Woopra for vBulletin

[Shane]

Woopra (http://www.woopra.com/) is a hosted live tracking site that allows you to examine the live stats of your website. This plugin will allow your site to be tracked by Woopra. You still need an account on Woopra and your site to be approved for this to work!

Install & Config
Install the product_woopra_stats.xml in your product page. Upload the bitfield XML to your XML directory under includes. :) Enter your Woopra Site ID number under your forum settings options. This is needed for the template to process. There are other options there also!

Please click install if you install this! Support faster to those with "Install" clicked, but not needed. Thanks!

Please Note!
Woopra does not support this plugin. I do. So if you have any problems with the plugin, please contact me. If it has to deal with the software that they provide, I can not deal with it. Registration problems on Woopra I can not deal with either.

Woopra Official Plugin Directory URL
Woopra on their site has an official plugin directory on their website, however it links back to this post.

Screenshots
They are limited, but you can get an idea by visiting their website to see how it works and the type of data that you get. I updated this post too include screens from my view. This is view the Java APP that you can connect with. It's very fun! :) (Note: I run 1900x1200 so they got automatically re-sized here... so.... http://www.frakmedia.net/shane/woopra/ is where I placed some images)

Known Problems
User Title/User Group - This should be showing the "group name", not the title. I will have this fixed in 1.0.5.Version History
1.0.0 - Initial Release
1.0.1 - Talking with the Woopra dev team, non-logged in users will show up as "Visitor X" and so on.
1.0.2 - New data can be passed: "Post Count", "User Title", "Join Date" Also the fields that are passed names are based off your default forum language. This means "Email" will still be "Email" (inside the Woopra Java App) if you have the forum default to Enligsh, no matter if your user has set theirs to another language. Moved Javascript code to load after forum display/thread listing instead of on top. Can be used as far back as 3.6.8 but designed on 3.7.x.
1.0.3 - $spacer_open is in more places than I thought making it count to many times. I moved it back to the header of "$_phpinclude_output".
1.0.4 - Avatar will not show up as a black box if the user in question does not have one in set. (A fix to deal with new app version.) Email will be standard clickable link in the application soon. Changed array name from woopra_array to woopra_visitor. Phrases for the items instead of using others.

[Shane]

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[SEOvB]

Where can i get an invite, this looks really awesome, and i wanna test drive it :D

[Shane]

I been talking with the contact person. I got access cause I was developing it. My small forum running it and it runs fine. Even the avatars are showing up.

[fluentdesigns]

I just signed up and it let me right in.

[Allan]

Do you have a demo or screens please ?

[Shane]

Yes. I just posted some of my connection. :)

[bxbigt]

And i just signed up....

[iogames]

Looking forward to install this :P

[SEOvB]

When you sign up, add your site, and then it takes about 7 days to get an activation code :)

[KURTZ]

just registered onto woopra' site ... so what i need is only their code?

[Shane]

Yeah. Once they give your site the a code, just enter it in the settings, and you should off and running. :)

[fluentdesigns]

How does this measure up to Google Analytics?

[KURTZ]

Yeah. Once they give your site the a code, just enter it in the settings, and you should off and running. :)

OK, so i'm waiting ... :D

[Shane]

Data that is gathered is complied live compared to Google Analytics and Quantcast where you have to wait after a certain time to see your results. You can't also actively track to see where users are going in your site (forum in our case) in and out and their patterns.

When I am logged in I can watch one user go from the main page, reply to a post, read a thread and go off to another site, then come right back and do something else. It's really something else. Once I get a code for another one of my sites, it's going to help a lot because the site is so huge I want to be able to see how people navigate around the site, as most of them are visitors.

[iogames]

Like my Ex GF says: 'Answer me the question!' :P

Who's better, Google Analytics or Woopra?

[Shane]

I can't say. That's a personal option. I have never used Google Analytics.

I saw this, and I feel in love because I love the details. I contacted the dev team right after my initial creation and they were like... "Send our way now! Thanks!". Now I got them in my Google Talk contacts. Originally this was designed to be used on a WordPress installation. Course.. it's designed for any site. All you really have to do is add the code, and this plugin, makes it simple to do that. :)

[Playa82]

I can't say. That's a personal option. I have never used Google Analytics.

I saw this, and I feel in love because I love the details. I contacted the dev team right after my initial creation and they were like... "Send our way now! Thanks!". Now I got them in my Google Talk contacts. Originally this was designed to be used on a WordPress installation. Course.. it's designed for any site. All you really have to do is add the code, and this plugin, makes it simple to do that. :)

does it spider your site,too ? like google ? i mean, is it good for more traffic and search engine hits ?

[Shane]

I don't think so. It gathers data based off them visiting the site. I can really care less where the spiders go. I haven't seen any popup, so I doubt they are being tracked.

[snunhuck]

interesting :D

[xboxchatdotus]

The following dependencies were not met:

1. This product is not compatible with version 3.7.0 Beta 6 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.7.0 Release Candidate 1)

[Shane]

That is correct. You need at least 3.7.1 RC 1. You should be on RC2. Beta has ended a while ago.

[NeuroLancer]

when you sign up at woopra, the url that you must enter, should it be yoursite.com/forum or yoursite.com

[CompuJonathan]

That is correct. You need at least 3.7.1 RC 1. You should be on RC2. Beta has ended a while ago.

I'm still running 3.6.x - After looking at the plugin, why wouldn't this work with any version? cache_templates and parse_templates are available hooks. Am I just missing something?

[Shane]

Just yoursite.com. You do not need the directory.

[Kicks]

can someone invite me ?

[Cybertims]

Signed up to woopra but no email from them, how can you use this product if they dont activate your account?

And 7 days? another version of VB would be out by the time they get around to sorting your account out.

[gwerzal]

Iv jst registered.

