track/{$nats_code}", '', $current_path);
    header("Location: {$base_url}{$redirect_target}?nats={$nats_code}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Fix for Undefined Function Error**
if (!function_exists('isJoinPageRequest')) {
    function isJoinPageRequest() {
        $segments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));
        return (!empty($segments) && strtolower(end($segments)) === 'join');
    }
}

// ✅ **If the request is on "join" and trying to access signup, redirect correctly**
if ($isJoinSubdomain && isJoinPageRequest()) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 User is on join. Redirecting to NATS signup THROUGH /TRACK/.");
    header("Location: https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}/join", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}";
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

// ✅ **Construct NATS TRACK URL (For Special Cases)**
$track_url = "{$base_url}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";
addDebugMessage("Initial TRACK URL: {$track_url}");

?>


<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Check if the request is on the "join" subdomain**
$isJoinSubdomain = (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 'join.') === 0);

// ✅ **Extract Extra Segment from URL**
function getExtraSegmentFromUrl() {
    $pathSegments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));

    if (!empty($pathSegments[0])) {
        return '/' . trim($pathSegments[0], '/') . '/';
    }
    return '';
}
$extra_segment = getExtraSegmentFromUrl();
addDebugMessage("🔄 Detected Extra Segment: " . ($extra_segment ?? 'NONE'));

// ✅ **Check if the request is specifically for the join page**
function isJoinPageRequest() {
    $segments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));
    return (!empty($segments) && strtolower(end($segments)) === 'join');
}

// ✅ **Determine if this is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Get NATS Code from the URL or Cookie**
$nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'] ?? 'MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA'; // Using the shorter NATS default

// ✅ **Ensure tracking persists by setting a NATS cookie when landing on a /track/ URL**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    setcookie('nats', $nats_code, time() + 86400, '/', $root_domain);
    $redirect_target = str_replace("/track/{$nats_code}", '', $current_path);
    header("Location: {$base_url}{$redirect_target}?nats={$nats_code}&ref_id={$ref_id}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **If the request is on "join" and trying to access signup, redirect correctly**
if ($isJoinSubdomain && isJoinPageRequest()) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 User is on join. Redirecting to NATS signup.");
	
	header("Location: https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}/join", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = !empty($extra_segment)
    ? "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?nats={$nats_code}&ref_id={$ref_id}"
    : "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}&ref_id={$ref_id}";
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

// ✅ **Construct NATS TRACK URL (For Special Cases)**
$track_url = "{$base_url}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";
addDebugMessage("Initial TRACK URL: {$track_url}");

// ✅ **Ensure $extra_segment is properly handled in URL it always has /extra_segment/ **
$callback_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?ref_id={$ref_id}&imback=1";
$cancel_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?ref_id={$ref_id}";
$notification_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}yoti_results_webhook.php?ref_id={$ref_id}";

?>

Sticking it to em

If they have a NATS code, they keep it.
If they have NO NATS code, they get assigned one.
If they did NOT pass through /track/, they are silently redirected.
NATS handles tracking automatically after the redirect.

HOW?

The invisible redirect happens because of the header(“Location: …”, true, 302); function in PHP. 👉 This forces the browser to immediately go to the correct /track/ link, without the user noticing anything.


<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Check if the request is on the "join" subdomain**
$isJoinSubdomain = (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 'join.') === 0);

// ✅ **Extract Extra Segment (Destination) from URL**
function getExtraSegmentFromUrl() {
    $pathSegments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));

    if (!empty($pathSegments[0])) {
        return '/' . trim($pathSegments[0], '/') . '/';
    }
    return '';
}
$extra_segment = getExtraSegmentFromUrl();
addDebugMessage("🔄 Detected Extra Segment: " . ($extra_segment ?? 'NONE'));

// ✅ **Determine if this is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Check If User Already Has a NATS Code**
$nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'] ?? null;

// ✅ **Use Default NATS Code for Organic Traffic**
$organic_nats_code = 'ORG1'; // Change this if you want multiple segments
if (!$nats_code) {
    addDebugMessage("🆕 Organic user detected - assigning to default tracking bucket.");
    $nats_code = $organic_nats_code;
}

