Miscellaneous Hacks - HIT COUNTER! (Integrated With VB)

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Installation Time: <2 mins
Template Edits: 1
Plugins: 1
VB Version: 3.6.0
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

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:
- Using Total Page Views
or
- 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:
      

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

   3. And replace that with:
      

      <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>

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This hack was based on ZIKI-SET's hack.

[perju]

My counter is counting by 2's. Why is this?

[Tom_S]

I dunno. I just installed it to see if it did. It does. 2x2

[Tom_S]

Open counter/counter_daily.php and replace it all with this:

<?
$file="./counter/count.txt";
if ($c=fopen($file, "r+")) {
$count=fgetss($c, 255);
fclose ($c);
}
$file2="./counter/yesterday_count.txt";
if ($c2=fopen($file2, "r+")) {
fputs($c1, $count);
fclose ($c1);
}
?>

This counter is as you said just a basic hit counter. It will count on every page reload. Nice mod for some but I can't use it. Too many people like reloading pages to watch numbers grow.

[thetopday21122]

Originally Posted by LisaD1

Edit the forumhome template.
Works good. I think I have the same count by 2 issue, but for now I will leave it and just divide it if I want to know the true count LOL

Thanks.

New Question: Does this count the hits for every day?

Also, what does he mean by: Now open the 'Counter' folder, and CH MOD 666 the 'count.txt' file?

[Tom_S]

You really need to read this thread. It isn't that long. As for uploading the file folder you need to use FTP. As for CHMOD to 666 you need to google "CHMOD" if you have no idea what you are doing.

[thetopday21122]

Thanks.