[Shane]

Just give them time. I had to beg the dev team to give me an invite code. I am working on some "features". You can add custom fields to track. Forum name, etc. What ever you can think of. :)

Update: I talked with the dev team, and they assure me that there will be no codes given out until next week. They are upgrading their server farm. Coupled with a software update, they assure me that next week it will be open and everyone will be approved.

[navajotex?]

Please allow up to 7 business days to receive an approval response........

because' not 24 hours. .7 days long son

[Cobro]

thank you very much

[iogames]

can I close my account later? :D

[Shane]

I have started updating a new version of the plugin. Even though it seems pointless, I been thinking of how to add custom data that can be passed when a user is process. Forum thread, style, age, etc. There is a whole range of information I can pull. So I'm going to hold off any other updates until it's officially released in a few days. Also working on making the primary javascript hostable for those who might have bad or slow internet connections.

[ptwiggens]

I have started updating a new version of the plugin. Even though it seems pointless, I been thinking of how to add custom data that can be passed when a user is process. Forum thread, style, age, etc. There is a whole range of information I can pull. So I'm going to hold off any other updates until it's officially released in a few days. Also working on making the primary javascript hostable for those who might have bad or slow internet connections.

Thanks for all the work on this... it's going to kickass!

[txspaderz]

Neat Idea. Installed and awaiting Woopra Approval. (Any chance for an invite code?)

Nominated for MOTM

[KURTZ]

after a week i still haven't received any mail from woopra ... :(

[Cybertims]

after a week i still haven't received any mail from woopra ... :(

Same here, what a waste of time!

[Shane]

There is nothing I can do about it... I don't even have invite codes. :( I been able to get only my one site approved and that's been for development only. There was a couple of days that they were working on the servers and it went super slow. I had to even disable it for about 10 minutes. They setup a forums (non-vb) on their site to keep everyone up to date. If your site grew from 200 to 2 million in a few days, you have to work out the logistics in getting the proper resources to help this successful beta.

[cosy]

nice now only need the code :D

[Playa82]

after a week i still haven't received any mail from woopra ... :(

same here, too. :confused:

[ptwiggens]

I had an invite code and the code has been on my site for about 5 days now... unfortunately... of those 5 days... the woopra servers have been functional for about 24 hours.

It was cool when it was working though...

[TTG]

Still waiting .. is this now dead !?

[Boofo]

I just signed up and can't even get the confirmation code sent in an email. Sounds like a bust to me. Good luck with it. I'm not going to mess with it any further.

[NeuroLancer]

Shane thanks for releasing this. Perhaps you should put Woopra Beta in the description somewhere. Im sure once Woopra get running smoothly this will be a valuable mod :up:

(Full file is: clientscripts/vbulletin_woopra.js)

where am I supposed to get that from? its in the admin control panel options for this mod but theres no file.

[nightbloom]

I signed up at Woopra the day this mod was released....

Not a word from them yet. Still says "pending approval" on the site. It's been a bit over 7 days now. ^^

[Shane]

Shane thanks for releasing this. Perhaps you should put Woopra Beta in the description somewhere. Im sure once Woopra get running smoothly this will be a valuable mod :up:



where am I supposed to get that from? its in the admin control panel options for this mod but theres no file.
I am waiting the full release (out of beta) so I can strip the javascript file to remove a lot of stuff. For now you can download the javascript, and place it in clientscripts and just rename it.

[ptwiggens]

I'm having a problem with this mod.

Whenever a user loads a thread, in woopra it shows them loading the page in the Woopra app 12 times simultaneously.

Any ideas?

[Shane]

I noticed that too. I will look into it more, however it seems to be only on threads.

[Shane]

It's a javascript problem with Woopra. We are working on a solution.

[Gersfan]

There website is a joke, I joined weeks ago and i have had nothing back.

[Playa82]

Check the blog, there u can find this:

A few weeks after introducing Woopra beta in WordCamp Dallas, we are happy to announce that we are going to start a massive approval process on Friday 25 of April. A new version of the software will be released on that day that includes a couple of new amazing features (segmentation, directories tracking, improved user interface, enhanced instant messaging etc…). Note that you will receive an email upon approval.

i hope i get my code at this day

[FlyBoy73]

Woopra's issues are their own. I'm sure they will get them worked out soon and this looks very promising for those of us who like to follow stats, etc.

A big thanks to you Shane for all your hard work. Once this goes prime time I will be installing this for sure!

Thanks!!

[KURTZ]

Check the blog, there u can find this:

A few weeks after introducing Woopra beta in WordCamp Dallas, we are happy to announce that we are going to start a massive approval process on Friday 25 of April. A new version of the software will be released on that day that includes a couple of new amazing features (segmentation, directories tracking, improved user interface, enhanced instant messaging etc?). Note that you will receive an email upon approval.

i hope i get my code at this day

ok i'll wait ...

[Shane]

I noticed a huge flaw in my XML. If you get an update message, upgrade ASAP!

[TheBlackPoet]

I am a Omniture Specialist.. and what i've noticed is analytics its never as dependable as we'd like it to be.. At my office, we use Omniture Suite and Google Analytics at the same time.,
In my opinion, Omniture is better than Google Analytics because it is more powerful in the data it displays out of the box... what makes google analytics such a great tool is that its powerful and FREE!!

however.., for those who are not proficient in coding multiple pages, both google analytics and omniture (which is not free).., can be daunting...

this woopra sounds like it is a great tool for a board... because the coding is already done for you......

so, i'll wait....

[KURTZ]

3 weeks are gone ... and no mail from woopra ... i think this is a 'fake' ...

[TheBlackPoet]

could've been a info harvester??? a grand conspiracy to harvest personal info for the evil info machine that gathers our info for info purposes!?? this is just plain evil!!!

[ptwiggens]

3 weeks are gone ... and no mail from woopra ... i think this is a 'fake' ...

I've been using Woopra for the past 3 weeks... It kicks ass.

[superjeff]

How can i exclude my IP?

[Playa82]

i got my code now. damn this prog is hot as hell. good work to all who did this.

[Shane]

How can i exclude my IP?
I will add this as a feature in the next release.