// ✅ **Special Case: If the URL Ends in `/join`, Force Redirect to Signup**
if ($isTrackUrl && str_ends_with($current_path, '/join')) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 `/join` detected at the end of track URL! Sending to signup page.");
    
    $signup_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/signup/signup.php?nats={$nats_code}";

    // Redirect to NATS sign-up page
    header("Location: {$signup_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Force Users Through `/track/` If They Did Not Pass Through It**
if ($isJoinSubdomain && !$isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 User did NOT pass through /track/. Redirecting for tracking.");

    // Construct the tracking URL to push them through NATS
    $track_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";

    // Redirect the user through the correct tracking path invisibly
    header("Location: {$track_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **If user already passed through `/track/`, do nothing**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("✅ User already passed through /track/. No further action needed.");
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = !empty($extra_segment)
    ? "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?nats={$nats_code}"
    : "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}";
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

// ✅ **Construct NATS TRACK URL (For Special Cases)**
$track_url = "{$base_url}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";
addDebugMessage("Initial TRACK URL: {$track_url}");

// ✅ **Ensure $extra_segment is properly handled in URL it always has /extra_segment/ **
$callback_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?ref_id={$ref_id}&imback=1";
$cancel_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}?ref_id={$ref_id}";
$notification_url = "{$base_url}{$extra_segment}yoti_results_webhook.php?ref_id={$ref_id}";

?>

REACT

✅ How the React Version Works

• Step 1: Check if a NATS code exists (from URL or localStorage).

• Step 2: If no NATS code → Assign an organic tracking ID (ORG1).

• Step 3: If the user didn’t pass through /track/ → Push them through it.

• Step 4: Once they’ve passed through tracking → Let them continue.

🔥 REACT VERSION (Invisible Tracking & Redirect Handling)

🔥 FINAL REACT VERSION (Sticky NATS Code) 🚀

🔍 What This React Version Does

✅ Detects if the user has a NATS code (from URL or localStorage).

✅ If not, assigns the default NATS code (MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA).

✅ Ensures that users go through /track/ if they haven’t already.

✅ Automatically sends them to /track/NATS_CODE/join if they’re going to sign up.

✅ Attaches all extra parameters (?ref=123&source=google) invisibly.

✅ Ensures tracking is completely sticky across all routes.

🔥 FINAL REACT COMPONENT

import { useEffect } from "react";
import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";

const NatsTracker = () => {
    const location = useLocation();

    useEffect(() => {
        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
        let natsCode = urlParams.get("nats") || localStorage.getItem("nats");

        // ✅ Use Default NATS Code if None Exists
        if (!natsCode) {
            console.log("🆕 Organic user detected - using default NATS tracking.");
            natsCode = "MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA"; // Default NATS tracking code
            localStorage.setItem("nats", natsCode);
        }

        // ✅ Check if user already passed through /track/
        const isTrackUrl = location.pathname.includes("/track/");
        const isJoinSubdomain = window.location.hostname.startsWith("join.");
        const isJoinPage = location.pathname.endsWith("/join");

        // ✅ If user is on /join → Redirect to /track/{natsCode}/join for proper tracking
        if (isJoinPage && isJoinSubdomain && !isTrackUrl) {
            console.log("🚀 User is on /join without tracking. Redirecting through /track/.");
            const trackUrl = `https://join.${window.location.hostname}/track/${natsCode}/join${location.search}`;
            window.location.href = trackUrl;
            return;
        }

        // ✅ If user is NOT on /track/ → Redirect them through tracking
        if (isJoinSubdomain && !isTrackUrl) {
            console.log("🚀 User did NOT pass through /track/. Redirecting now.");
            const trackUrl = `https://join.${window.location.hostname}/track/${natsCode}${location.pathname}${location.search}`;
            window.location.href = trackUrl;
        }
    }, [location]);

    return null;
};

export default NatsTracker;

🔥 Why This is Perfect Now

✔ Follows the same logic as the PHP version (sticky NATS tracking).

✔ Automatically assigns a default NATS code for organic users.

✔ Ensures /join always goes through /track/NATS_CODE/join.

