add this to your phpinclude template:

include("vbs_counter.php");

That fixed it, thanks.

Are these unique page views or just total number of page views?

Is there an upgrade for vB 2.2.0? I was mislead by the title of this thread. The installation instructions and in particular the changes to admin/install.php do not match 2.2.0.

By the way this is a great hack!

One thing though - is there anyway to exclude the listing of private forums from the Top Forums list for people who don't have access to these forums. I just tried it as a regular member and I could see these forums listed.

Steve, I will be coming out with an update this week. The current version works with 2.2.0 just some differences in where to put the items.

In index.php find
and just after that put
And that should get it working for you I believe. I havent had the chance to upgrade yet. :( If you have any problems let me know.

PS - You can exclude forums in the vbstats config.

Thanks Bane. For some reason the links for 'View Public Statistics' and 'Config' don't work from my Admin CP. The URLs look ok, but when I click on these links I get the '404 file not found' error. However when I go to these links directly they work fine. :confused:

The config works but not the exclude?

No, the 'exclude' link works but it doesn't actually exclude the domain I entered, and the other two links don't work at all.

:( the exclude system is a bit confusing right now, it doesnt actually list what you exclude.. just excludes it. I will put the list in the next version. I'll try this on 2.2.0 and let you know what I get.

I agree with Steve here. vbstats.php won't be found this way. I think it will only look in the admin dir.