[CompuJonathan]

I got my code today and this software is awesome! I can't believe the desktop client and the interface. Well done!

They could charge a heafty fee for this one!

*Changed the version requirement and it runs fine on 3.6.2*

[Dead Eddie]

Just installed this.

Thanks!

[nightbloom]

Im in awe... Im like chronically watching it, like a fishtank. ^^

[kevinrstruck]

Just got my code and the Woopra site is now down...Can't wait to watch it like a fishtank...

Nice mod Shane...marked as installed.

[pete_brady]

got my code & all set up now. VERY impressive.

[Slingblade61]

In-freaking-credible!

[Lizard King]

Great statistics program. I am ready to ditch out analytics from my site. If anyone want more screenshot you can check http://www.ayyas.com/blogs/lizard-king/woopra-1550/

[asj]

Please upload the XML file that came with the Woopra Stats before installing or upgrading! ? :(

[rrr]

I just got my woopra approval today.

Because of their intermittent downtime, would there be a way to stop showing the woopra code if it lags for X amount of time or if their server is unreachable?

That way the site won't slow to a crawl when the woopra site goes down.

[pete_brady]

Please upload the XML file that came with the Woopra Stats before installing or upgrading! ? :(
it's in the first post

[Lizard King]

However i respect your work but the script is terribly coded. The script currently adds 4 queries on each page. It definately needs to be improved

[TECK]

Nice, guys. "Beautiful way" to let woopra and other similar companies know everything about your site, so they can make tons of money of your back because you tell them step by step how and where people go and come to your sites.

I don’t like the idea of a certain company like Google Analytics having its fingers in my pocket at all time by not only providing traffic, PPC income, but also having stats as well. You really think they will give some beautiful stats for free? They will use your info and sell it to big companies like Microsoft etc. What I do with my site is my business, not their. If you like that, go ahead and use those services.

[Lizard King]

If anyone wants to remove 4 queries you need to do the following : Disable usertitle and other 2 enchanments , edit the plugin and remove the following
$woopra_email_phrase = fetch_phrase('email', 'global', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_usertitle_phrase = fetch_phrase('user_title', 'user', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_totalposts_phrase = fetch_phrase('total_posts', 'user', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_joindate_phrase = fetch_phrase('join_date', 'global', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);

[TECK]

Just create your own phrases in the product, to make sure there are no future conflicts.

[Lizard King]

I already did Floren :)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Please discuss the modification in this thread. Please don't turn it into a thread discussing registration etc at woopra.

[Darth Gill]

This hack is really great - I tried it out last night after my registration was approved. I'll gladlly pay for woopra if they ever charge! Thanks so much for this awesome hack!

[powerful_rogue]

wow!

This really is superb! Was worth the wait!

[TECK]

Please discuss the modification in this thread. Please don't turn it into a thread discussing registration etc at woopra.

We are discussing about a modification that allows users to expose their private forum information to outsiders, without realizing the danger of their actions.
Could you relax a little?

[txspaderz]

I got approved today, and it ROCKS!!!!!

However, I would love to request that there be an extra profile field that we can use. I have my members put their real name (We are a closed community), and a certain area that they play out of, and I would love to be able to see that in Woopra also!

[Sal Collaziano]

This is looking very, very interesting.. This is going to give the modern webmaster a very similar experience that the old BBS used to give us SysOps...

[Darth Gill]

i used to be a sysop back during the early to mid 90s. I am enjoying Woopra, and have LOVED being able to break into chat!

[pete_brady]

have they implemented a 10,000 page views a day limit?

[txspaderz]

Yep

[Shane]

If anyone wants to remove 4 queries you need to do the following : Disable usertitle and other 2 enchanments , edit the plugin and remove the following
$woopra_email_phrase = fetch_phrase('email', 'global', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_usertitle_phrase = fetch_phrase('user_title', 'user', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_totalposts_phrase = fetch_phrase('total_posts', 'user', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);
$woopra_joindate_phrase = fetch_phrase('join_date', 'global', '', '', '', $vbulletin->options['languageid']);

I will make these changes in the next release.

I got approved today, and it ROCKS!!!!!

However, I would love to request that there be an extra profile field that we can use. I have my members put their real name (We are a closed community), and a certain area that they play out of, and I would love to be able to see that in Woopra also!

You mean being able to output their real name to Woopra? You just have to edit the template yourself as if it's a custom field, I have no idea what field number that would be. Just follow the syntax in the template for the javascript and it should be easily done.

[nightbloom]

I really like this product. It makes tracking things nice. One feature Ive found of particular interest is the "Manage" tab. Say you add something new to your forum and you want to track its useage or popularity. You can set an event for that page and every time someone views it, a popup with a sound (or without) happens.

For me, Ive been trying to increase traffic to our game wiki and trying various methods to do that. I use the event notification for real time reactions to whatever it is Im trying. Pretty good stuff.

[rrr]

How is the responsiveness of the woopra code? Any noticeable slowdowns on your site?

[txspaderz]

Everynow and than I'll get a slow down, but it's not bad at all

[Inferno Dragon]

lol at last I got the approval email after 3 weeks :P I liked the addon, very neat stats are provided by woopra, and thanks to the Shane Integration it becomes just awesome (I hope woopra service will remain free)

[tpearl5]

This seems really interesting. I like the idea of real time tracking.

[tpearl5]

Nice, guys. "Beautiful way" to let woopra and other similar companies know everything about your site, so they can make tons of money of your back because you tell them step by step how and where people go and come to your sites.

I don?t like the idea of a certain company like Google Analytics having its fingers in my pocket at all time by not only providing traffic, PPC income, but also having stats as well. You really think they will give some beautiful stats for free? They will use your info and sell it to big companies like Microsoft etc. What I do with my site is my business, not their. If you like that, go ahead and use those services.

From their privacy policy: (http://www.woopra.com/privacy/)

"Woopra will not share your personal information without your consent or unless required by law.