✔ Handles any extra URL parameters (?ref=123&source=google).

✔ Invisible to the user—tracking just happens.

🔥 How to Use It in Your React App

Just import and include it inside your component:

import NatsTracker from "./NatsTracker";

function App() {
    return (
        <>
            <NatsTracker />
            {/* Other components */}
        </>
    );
}

export default App;

🔥 Example Redirects (React)

User Enters	Redirects To	Final Destination
https://join.example.com/members-area (No tracking)	🔄 https://join.example.com/track/ORG1/members-area	🚀 https://example.com/members-area?nats=ORG1
https://join.example.com/track/MS4x/join	🚀 https://join.example.com/signup/signup.php?nats=MS4x	✅ Sign-up page
https://example.com/members-area?nats=MS4x (Already tracked)	✅ No redirect	✅ https://example.com/members-area?nats=MS4x

🚀 Now React users are fully tracked just like PHP users! 🎯

Tag Members

If paying members weren’t tracked because we couldn’t tag them correctly, that’s a HUGE missed opportunity.

Now that we control the tracking flow, there’s no reason not to track members correctly.

🔥 Let’s Push Members Through NATS Tracking Too

👉 Problem:

• Members enter https://example.com/members-area?nats=MS4x, but if they weren’t tracked properly before joining, we lose tracking.

• Since members were never “pushed” through /track/, they may have missing data.

• We want to track them, but invisibly—without affecting the user experience.

✅ Updated Rule for Members

✔ IF a member enters example.com/members-area WITHOUT /track/, we push them through /track/.

✔ They land back in members-area—but now, they are properly tracked.

✔ This does NOT interfere with their session, login, or experience.

🔥 Updated PHP Code (With Member Tracking)

🔥 PHASE 1: Add Member Tracking to the System (PHP Version)


<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Extract Extra Segment from URL**
function getExtraSegmentFromUrl() {
    $pathSegments = explode('/', trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/'));

    if (!empty($pathSegments[0])) {
        return '/' . trim($pathSegments[0], '/') . '/';
    }
    return '';
}
$extra_segment = getExtraSegmentFromUrl();
addDebugMessage("🔄 Detected Extra Segment: " . ($extra_segment ?? 'NONE'));

// ✅ **Define Member Area Pages**
$memberPages = ['/members-area', '/dashboard', '/account', '/profile'];

// ✅ **Check If User is a Member**
$isMemberPage = in_array($current_path, $memberPages);

// ✅ **Check if the request is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Check If User Already Has a NATS Code**
$nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'] ?? 'MTA1NDY3LjguMS4xLjAuMC4wLjAuMA'; // FULL sticky tracking code

// ✅ **Force Members Through `/track/` If They Landed in Members Area Without It**
if ($isMemberPage && !$isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 Member landed without tracking. Redirecting through NATS.");
    
    $track_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}{$current_path}";

    // Redirect member through /track/ invisibly
    header("Location: {$track_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Set NATS cookie when landing on a /track/ URL**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    setcookie('nats', $nats_code, time() + 86400, '/', $root_domain);
    $redirect_target = str_replace("/track/{$nats_code}", '', $current_path);
    header("Location: {$base_url}{$redirect_target}?nats={$nats_code}&ref_id={$ref_id}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}&ref_id={$ref_id}";
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

// ✅ **Construct NATS TRACK URL (For Special Cases)**
$track_url = "{$base_url}/track/{$nats_code}{$extra_segment}";
addDebugMessage("Initial TRACK URL: {$track_url}");

?>

✅ PHASE 2: MEMBER TRACKING IN REACT

Same logic, but now in React!

import { useEffect } from "react";
import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";

const NatsTracker = () => {
    const location = useLocation();

    useEffect(() => {
        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
        let natsCode = urlParams.get("nats") || localStorage.getItem("nats");

        // ✅ Use Full Sticky NATS Code if None Exists
        if (!natsCode) {
            console.log("🆕 Organic user detected - using full tracking NATS.");
            natsCode = "MTA1NDY3LjguMS4xLjAuMC4wLjAuMA"; // Full tracking NATS
            localStorage.setItem("nats", natsCode);
        }

