dreamscape Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 while developing my site I have noticed my counter has now reached like 3,000 something, even though it should only be about 300 something... I dunno if the counter counts every page you access or what, but it just does not seem like a true representation of the number of visitors... is there a way to have the counter count a visitor only the 1st time they access a page on the site, and then not count them again until they leave the site and come back?? I have searched and couldn't find an answer anywhere The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 I noticed the same earlier today with a version I have installed on my own machine, everytime I opened a new page the counter went up by one!! I have switched it off on my main site, purely because new sites have low numbers and this can be a turn off to visitors!! You could probably find a counter somewhere that will work for you but most are quite unreliable, especially the free ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 personally I've never even got the point of counters on the client side... what are you trying to say with it? What good does it do? Anyway... NO 'visited people' counter can be accurate as the http connections can never be counted to be unique. It's just not possible. In order to get the most accurate number you will have to do a combi of IP address along with a cookie. That will be about the best you can do. But then again... why bother??? :D "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 I want one so I can get an accurate count of visitors-to-sales... important information for an online business to know. The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 I want one so I can get an accurate count of visitors-to-sales... important information for an online business to know. you need proper customer tracking for that, not counters. There is a contribution (development version) search the forums for it. And as for visitors.. your httpd logs will have all the info you need. Hundreds of programs were designed to parse that. Look at Hotscripts.com. You can also write your own logger really easy with PHP. That way you can track a user all the way through your site, see where and when he came in etc. "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 thanks for the info The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 Just came across it: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...t=user+tracking that's a nice start for you! "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 yes yes that is even much better.... mucho mucho gracias... The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkeats Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Grab Webalizer, I run it, breaks lots of data down for you. Percentage to TLD and counts entry pages, exit pages, and domains that visited. I suspect about 80% of the TLD is my testing the site for bugs.. Thomas Keats RainbowComputerSystems.com A signature is something that reflects its user. - The dictionary The question is not, 'to code, or not to code' the question is, 'if we do not code, are we really alive?' -- anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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