By the nature of our Service, Woopra will gather statistics about the usage of your website and store that information. Woopra will not share your website statistics without your consent."

:rolleyes:

[kall]

At last, my site was approved. :D

FYI: the Options page says the following. It should be clientscript, not clientscripts, no?

clientscripts/vbulletin_woopra.js

[briansol]

i'm in today too :)

can't wait to hit my 10k hits in 20 min.... :rollseyes:

lol

[ORiON_JNFN]

Signed up and waiting to be accepted. Looks like a really nice mod though, something I could really use for my forum :)
Thanks for bringing it to vBulletin!

[havefun]

just signed up. can't wait to check it out. thx shane! :)

[kollam003]

signed up waiting for approval, thanks 4 the mod

[LICryptkeeper]

will this mod (or whoopra) increase loading times for my site?

I have 50k registered members and no less then 1200 on the site at any time.

[Chewy954]

The mod, since about monday has acted strangely. Members on my site reported if you clicked an external URL, your CPU usuage will go up to 100% and browser will lock up. I tested, it was true. Disabled a few plugins and the one causing it was this one.

Anyone else encounter this issue?

[redlabour]

The mod, since about monday has acted strangely. Members on my site reported if you clicked an external URL, your CPU usuage will go up to 100% and browser will lock up. I tested, it was true. Disabled a few plugins and the one causing it was this one.

Anyone else encounter this issue?

No - worked fine for me.

will this mod (or whoopra) increase loading times for my site?

I have 50k registered members and no less then 1200 on the site at any time.

Not really.

[Shane]

I am compiling everything that I found in this post and upgrading it to 1.0.4 later today. Be on alert for my email. :)

[Shane]

Right now, I will not be providing the javascript file as it's being re-coded by the Woopra devs.

[GoodKarmaKid]

If anyone has an extra woopra invitation I would really appreciate, you can send it by PM.

I was excited to check this product out, then equally as dissappointed after downloading everything, setting up an account, only to find out I need an invitation to activate my site :(

Thanks,
Jason

[Shane]

@ Good: Hold you pants, they come.

@ All: I have 1.0.4 ready, but I am waiting for the new version of the Java App before releasing it as it is needed for the changes. :D

[FlyBoy73]

Have mine setup and working.. And I really like this!
Thanks for the hack!

[dodgeuk19]

Still " Pending Approval "

i signed up at start of may, gonna give it a few more days then give up me thinks,
shame tho really like the idea of this

[Brandon Sheley]

does it work on sub domains ?

When I had the java script in the footer it works fine, when I use this plugin I don't get any stats :(

[Rocket 442]

I've installed it, but for some reason my users names are not showing when I visit woopra. I've restarted woopra quite a few times, and tried all different settings in the options section but can't get it to work.

[FlyBoy73]

It is only good through 10,000 page views a day in beta stages... That does not last long for some forums... I'll look forward to when they get past the beta stage, or beta larger forums.

[ptwiggens]

It seems as if ever since I upgraded to 3.7.0 Gold, my stats are no longer working.

I have it on two different forums on two completely different domains. One is on a subdomain, and one is on a subdirectory... same problem.

The weird thing is that yesterday I was looking and it registered two of my hits on the live view, but then stopped working again.

Anyone have any ideas?

[meenstreek]

Just got this installed, it frigg'n rocks! I'm watching people surfing around my vB in real time heh. It's pretty crazy. It almost feels like voyeurism ><.

[Ransy72560]

I love woopra, have it on several site now..

Great plugin btw!

[rootnik]

I finally got my domain activated, only to find out it only supports up to 10,000 page views a day :(

This would be great for small communities or support systems. Sadly, they imply all over the place that this will not be free after the beta is over with.

[Magnumutz]

YAY, it just approved my forum :D

[Mr:Ishi]

aproved jst now

[Shane]

Updated. :)

Should fix problems and such. Be sure to download the new version of the application to get the full benefits of the new "workage".

[Brandon Sheley]

updated :)

Thanks Shane for the support on this mod

[numsi]

Hello all
First of all....good job....very usefully Tool.

I have only two questions.
Is it correct that the forwarded Url's to an other dosend work?Or maybe i make something wrong?
I have a Domain Name www.something1.com somewhere hosted and i forward it to www.something2.com. The www.something2.com is the live URL from the Forum.
Result no statistics in the first URL interface. The real works great.

And the second Question.The avatars not showed.
Have i to tell from where he has to take the avatars?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers
numsi

[MrPHD]

after a week i still haven't received any mail from woopra ... :(
One day to cach a code. Have a nice day

[RichieBoy67]

Can someone please post the download link for the client script file? This has slowed my site down big time. Google A does the sae thing. I think if switch to the local option as provided in the admin option my situation wil improve. The problem is that it asks for a file that is not provided.

I installed this yesterday and I still see no stats. Ho long does this generally take??

By he way- to everyone posting about waiting for approval-- It took a few weeks or mine so just hang in there and wait... This is all new..

Thanks for the mod.. Great alternative to google anlytics..
Rich

[Slacker]

Took me a few weeks to get approved too. Then I realized you have to specify if you're using a subdomain, so I had to delete it and submit mine again. And now we wait. :p

[acegames]

Signed up yesterday got my code today and its great

[macc]

hello!

get code today and install product file and upload bitfield xml file! can some explain what to do now for get that to works?

put in woopra options in my admincp - code from my website and nothing hepend

maybe i need add some code to template and which template?
what to do with java option ? vbulletin_woopra.js? should be there marked or no?
regards

macc

[FlyBoy73]

It will be interesting what their price model will be... I'd be surprised if it were not related to usage or page views. They better keep it cheap or no matter how cool it is, it doesn't do a whole more (IMO) than Google Analytics, and analytics is free. They would be in trouble if Google created a real time interface.

[CThiessen]

Hi,
I get my detail now after a couple of weeks.
Now I wait for the first stats.

