besheer Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 How can I move the counter to the admin panel? I tried copying this code from catalog/footer to admin/footer: require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'counter.php'); ?> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr class="footer"> <td class="footer"> <?php echo strftime(DATE_FORMAT_LONG); ?> </td> <td align="right" class="footer"> <?php echo $counter_now . ' ' . FOOTER_TEXT_REQUESTS_SINCE . ' ' . $counter_startdate_formatted; ?> </td> </tr> </table> But obviously the path is incorrect. How do I fix the path? Thanks. Drive it like you stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajeh Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Are you trying to make a counter for the Admin or show the Catalog counter in the Admin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besheer Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 Hi Linda (my saviour as usual). I am trying to show the catalog counter in the admin in a new store I am building. I just don't like the idea of my competitors knowing exactly how many hits I am getting. Drive it like you stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajeh Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Hi Linda (my saviour as usual). I am trying to show the catalog counter in the admin in a new store I am building. I just don't like the idea of my competitors knowing exactly how many hits I am getting. Does make the customer think ... wow! what a busy site, however ... 8) I will fool with it when I have time. You just need to select the info from the counter table and then display the results somewhere in the Admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besheer Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 That's true. I had to think that through for a while, but I think the benifits of the WOW effect do not outweigh the dangers of what a competitor could do with valuable information about my site :? They could figure out when my slow seasons are as well as when my busy days are. Drive it like you stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajeh Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I always peek for a counter to give me an approximate idea of a site's usage as well as check how long the site has existed via a whois lookup. But that is just me ... 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolcrazy Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 The only glitch, I guess, is that the counter supplied with OSC counts page loads, not visitor. I could sit on you site and hit refresh and watch the counter go up. This isn't a very good inditcatior on traffic. Steve ------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besheer Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 That is true as well, but if you and I both have OSC stores and we both have a similar number of products, then you could compare. Drive it like you stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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