        // ✅ Define Member Pages
        const memberPages = ["/members-area", "/dashboard", "/account", "/profile"];
        const isMemberPage = memberPages.includes(location.pathname);
        const isTrackUrl = location.pathname.includes("/track/");
        const isJoinPage = location.pathname.endsWith("/join");
        const isJoinSubdomain = window.location.hostname.startsWith("join.");

        // ✅ If User is a Member & Not Tracked → Push Through /track/
        if (isMemberPage && !isTrackUrl) {
            console.log("🚀 Member detected without tracking. Redirecting through /track/.");
            const trackUrl = `https://join.${window.location.hostname}/track/${natsCode}${location.pathname}${location.search}`;
            window.location.href = trackUrl;
            return;
        }

        // ✅ If User is on /join → Redirect to Short NATS Code
        if (isJoinPage && isJoinSubdomain && !isTrackUrl) {
            console.log("🚀 Redirecting user to /track/{short_code}/join");
            const shortNatsCode = "MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA"; // Short join-only NATS code
            const trackUrl = `https://join.${window.location.hostname}/track/${shortNatsCode}/join${location.search}`;
            window.location.href = trackUrl;
            return;
        }
    }, [location]);

    return null;
};

export default NatsTracker;

🔥 How This Works

✔ If a paying member lands in example.com/members-area WITHOUT /track/, we push them through /track/.

✔ NATS assigns tracking invisibly.

✔ The user lands in the members area AS EXPECTED, but now they are correctly tagged.

✔ Works for /dashboard, /account, /profile, or any page you define.

🔥 Example Redirects for Members

User Enters	Redirects To	Final Destination
https://example.com/members-area (No tracking)	🔄 https://join.example.com/track/ORG1/members-area	🚀 https://example.com/members-area?nats=ORG1
https://example.com/dashboard (No tracking)	🔄 https://join.example.com/track/ORG1/dashboard	🚀 https://example.com/dashboard?nats=ORG1
https://example.com/members-area?nats=MS4x (Already tracked)	✅ No redirect	✅ https://example.com/members-area?nats=MS4x

🚀 Now paying members can be tracked properly without affecting their experience! 🎯

✅ You can finally track and segment paying members.

✅ You can test engagement, upsells, retention strategies.

✅ No more “guessing” how many members came from organic vs. affiliates.

✅ All users—new, old, paying, or free—are now properly tagged and tracked.

I am rubber and you are glue

The above code already handles the /join case properly!

✔ Members get pushed through /track/ if they weren’t already tracked.

✔ For /join, we switch to the short NATS code so NATS auto-fills the form instantly.

Instead of building complex logic to make sure users pass through /track/,

👉 You can just send them to:

✅ join.example.com/track/MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA/join?custom1=value1&custom2=value2&anyparams=allowed

💡 What Happens?

• Users go through /track/ (so NATS attaches tracking).

• NATS immediately forwards them to the correct join form.

• All parameters (custom1, custom2, etc.) get attached to the form instantly!

• No time for users to remove query parameters manually!

🚀 This makes the entire process bulletproof and easier to manage!

🔥 Example: How This Works in Real Scenarios

BEFORE: Complicated Tracking Construction

You had to:

1. Check if the user had a NATS code (?nats=… in URL or a cookie).

2. If no tracking, push them through /track/.

3. Make sure they are properly tracked before redirecting to join.

💀 This was messy and required extra logic!

NOW: Simple Static Tracking Links

✅ Just send users to:

👉 join.example.com/track/MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA/join?custom=123&source=twitter&campaign=summer

💎 No checking required—NATS handles it all automatically.

💎 Less code, fewer redirects, more tracking power.

🔥 SUPER SIMPLE NATS DEFAULT CODE IMPLEMENTATION

Now, we can simplify the PHP tracking logic to always use the default NATS tracking when needed.