I took a look in Source of my Forum:
<script type="text/javascript">
woopra_id = 'xxx';
var woopra_visitor = new Array();
woopra_visitor['name'] = 'xxx';
woopra_visitor['avatar'] = '';
woopra_visitor['email'] = 'xxx';

</script>
<script src="http://static.woopra.com/js/woopra.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Ar that the Information that the plug in collect an hand over to woopra?
Name - Ok
avatar - not necessary
email - ??? I don't link to share that information, this should be stay secret in my Database.

Is there a Way to disable that?

Thanks
Christian

[acegames]

hello!

get code today and install product file and upload bitfield xml file! can some explain what to do now for get that to works?

put in woopra options in my admincp - code from my website and nothing hepend

maybe i need add some code to template and which template?
what to do with java option ? vbulletin_woopra.js? should be there marked or no?
regards

macc

Did you download the exe from woopra to view all stats on your pc ?

[macc]

no i did not download anything ...

will use my member account to see statistics ... but can not see anything ...maybe must wait ...


regards

macc

[RichieBoy67]

Can anyone please provide the download for the clientscript file that the mod asks for in order to use the local script...

[slmoney]

WOW! This is amazing! I followed the directions on the website..and downloaded the desktop software to view the stats... oh my god that is awesome! IMO - blows google away!

[woostar]

Great job Shane :)

Only problem (and is not one of the product) is you only get 10,000 page views a day while in beta. I was sitting feeling like I was in a Nasa control room and then after an hour it died :(

Can't wait for it to come out of beta as it's not as fun for big boards at the mo.

[Mrdby]

installed...waiting on my site for approval.

[Shane]

Hi,
I get my detail now after a couple of weeks.
Now I wait for the first stats.

I took a look in Source of my Forum:


Ar that the Information that the plug in collect an hand over to woopra?
Name - Ok
avatar - not necessary
email - ??? I don't link to share that information, this should be stay secret in my Database.

Is there a Way to disable that?

Thanks
Christian

Just take it out of the woopra_javascript template.

Can anyone please provide the download for the clientscript file that the mod asks for in order to use the local script...

Right now download it from the static URL, and save it in your clientscript folder with the name I gave it. That should do it.

Great job Shane :)

Only problem (and is not one of the product) is you only get 10,000 page views a day while in beta. I was sitting feeling like I was in a Nasa control room and then after an hour it died :(

Can't wait for it to come out of beta as it's not as fun for big boards at the mo.

Yeah. I know, but that's why I marked it Beta. :(

[RichieBoy67]

I got this working locally and it is much faster.... Amazing stats really... I am waiting for my wordpress blog to get approved next!

[Mrdby]

ok i got approved. Now what? Do I add the code they gave me to my site or something?

[Mrdby]

im still lost

[Caddyman]

add the code, add the plugin, d/l the app onto your PC and login

fwiw, i removed it, can make page loads lag.....this is woopra, not this plugin, this plugin is great.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Woopra is full of bugs in the program itself. I have been using it for a few days now and it does seem buggy to me and the end program seems to have load issues as well as is reported on their forums along with quite a list of other problems. Such as inaccurate stats tracking being reported a few users who were testing it out. As well as it losing track of tagged members. I think theres potential here hopefully the next release from the woopra team will get things running better. Let me state this to make sure there are no misunderstandings. The problems are not in this plugin but on woopra's side.

[TsirhCitna]

The way the code is place at the beginning of the body instead of at the end makes the pages lag a little between when the navbar loads and the rest of the page. How can I move it?

[Mrdby]

anybody?

[Mrdby]

<script type="text/javascript">
var woopra_id = '2508348429';
</script>
<script src="http://static.woopra.com/js/woopra.js"></script>

so where do i add this?

[Mrdby]

its working..I SWEAR!! this is the best!!! amazing!!!!!!!

[kollam003]

i have given the code but the data is not showing for me i run vb 3.7.1 patch 1

[Mrdby]

i have given the code but the data is not showing for me i run vb 3.7.1 patch 1

download woopra software on your desktop and open it.

[Legende]

The way the code is place at the beginning of the body instead of at the end makes the pages lag a little between when the navbar loads and the rest of the page. How can I move it?

Same here, any solutions?

[kollam003]

download woopra software on your desktop and open it.

Thanks for the Help Mrdby its cool now

[esperone]

this woopa thing is very good. much better than i thought.

[Gersfan]

What's going on here?

I updated my woopra this morning and after the update I cannot log into my website, when I go to login down the bottom the status bar says:

Transfering Data from engine9.woopra.com
then
Waiting for engine9.woopra.com

It doesn't go anywhere, I've left it loading for 5 mins..

Confussed!

Thanks,

[rc1320]

I've placed the file in the xml folder, uploaded the product, input my side ID. Is there anyway to verify its running on my site? I am not seeing any data on woopra screen and its been about 12 hours.

[Mrdby]

I've placed the file in the xml folder, uploaded the product, input my side ID. Is there anyway to verify its running on my site? I am not seeing any data on woopra screen and its been about 12 hours.

did you download the software from woopra? it will show and if your site is approved.

[Brandon Sheley]

I've placed the file in the xml folder, uploaded the product, input my side ID. Is there anyway to verify its running on my site? I am not seeing any data on woopra screen and its been about 12 hours.

try viewing the source of your website?
search for "woopra"

[jipjip]

how i get this to show up on my forum? http://www.freeastroempires.co.uk/index.php

i have put in my code

[SnakeV]

How is this mod for high visited boards?, this overload the server?

Thank you

[kall]

At last, my site was approved. :D

FYI: the Options page says the following. It should be clientscript, not clientscripts, no?
Latest version still has this spelling/path error.

[comicus]

How is this mod for high visited boards?, this overload the server?

Thank you

that's my concern as well. Anyone with a medium to high traffic forum able to comment on the server load impact?

It looks great, though. I'd be willing to give it a whirl.

[mark|3]

can we compile a monthly report (e.g. traffic flow, location of user)
thanks

[kkeezer]

Installed...waiting on my site for approval.

