Miscellaneous Hacks - HIT COUNTER! (Integrated With VB)

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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

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.

[wizardan]

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.

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by Traxdata

Hi, nice hack but how do I remove it?

Just reverse the installiation process...

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

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by wizardan

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.

Let me check

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

[Lea Verou]

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

[Mr Chad]

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'

[clearchannel]

Originally Posted by chatbum

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

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

[Mr Chad]

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

require_once('****FULL PATH****/counter/counter.php');

$to = "email@yahoo.com";
$from = "person";
$subject = "Hits";
$message = " $pageviewstoday page views today!";
mail( $to, $subject, $message,"From: $from\r\nX-Priority: 1 (Highest)" ) or print "could not send mail";

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:

PHP Code:

<?php
if ($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'])
{
    $path = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];
}
else if ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])
{
    $path = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
}
else
{
    echo 'We are sorry, but this script is unable to determine your forums path.';
    exit;
}
echo substr($path, 0, (strlen($path) - 8));
?>

run that and it will tell you it.

[Mr Chad]

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

[Traxdata]

Originally Posted by chatbum

Just reverse the installiation process...

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

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

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by Traxdata

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