HIT COUNTER! (Integrated With VB)
 

Installation Time: <2 mins
Template Edits: 1
Plugins: 1
VB Version: This actually works on 3.5.0 - 3.5.4
Live Example (Look at my footer): http://beasttoast.com

Description:
This is a basic hit counter. It uses a little php script and a text file to store the hits (no DB because it would be too stressful). Also you dont have to display the hits on every page you could just put it on your forumhome template, and it will still count all the hits :cool:

Installation Instructions:

1. Download and unzip 'plugin-pageviews.zip'
2. Upload the folder 'Counter' into your forum directory
3. Now open the 'Counter' folder, and CH MOD 666 the 'count.txt' file
4. Install the plugin
5. *Optional* If you want to be able to display the page views for today just create a Scheduled Task like this:
   
   Title: 'Page Views'
   Hour: '23'
   Min: '59'
   File Name: './counter/counter_daily.php'
   
6. Place '$pageviews' and/or '$pageviewstoday' in any template where ever you want to display the hit count.

Screen Shot:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ - Using Total Page Views
or
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ - Using Total Page Views and Todays Page Views

FAQ:

1. Q: Where do I put the '$pageviews' thing?
2. A: Well... If you dont know how to do this then ill just give you a standard spot to put it.
   1. Open up your footer template
   2. Then Find:
      
      Code:

      ---

      <div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</div>

      ---

   3. And replace that with:
      
      Code:

      ---

      <div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]<br>total page views: $pageviews, page views today: $pageviewstoday</div>

      ---

This is cooler than the old version of mine.:)

I'm glad you like it. I scrapted some of your code :). Was gettin sick of the idea of loading an image. Because it reminded me of one of those bootleg free hit counter sites.

Does this only work as a total views ?

Im looking for a way get a counter in my calendar that makes it possible for me to see how many that have seen the frontpage of calendar and total views of each event.

Can this handle that ?

nope. You would want to use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=109523.

or

If you replace the contents of the plugin XML file with:
Then that would only display the pageviews of the calander side. (this is not an extensive hack... Just something quick.)

I followed instructions, placed it in my footer, and i've got nothing

hmm. let me recheck the files

Installed it on my second board... Works fine, only reason it doesnt work for you could be that you have one or both of these installed:

-Template Cache System
-Plugin Accelerator

and you have not refreshed the Cache for the templates or/and refreshed the plugin system.

Let me check

Nope, if you'd like i can PM you with some login details to check stuff out, i'm stumped


Edit, I fixed by CHMOD the count.txt file to 666 after upload

Ok its good to see we got that resolved :)

I tried uploading the plugin and then the page just reloaded. The plugin wont install. that's weird, know why?

Then just create a plugin under:

Hook: global_start
Content: require_once('./counter/counter.php');

thats all :)

my counter counts by 2's not 1's :(

You have a link?

There are a few reasons this could be happeneing:

- There is another person browsing your forum.
- One of your php files loads the global.php file twice...
- Or you changed the ++ to +2

hmmm.......

i didnt change anything.....where do i change +2 to +1?:banana:

If you guys want i can give you my updated version, it adds the option to display todays page views and the total.

you dont need to do anything its working fine...

it uses $count++; which adds one.

if you dont mind i would like that

did it :)

you can now use:

$pageviews in any template to display the total like before
$pageviewstoday in any template to show todays page views

you will need to redownload it and replace the counter folder with the new one if you want to upgrade to the new one.

Works just fine. Thanks!

Would someone be so kind as to tell me where to place the following code:

I placed it at the very end of the footer, and it's only showing a number. In less then 5 minutes I've recorded a few hundered hits. I'd like it to look like the demo site.

Thanks in advance.

1. Open up your footer template
2. Then Find:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</div>

   ---

3. And replace that with:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]<br>total page views: $pageviews, page views today: $pageviews</div>

   ---

Main reason i didnt put the in the instructions is because i like to see different uses :)

ahh crap...

There was a problem with the counter_daily.php

So please redownload the zip and reupload the contents of the counter folder into your counter folder.

You only need to do this if you use $pageviewstoday . If you dont fix it $pageviewstoday and $pageviews will do the same thing.

would it be too hard to make it not count the same ip more than 1 time in a 24 hour period?:banana: :banana: :banana:

for me yes...

any way that would require useing the database and thats exactly what im trying not to do. I could try to use a cookie that expires every 24 hours. And it checks for that cookie if you dont have it, it would run the +1 to the hit and add the cookie.

I've reinstalled the script and all appears to be working as designed. I will know for sure tommorow.

I love it that I can use conditionals, it makes a great difference.

Thank you

no problem, actually you can test it just by running the Scheduled Task after you have recieved a few hits. Oh and yea, I really wanted to make a text counter that was not an image, and didnt need a large script to run, or added a link to the counter site. So i made a very simple counter, with the help from ZIKI-SET's image counter.

wow I had fun with this...

With a simple edit in the daily.php file I set it up so it sends me an email every day with the hits that day. And in my yahoo email account I added a filter that makes it forward the email to my cell phone as a text message. Now when im away I still know what my site hits are :)

Hi, nice hack but how do I remove it?

Installed.
And seeing the stats properly displayed under the time.
However, I'm seeing the numerals again below the bottom copyright notice, at the very bottom.

Just reverse the installiation process...

1. Delete the files you uploaded
2. Uninstall the plugin
3. Remove the variables you added to your template

Let me check :)

Are you sure you didnt add the variables more than once?

Stupid question: Since when will the count start?
Nice hack btw :)

right when you install the plugin :)

also you can edit the 'count.txt' to what you think your total hits are, but if you do this you need to put the same amount in the 'yesterday_count.txt'

What do I edit in the daily.php to accomplish this?

hmm lets see, I hacked the hell out of my hack :P

Put that right after the <? (starting php line) of your file, and you will need to go through the files and add all the full paths instead of ./counter/

if you don't know your path then just upload this in the same directory

make a php file named 'path.php' and put this in it:
run that and it will tell you it.

ill make a better guide... or a better way looks like this isnt working well, just got mine to actually work.

Hi chatbum,

thanks for your reply, well that's how I remove all hacks from my forums... but where can I find this counter plugin? I searched and searched... and found nothing.

btw, it seems to be dangerous to delete counter files at first... have got error messages

Well my bad...

1. Uninstall the plugin
2. Delete the files you uploaded
3. Remove the variables you added to your template

first uninstall the plugin :)