[Shane]

Latest version still has this spelling/path error.
Doh! Well... i'll fix it when I notice any serious problems.

[faisj]

I am waiting for weeks now... are they still accepting sites?

[mark|3]

Hi, How do i go about exporting the overview data (e.g. daily visits,pageviews)
Thanks

[Jonaid]

This works really great. One problem I hit was I got my 10k page views in 4 hours and so I'm sitting here blind again! lol

Any chance of increasing the limit for vbull forums?

[FlyBoy73]

I've put in requests but no love.. I now keep the hack turned off unless I want to monitor things because I go through 10k page views very fast as well.

[Jonaid]

What I've just done is to turn off the plug and then insert it manually into the homepage near the Who's Online box. With it only being displayed on the homepage, I can at least get a track of higher visitor numbers and member infomation by losing the capability to view what exact page they're on.

[Mrdby]

works wonders

[comicus]

Great job Shane :)

Only problem (and is not one of the product) is you only get 10,000 page views a day while in beta. I was sitting feeling like I was in a Nasa control room and then after an hour it died :(

Can't wait for it to come out of beta as it's not as fun for big boards at the mo.

lol too funny. I had a very similar though. I was thinking more like a war room...but same basic idea.

i'm looking forward to the live version of this once the beta period has ended (to take advantage of seeing data on more than 10k view), too.

[AdrianH]

Waited 3 weeks with no reply .......... won't be bothering again.

[BatMs.com]

Lol i just read most of this thread....

People really don't like being patient do they?

I have my site with Woopra and I had to wait a few weeks to get it. Just install, sign up and FORGET ABOUT IT... you will then randomly eceive an email from woopra letting you know your site has been added!

Just be patient :cool:

[neopets]

took 3 days to confirm. not bad

[TimberFloorAu]

Just signed up. WIll post back

[helpmehost]

This is really funny,. what is so big deal that one should wait for such a long time ? perhaps that is the way to make people curious as if it is some thing so special . I hate it

[helpmehost]

Ok I had to uninstall this mod. it makes my site so slow.
:mad:

[RichieBoy67]

If your site is slow you have to set up the local option...

[thecricketzone]

Hi - thanks for this; Woopra account approved within 24 hrs. Installed :)

[g0dfather1984]

I have tried installing this but it doesn't let me. Keeps telling me there is a file missing. Sadly, I do not have the patience for this.

[epic2009]

i'm just getting a "Please upload the XML file that came with the Woopra Stats before installing or upgrading!" error messages every time I try and upload the product-woopra_stats.xml product!

I dont know why?

[Matais]

i'm just getting a "Please upload the XML file that came with the Woopra Stats before installing or upgrading!" error messages every time I try and upload the product-woopra_stats.xml product!

I dont know why?

did you upload the bitfield xml?

[ZGeek]

Wow, I love this.

[nick-harper]

Just installed and it looks great so far :)

[Ug4t0R]

Perfect modification !
Thanks

[Shane]

Just a quick update to all.

Been working with the Woopra team. We are getting ready to release a major update that include showing off the stats in your admincp area directly. The question I have to ask if you want an option to show the stats publicly.

[FlyBoy73]

Having that option would be great. Those that don't want to use/offer it wouldn't have to.

Thanks for your work, Shane..

[powerful_rogue]

Sounds like a good idea to me. This really is a top notch product.

[Lynne]

This is a nice plugin. I just wish they would allow more than 10000 hits a day!

[nyunyu]

Just need to know does this mod support 3.6.x?
I am still using 3.6.9 for my forum and only planned to upgrade when it grow up.:P

Although I registered with woopra on day this thread was made. I have the account just wondering if this can be used for vb 3.6

Thanks.
[update]

I confirmed that this plugin CAN be used on vb3.6.9

[yogeshp]

when they will mail confirmation..........

[cosy]

when they will mail confirmation..........

is a beta have patience(maybe never if u dont get approved)



any link from where to dl vbulletin_woopra.js ? only find this (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vbulletin_woopra.js&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=)

[radmoose]

In this section of the PHP code,


$woopra_homeurl = $vbulletin->options['homeurl'];
if (has_avatar($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))
{
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
}


the output for $woopra_avatar_url is http://www.domain.com//image.php?u=#

It should be http://www.domain.com/forumdir/image.php?u=#

It is referencing HomeURL as opposed to ForumURL (not sure about the variable name)

HomeURL = http://www.domain.com
ForumURL = http://www.domain.com/forum

[redlabour]

Any Update? Seems the Code is not longer working correctly. Conversations not working and some of the Statistics.

[segwayon]

The developer last posted in August and logged in in September. For those who have installed this mod, does it allow users the option of seeing stats on the forum, as Shane alluded to in his last posting?

[radmoose]

I would like to see the code use Gravatar as an option for blank avatars.

Then again, I will probably just modify the site to use Gravatars by default.

[cosy]

http://www.woopra.com/blog/2008/10/25/woopra%E2%80%99s-state-of-the-union-october-2008/

a update from woopra

* The Woopra tracking javascript has now been reduced to a single standard line of code.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.woopra.com/js/woopra.js"></script>
* Users will no longer be required to keep track of or enter Website IDs into plugins such as WordPress, Joomla, vBulletin or other CMS platforms. Indeed, the old Website ID and Code links are gone from the Member’s area and are no longer required in the javascript.

[BamaStangGuy]

How will that impact this plugin?

[nick-harper]

I just pasted the Java code in the footer and this seems to work?

[Mrdby]

uninstalled

[Chance4Today]

So I can find er again :):D

[segwayon]

The beta approval came in today, and I reinstalled the plugin. Apparently there's no ID number given out in the beta anymore, as the manual install requires a simple paste of a script into the footer template. So I am not sure if there's any need to install this product or not.

The data does come in, but the names of the members do not get passed through; I've been tagging the members manually by referring to their IP addresses.

Any pointers appreciated.