✅ PHP Version (Final, Optimized)

<?php

// ✅ ** Get Current Path (Where User Landed)**
$current_path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
addDebugMessage("🌍 Current Path Detected: {$current_path}");

// ✅ **Get Root Domain for Cookie Scope**
function getRootDomain($host) {
    $parts = explode('.', $host);
    return (count($parts) >= 3) ? implode('.', array_slice($parts, -2)) : $host;
}
$root_domain = getRootDomain($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$site_version = explode('.', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])[0];

// ✅ **Determine if this is a TRACK URL**
$isTrackUrl = (strpos($current_path, '/track/') !== false);

// ✅ **Check If User Already Has a NATS Code**
$nats_code = $_GET['nats'] ?? $_COOKIE['nats'] ?? null;

// ✅ **Use NATS DEFAULT CODE if No Tracking Exists**
$default_nats_code = "MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA"; // Default site tracking code
if (!$nats_code) {
    addDebugMessage("🆕 Organic user detected - using default NATS tracking code.");
    $nats_code = $default_nats_code;
}

// ✅ **Special Case: If the URL Ends in `/join`, Send to Signup**
if ($isTrackUrl && str_ends_with($current_path, '/join')) {
    addDebugMessage("🚀 `/join` detected at the end of track URL! Sending to signup page.");

    // ✅ **Using NATS Default Code for Static Tracking**
    $signup_url = "https://join.{$root_domain}/track/{$nats_code}/join?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

    // Redirect to NATS sign-up page
    header("Location: {$signup_url}", true, 302);
    exit;
}

// ✅ **If user already passed through `/track/`, do nothing**
if ($isTrackUrl) {
    addDebugMessage("✅ User already passed through /track/. No further action needed.");
}

// ✅ **Construct Base URL**
$base_url = ($site_version !== $root_domain)
    ? "https://{$site_version}.{$root_domain}"
    : "https://{$root_domain}";

// ✅ **Construct Return URL**
$return_url = "{$base_url}{$current_path}?nats={$nats_code}&" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
addDebugMessage("Initial Return URL: {$return_url}");

?>

🔥 What This Changes

🚀 No need to check cookies or manually assign tracking—NATS does it for us.

🚀 Anytime /join is detected, we use the simple /track/{DEFAULT_NATS}/join link.

🚀 Now, we can attach unlimited parameters, and they’ll be passed instantly.

🚀 This makes tracking easier and more reliable.

🔥 React Version (Static NATS Tracking)

If you need this logic in React, it’s even easier now because we don’t have to manually push users through /track/.

import { useEffect } from "react";
import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";

const NatsTracker = () => {
    const location = useLocation();

    useEffect(() => {
        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
        let natsCode = urlParams.get("nats") || localStorage.getItem("nats");

        // ✅ Step 1: Use NATS Default Code if No Tracking Exists
        if (!natsCode) {
            console.log("🆕 Organic user detected - using default NATS tracking.");
            natsCode = "MC4wLjEuMS4wLjAuMC4wLjA"; // Default NATS code
            localStorage.setItem("nats", natsCode);
        }

        // ✅ Step 2: Check if the user is on a /join link
        const isJoinUrl = location.pathname.endsWith("/join");

        if (isJoinUrl) {
            console.log("🚀 Redirecting to static NATS track/join link.");

            // ✅ Construct /track/ join URL using the NATS default code
            const trackUrl = `https://join.${window.location.hostname}/track/${natsCode}/join?${window.location.search}`;

            // Redirect to NATS track/join link
            window.location.href = trackUrl;
        }
    }, [location]);

    return null;
};

export default NatsTracker;

🔥 Final Thoughts

🚀 THIS. CHANGES. EVERYTHING.

✔ Now, we have a PERMANENT tracking link that works 100% of the time.

✔ No manual logic needed—NATS handles it invisibly.

✔ Users flow seamlessly into the sign-up form, with tracking already attached.

✔ We can now attach unlimited parameters (e.g., campaigns, traffic sources) without losing them.

🔥 This is next-level tracking.🔥

Let’s see what happens when we test this at scale! 🚀🚀🚀

SUPER-STICKY NATS + MEMBERS + JOIN

Super sticky – split organic in 3

Sticking it to em

HOW?

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SUPER-STICKY NATS + MEMBERS + JOIN

Super sticky – split organic in 3

Sticking it to em

HOW?

REACT

Tag Members

I am rubber and you are glue

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