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Benjamin
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Hey guys,
I just read the hitcounter thread, and thought that might be a fun little project to work on. Here's how I'm thinking of putting it together - any and all feedback would be appreciated. What are the drawbacks to the following approach? Can you think of better ways to do it?
hitcounter.cgi - this file would be pulled into your published article pages via an SSI, like so:
<!--#include virtual='/path/to/exec/hitcounter.cgi?art_num=$art_num$'-->
Then, the script examines the article number and outputs the hitcount for that article.
Q: What's the best way to store the hitcounter info? Originally, I thought of just sticking it in a single file, but with thousands of articles, this would take increasingly longer times to parse through, grab the current hitcount for the article page, resave the page, then output the hitcount. I'm starting to think that having a single file per article might be the way to go, although a bit messy... we would have to have a separate /hitcount directory somewhere to store all the separate files... By having a single file per article, we would keep everything running quickly - plus (if we wished) we could even store additional information about the page for future information gathering.
Also, to prevent people just clicking refresh again and again to up the stats, I'd include a IP buffer file, which stores (say) the last 5 people's IP addresses who've visited the page. If their IP is listed in that file, then the hitcounter wouldn't be incremented. We could do this with cookies, but I'd like to make it tougher to get around than that.
Anyway. I've taken a look at look at some other page counters and haven't been too impressed - the best ones are database driven, but I don't want to write something that requires that.
Comments? Having said all this, would this be a handy add-on?!
Ben
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samicat
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Jun 10, 2003, 10:19 AM
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And Yes again! A decent hit-counter would indeed be a very very very neat thing to have. Neat as in "ABSOLUTE NECESSITY" & neat or as in "This is one of the two only reasons why I haven't bought RM/AM yet because I am looking for other similar programs that DO offer hit counters out of the box." So when can we get it?
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Benjamin
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Jun 10, 2003, 1:16 PM
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Re: [samicat] Hit-counter YES YES YES!
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Nice to hear it'll be useful!
Theo, our Project Manager suggested I release it in stages. For your info, here's the rough plan:
Step 1: get hitcounter.cgi script written. I've written a simple PHP version (my native language), and I'm porting it over to Perl, so it'll be compatible with all our products. I hope to get it finished within the week.
Step 2: write a 'clean.cgi' script, to update the hitcounter.txt file (the place which stores all the hitcounts, etc). This will cross-reference the Article / Realty / Auto Manager data file and remove all redundant info. This'll keep the hitcounter as small as possible, and keep the hitcounter file-parsing quick.
Step 3: write an additional script for stats reporting. This could keep track of the most popular articles / listings, for example.
So there's lots to do! But I will focus on getting a simple initial script out the door as soon as possible.
Ben
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Maurice
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Jun 11, 2003, 1:03 AM
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Nice a hitcounter. when is it ready? you could also make a 5 star rate system the same way.
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http://www.beukenrode.nl
http://www.kydonk.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.nvzd.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.vhmz.nl
http://www.generate-it.nl
http://www.florint.nl
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Benjamin
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Jun 11, 2003, 9:43 AM
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What a good idea... I could probably just combine them, so that it stores both the hitcounts and the rating in the same data file.
[ I'm having a 'why didn't *I* think of that?' moment.  ]
But uh-oh.. feature creep. Let me get the hitcounter done first, then we'll go from there. I hope to get the preliminary version done within the week.
Ben
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Maurice
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Jun 11, 2003, 12:51 PM
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Tip
http://www.interneat.ca/index2.php?id=neatrate&p=neatratetop
I use it, it's a good sollution for a simple 5 star rating.
Maurice
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www.intraserve.nl
we buildt:
http://www.buitenhuis.nl
http://www.squerist.nl
http://www.movb.nl
http://www.lvsvo.aimfor.nl/
http://www.vanstraten.net
http://www.beukenrode.nl
http://www.kydonk.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.nvzd.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.vhmz.nl
http://www.generate-it.nl
http://www.florint.nl
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Benjamin
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Jun 11, 2003, 12:57 PM
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Re: [Maurice] Hitcounter add-on?
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Cool! Thanks for the link - very handy.
It does look pretty simple to use. Presumably you use it in your own pages by pulling it in via an SSI? I was thinking of doing precisely the same thing, only the id would be the unique article / listing number.
Don't think I'll charge for mine, though :-)
Ben
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Maurice
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Jun 11, 2003, 1:09 PM
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Yes it uses a virtuale include
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Don't think I'll charge for mine, though :-)
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but this one is ready when is yours?
so hurry and get working on it.
Maurice
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www.intraserve.nl
we buildt:
http://www.buitenhuis.nl
http://www.squerist.nl
http://www.movb.nl
http://www.lvsvo.aimfor.nl/
http://www.vanstraten.net
http://www.beukenrode.nl
http://www.kydonk.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.nvzd.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.vhmz.nl
http://www.generate-it.nl
http://www.florint.nl
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Benjamin
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Jun 11, 2003, 1:26 PM
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hahah :-) The pressure's on ;-)
Ben
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Benjamin
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Jun 21, 2003, 8:41 PM
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Hey Maurice,
Could you send me a URL to a page using the neatrate add-on you mentioned. I'd be very curious to see how it handles itself via an SSI. Thanks. :-)
Ben
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Maurice
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Jun 22, 2003, 2:04 PM
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i could send u the script.
good idea?
Maurice
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www.intraserve.nl
we buildt:
http://www.buitenhuis.nl
http://www.squerist.nl
http://www.movb.nl
http://www.lvsvo.aimfor.nl/
http://www.vanstraten.net
http://www.beukenrode.nl
http://www.kydonk.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.nvzd.nl
http://www.geneeskundigevereniging.nl
http://www.vhmz.nl
http://www.generate-it.nl
http://www.florint.nl
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etfreedman
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Feb 14, 2004, 3:53 PM
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Hi, Benjamin
did you manage to develop this script? If so, where is it available from please?
Thanks
Terry
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Donna
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Hi Terry,
Thanks for your post. :)
Currently, there's no hitcounter add-on available.
thanks for your interest. :)
Donna
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svsanchez
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Sep 10, 2005, 3:44 PM
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Hello, is it ready yet?!?!
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ross
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Hi svsanchez.
Thanks for posting!
The hitcounter addon was actually released in this thread:
http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=13688#13688
Let me know what you think  .
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Hi James.
Thanks for posting!
That thread was moved into a hidden forum so that would be why you are getting the access denied message; only the itools guys can get in there .
If you wanted to get a copy of that script though, just send me an email and I can send it out for you. support@interactivetools.com
I look forward to hearing from you .
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Hit-counter YES YES YES!
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