[kpierce]

Same question here. How do you get Woopra to display usernames? Everything else works great.

[kpierce]

Also, Woopra always shows a few less members online than vbulletin shows.

[segwayon]

Also, Woopra always shows a few less members online than vbulletin shows.

I notice that many guests do not show up.

As a test I disabled the plugin and Woopra still receives data from the server, so I suspect that the manually-added script code inside the footer template suffices for that. Can anyone confirm that this vB plugin is defunct?

Also, in case this plugin is still needed, is the "WebID" the same as the "API Key" which Woopra provides? I tried to place their "API key" into the plugin's "WebID" but it didn't seem to help (or hurt).

[kpierce]

I notice that many guests do not show up.

As a test I disabled the plugin and Woopra still receives data from the server, so I suspect that the manually-added script code inside the footer template suffices for that. Can anyone confirm that this vB plugin is defunct?

Also, in case this plugin is still needed, is the "WebID" the same as the "API Key" which Woopra provides? I tried to place their "API key" into the plugin's "WebID" but it didn't seem to help (or hurt).I don't even let guest view the site. I'm talking about my registered users. vbulletin will show 12 registered users online and Woopra will show 8-9. Do you get usernames displayed in Woopra? Mine just shows "visitor".

[kpierce]

Right now, Woopra says 2 online and vbulletin says 12 registered users online.

[segwayon]

I don't even let guest view the site. I'm talking about my registered users. vbulletin will show 12 registered users online and Woopra will show 8-9. Do you get usernames displayed in Woopra? Mine just shows "visitor".

I believe the issue there might be the way VB tracks users - if a user drops off the website without logging out manually then VB will "see" them as still present for a while. This may be based on session cookie length.

With Woopra I believe it is better able to ascertain when users leave the webserver.

[kpierce]

I believe the issue there might be the way VB tracks users - if a user drops off the website without logging out manually then VB will "see" them as still present for a while. This may be based on session cookie length.

With Woopra I believe it is better able to ascertain when users leave the webserver.That makes sense. What about user names?

[segwayon]

That makes sense. What about user names?

Here's a post from the Woopra forum regarding VB & usernames:
http://www.woopra.com/forums/topic/vbulletin-login-names

[Dream]

This looks promising, too bad it's limited to 10k pageviews per day.

I'd pay for a live analytics tool though. Having to wait a day for Google to crunch their stuff is annoying.

[Dream]

Well it seems both my +10k websites were approved for free beta in <1 minute O_O

Off to install this plugin :)

[kpierce]

Here's a post from the Woopra forum regarding VB & usernames:
http://www.woopra.com/forums/topic/vbulletin-login-namesLOL I'm kevin1016. I guess I'll wait to hear.

[radmoose]

The Plug In looks for a non-empty Site ID to determine if it is "active". To make the plug in work and have the additional items show up, install the plug in as directed, then put some random number in the SiteID and remove the following line from product-woopra_stats.xml file :

woopra_id = '$woopra_site_id';

Also, the plug-in looks for the "home" url and on my system that is the root URL and not hte subdirectory that the forum is located in, so I made this one change.

If you already installed it and the avatars are not showing up, in the Plug-In section of vBulletin, "Header: Add Woopra Javascript", edit "parse_templates" and add "forum" or the subdirectory your forum is in before /image.php as seen below.

$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "forum/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];


You could have also made the change in the xml file ahead of time, but I didn't test this.

Yeah, there might be a better way to do it, but that seems to work for me on this revision. You will see in the javascript that there is other parameters being passed and those are the ones that make it so you can see the avatar and other info in your stats.

I am looking forward to another revision of the plug in.

[Kaycee123]

How long does it take to get approved? I applied 2 days ago and still haven't heard anything - my site has less than 1000 page views per day

Never mind - got approval after 4 days !! Just going to install it

[Kaycee123]

Installed and working great!!! Thank you very much!
:D:D

[Jaxel]

Also, the plug-in looks for the "home" url and on my system that is the root URL and not hte subdirectory that the forum is located in, so I made this one change.

If you already installed it and the avatars are not showing up, in the Plug-In section of vBulletin, "Header: Add Woopra Javascript", edit "parse_templates" and add "forum" or the subdirectory your forum is in before /image.php as seen below.

$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "forum/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

I have no idea what you are saying here... I dont think image.php works for this if you draw your avatars from files instead of the database.

[kpierce]

Are all your forum files on the root directory or do you have them in a sub directory on your server? I'm not an expert but I think he's saying that he has his forum files in a folder titled "forum" rather than all the files sitting right in the root. However, I have all my files in the root and having just "/image.php?" doesn't work, not sure why.

[Jaxel]

kpierce... I think its because we dont store avatars in the database... my avatars are called up by their exact file path, not through image.php.

Anyway... is there any way to get this program to referr the actually QUERED URL of a page? Lots of pages are listed as /albums.php instead of something like: /album.php?albumid=12&pictureid=187

Without the query string, I really dont get any of the information I need.

[Brandon Sheley]

kpierce... I think its because we dont store avatars in the database... my avatars are called up by their exact file path, not through image.php.

Anyway... is there any way to get this program to referr the actually QUERED URL of a page? Lots of pages are listed as /albums.php instead of something like: /album.php?albumid=12&pictureid=187

Without the query string, I really dont get any of the information I need.

they all show the actual path for me, but it may be because vbseo is installed :confused:

[Jaxel]

I use TFSEO... so only the forums are actual links. Everything else is queried. VBSEO is too expensive.

[Jaxel]

Okay... I use file structure avatars (not database), so I've diagnosed two problems with this mod... The following code is broken in TWO places:

if (has_avatar($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))
{
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
}

Firstly, the has_avatar function doesn't work. The if statement ALWAYS fails 100%. If you get rid of the if statement, then image.php fails because the images are not being read from the database, they should be read from the file structure. So I replaced the above lines with the following, and it worked great:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$woopra_avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . '/' . $woopra_avatar_url[0];

[EagleNick]

I'm a bit lost. In the options for this modification, it asks for the Website ID. So I go to my Woopra account, and it does not give me the website ID. So I asked at their support forums, and they say the website IDs were dropped in favor of APIs. Here's the thread:
http://www.woopra.com/forums/topic/finding-my-website-id

So now how do I setup my vB installation to work with Woopra? Do I just place my API key in the "Website ID" box instead?

