Where does the test get started?

[ScotterC]

I'm loading a page with jQuery's load() method. It still hits the rails controller for the html and then passes it back and jquery loads a particular div within the page.

In development. I can pass in the ab_test query and get the proper layout. The test is 'product_cart_form' and my alternative is flipped. The div it's rendering is 'insertion' which contains my ab_test.

load(href + '?product_cart_form=flipped .insertion')

This hits the rails controller and properly displays the right test html. However, the test never shows up unless I place the parameter in and also never finishes correctly. Always going to the default.

Is the test not initialized in the controller? If not, can I manually start it, either via javascript or in the rails controller?

EDIT:

The ab_test was occurring in a partial one more level deep then the div that was being rendered by jquery. When I switched the test to testing two different partials instead of using a ab_test block inside one partial it works flawlessly. Not sure what to make of the prior problem.

[andrew]

The test is initialised the first time that the ab_test method gets called, wether that is in the controller or a view doesn't matter.

Perhaps your template was being cached and so the logic of the ab_test method was never run again?

[ScotterC]

Caching is disabled. It's working in a production environment so I haven't put much thought into it since. I'll let you know if I can narrow it down more.