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Quantum
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Posted 09/18/04 - 02:00 AM:	#1
I'd like to add a "site counter" as a feature suggestion. Meaning a simple counter which shows how many people have visited your site in a given period of time. Simplest would be simply a variable which shows the number. That might already be possible using one of the ONLINE variables (couldn't find one in the manual though). A slightly more complex way might be be adding an option for people to use 10 different image files for displaying the numbers 0 - 10. Note: I know there are a number of free services around which do exactly this for you. It'd be easier (and better maintainable) though if it'd be done from the program itself. Note 2: Strangely enough site logging programs (which give extremely detailed stats) don't seem to have an option to show a counter to all visitors.

peumus
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Posted 09/18/04 - 05:19 AM:	#2
Would like to suggest a counter per category too, to count the times a category has being visited. It would be very interesting for admin and users to know the category with more interest on it.

din
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Posted 09/18/04 - 06:51 AM:	#3
I wrote a very small counter script that uses a text file database, it counts unique visits and page views and does a little math. it counts page hits site wide. It is also supposed to refresh itself every 30 days, so the file doesn't get unmanagable, but keeps a running tab on the grand totals. I haven't had it up long enough to know if that particular feature works outside of production though. It might be a much smoother implementation having it in WSNlinks itself, using mySQL, maybe switches and stuff, but for me I like it simple. I never thought of doing it by category.
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Paul
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Posted 09/18/04 - 07:20 AM:	#4
We already have a views counter for categories, as was suggested by someone (Jenny I think, in the WSN Gallery forum) a while back. {CATVIEWS} I think it is but check the manual. No plans for an overall site counter, since that's nothing you need WSN Links for.
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Quantum
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Posted 09/18/04 - 05:10 PM:	#5
Paul wrote: We already have a views counter for categories, as was suggested by someone (Jenny I think, in the WSN Gallery forum) a while back. {CATVIEWS} I think it is but check the manual. Does this one take into account unique visits or does it simply count every view? If not: That should be a useful addition (counting unique views instead of all views). Paul wrote: No plans for an overall site counter, since that's nothing you need WSN Links for. Pity.

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Posted 09/19/04 - 08:01 AM:	#6
It uses the same cookie method as the link hits counter, where you set in your admin panel how long is required between views to count as unique.
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Posted 10/17/04 - 05:24 AM:	#7
Note to self: Try making a hack based on total catviews or online members.

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