[kpierce]

Nope, the API key isn't needed either. Just make up a number for website ID in the options menu. Be sure to paste the required script in the footer template too.

[EagleNick]

Nope, the API key isn't needed either. Just make up a number for website ID in the options menu. Be sure to paste the required script in the footer template too.
Will filling in a random number even do anything? I don't understand how this mod will work if it doesn't know how to "connect" with my Woopra account...?

[kpierce]

Filling in the random number needs to be done for the usernames to show up in Woopra. I can't tell ya how it all works, just what I did to make it work.

[majorxp]

I edited the code and it works on 3.6.0 as well...

Great mod!

[EagleNick]

Filling in the random number needs to be done for the usernames to show up in Woopra. I can't tell ya how it all works, just what I did to make it work.
Worked for me! :D

I noticed that after about a week or two of use of this, my site's footer started to take forever to load. The whole page would load, but the footer would load about 30 seconds later...
Then, the ENTIRE site took forever to load. I disabled this plugin and removed the footer code, and voila -- it's back up to speed.

Something in this plugin/woopra code caused my site to slow down. What I don't understand is why it happened a week or two after use.

[Ozidoggy]

Yes same problem here. Took forever to load in Firefox.. But IE was ok

[Dream]

when woopra's servers are down the javascript makes the page hang on firefox, or on a separate domain your forum uses that is not recognized.

anyway 10k pageviews dont do me any good.

[draver]

Yes same problem here. Took forever to load in Firefox.. But IE was ok

Same here. :down:

[Pip]

it took woopra two months to activate my website but now - it looks very nice :)

when woopra's servers are down the javascript makes the page hang on firefox, or on a separate domain your forum uses that is not recognized.


have you checked out if using the local javascript might fix that issue?

woopra_visitor['email'] = '$bbuserinfo[email]';
why is it needed to transmit the users' email addresses to woopra?
emails are sensitive user data - would be nice to have that optional in a future version ... I would kick ass any webmaster who sends my email address to other web serives ...
I removed that line and the mod seems to work anyway.

thanks for that mod

[Oliver G]

I do not understand I have put the code in the footer template and am still wondering what to put in the Website ID thing.

[COBRAws]

I do not understand I have put the code in the footer template and am still wondering what to put in the Website ID thing.
vBulletin Options > Woopra Options

You should lookup your API code at your website profile located at http://www.woopra.com/members/ and place it on Woopra Options' page.



__
The one thing I cant still understand is the "chat" from the woopra application, anyone knows?

[tpearl5]

Has anyone been using woopra long term? What do you think?

[FlyBoy73]

I have and I think Woopra's feature set is great; however, the 10k page impressions limit (beta limit) and the fact that is is still in "beta" is ridiculous.. If you have a forum that does around 10k page views a day and get into the beta program, enjoy the heck out of it..

At this point I would love for someone to build something similar and launch the damn thing.. Put a price on it.. This just feels like an investor jerk-off to me.. There is no reason this shouldn't be production by now.

[accyroy]

Woopra has finally launched today. See http://www.woopra.com/blog/2009/10/12/woopra-officially-exits-beta/.

Any plans to upgrade and release this as officially working with latest version of vbulletin. It works fine on mine but it would be nice to know it has the latest features....

[tpearl5]

What has been added to woopra since this plugin was made?

[Neo_obs]

Okay... I use file structure avatars (not database), so I've diagnosed two problems with this mod... The following code is broken in TWO places:

if (has_avatar($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))
{
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
}

Firstly, the has_avatar function doesn't work. The if statement ALWAYS fails 100%. If you get rid of the if statement, then image.php fails because the images are not being read from the database, they should be read from the file structure. So I replaced the above lines with the following, and it worked great:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$woopra_avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . '/' . $woopra_avatar_url[0];
Thank you, but I had to make a couple changes to this aswell. I replaced


$woopra_homeurl = $vbulletin->options['homeurl']
if (has_avatar($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']))
{
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "/image.php?u=" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];
}

with

$woopra_homeurl = $vbulletin->options['bburl'];
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
$woopra_avatar_url = str_replace('./', "", $avatar_url);
$woopra_avatar_url = $woopra_homeurl . "/" . $woopra_avatar_url[0];

I am still working on an if statement for those without avatars

[Magz]

Anyone know if the woopra plugin is available for vb4 yet, cant seem to find any info.

thanks

[Matt.AU]

So has this mod been updated at all as of late? I have had Woopra now for some time but ust leave it in the footer.

[kpmedia]

I've been getting a lot of poor loading times lately.
The browser just hangs and says "waiting for mysite.com.woopra-ns.com..."

Because of this it caused other footer mods/plugins to not load.

I've had to remove it. :(

[redlabour]

Removed now :

1. Woopra is to expensive since going commercial.

2. This Mod has never been really updated and still uses the old Javascript.

[Ocean-Wonders]

Will this work with 4.0 ?

[lycheepassion]

any updates?

[Farsh]

Hello. Tell me please, is it plug-in only for HTML sites?
I use vbulletin 5.2.0. It is online constructor.
I don't know what is means:
Install the product_woopra_stats.xml in your product page. Upload the bitfield XML to your XML directory under includes.
How can i use woopra plug-in for vbulletin 5.2.0? Is it real?

[RichieBoy67]

You have to use the mod for your version of Vbulletin.

[Farsh]

You have to use the mod for your version of Vbulletin.

How can i get it? I'm regular user, not programmer:(

[RichieBoy67]

You can always hire someone or read the instructions but you need to find avb5 version first if there is one.