Adding a counter
24/06/07 11:01
I'm accustomed to
seeing what sort of traffic is actually passing
through my web pages. I use StatCounter for that. StatCounter provides a
free service and their stats are presented in a
convenient and readable format. StatCounter
provides cut 'n' paste code that you can put into
your web site or blog. You have a choice of
whether to display the count, just the StatCounter
logo, or nothing at all, as well as whether to
make the stats public or private. You can set up a
number of different projects to track different
web sites, or just different pages or sections of
your own web site. I don't know what the upper
limit is on the free accounts, but I've got 9
projects running and they haven't squawked. They
also support IP blocking, so you can block your
own IP address from being counted. I'm not
interested in knowing how many times I've visited
my own sites!
I had already grappled with putting a counter into Blogger and Typepad. In Blogger it's easy. In Typepad, less so. I wondered what I would need to do to get a counter working in my new RapidWeaver blogs. Turns out it's easy! I just put the StatCounter code snippet into the sidebar, using RapidWeaver's page inspector tool. There are ways to put the code snippet elsewhere on the page as well, if you don't care to see it in the sidebar.
I had already grappled with putting a counter into Blogger and Typepad. In Blogger it's easy. In Typepad, less so. I wondered what I would need to do to get a counter working in my new RapidWeaver blogs. Turns out it's easy! I just put the StatCounter code snippet into the sidebar, using RapidWeaver's page inspector tool. There are ways to put the code snippet elsewhere on the page as well, if you don't care to see it in the sidebar.
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