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[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#135892

Hi Everyone

I’m currently using the Joomla Who’s Online module:

“Who’s Online
We have 285 guests and 2 members online”

Does anyone know what ‘guests’ actually means? Does this include bots? Also, are there any 3rd party ‘Who’s Online’ modules that give more info in Admin (IP addy’s, etc.)?

I’ve searched around on the Joomla.org site but couldn’t find any info about this.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Chris

[jsliao Friend jsliaoJoin date: April 2008Posts: 817Downloads:0Uploads:12 Thanks: 25 Thanked: 236 times in 210 posts]

#281066

I think guests would include any IPs not logged in to your webpage so bots will count towards it.

for other modules, you would probably want to be looking at site stats extensions
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,1900/Itemid,35/

for me, i just use the AWSTATS from my webhosting control panel… it provides very comprehensive information on my site and visitors

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#281086

Hi jsliao

Thanks for that, I figured as much.

I’m also using awstats for vistors, countries, etc., plus Google analytics. It’s just that analytics, awstats, who’s online’ don’t seem to match up!

Personally, I tend to trust awstats as I can see the actual pages visited and how many were read!

Thanks
Chris

[shertmann Friend shertmannJoin date: September 2008Posts: 339Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 22 Thanked: 42 times in 26 posts]

#281601

well quest one thing is that any visitor is counted as guest, i do not know if bots count too.

i actually has heard that the CB has that option to control online users in a more efficient way, but right now i am still only knowing CB so if i found something i will tell you

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#281608

I use JoomlaWatch. It’s a free (ajax) component and gives a wealth of info including IP, Referral page, Search terms, Country, Browser, Registered Users, Etc.

It’s also real time, so you actually see the stats pages update as links are clicked on the front end.

It has a daily updated bots list and separates real visitors from bots.

You can also ban users by IP addresses and display a custom message to banned users.

Ohh and it has a front end module too that can display number of visits today, this week, this month and lists visitor counrty ranks.

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[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#281612

Thanks Scotty. Looks interesting. It appears to give the same info as Awstats, but Awstats isn’t real time, nor is it accessible from Joomla Admin panel. I’ll take a look!

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#281614

I thought of using joomlawatch, but as it is realtime, does it compromize your sites resources and use up bandwidth

have you had any speed issues

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#281649

Does it compromize your sites resources and use up bandwidth? – Not that I have ever noticed.

Have you had any speed issues? – No.

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#281712

Hi Scotty

Downloading now, thanks.

It appears if you don’t make a donation, then you get 3rd party ads in the component panel in Admin.

Mind you, if it works, I’ll happily pay for the 14 euros ad-free licence!

Cheers
Chris

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#281746

Very impressed. A really neat extension.

My only complaint is the fact that you have to have the module published on the front end of the site otherwise it stops the stats. Shame, as I liked my front page just the way it was!

I’ll customise it down to a few country flags and leave it at that I think!

Thanks again Scotty
Chris

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#281880

Scotty

Do you have any idea which CSS file I should edit to reduce the point size of the country list?

It doesn’t really match the rest of my site:

Also, can I get to the list of countries anywhere? I’d like to make them all Upper and Lower rather than CAPS!

Thanks
Chris

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#281886

I did post this on the JoomlaWatch forum, but can’t pretend that I understand the response! If somebody could clarify for me:

—
Hi, Just use the style class joomlawatch

Eg:
<h3 class=’joomlawatch’>Countries</h3>

and then
.joomlawatch {
… some styling
}
.joomlawatch TD {
color: blue;
…
}

This way you can also make the first letter capitalized by css and pseudo-styles. But if you still want to find list of the countries,it’s in a database – table jos_joomlawatch_cc2c
—

Can I just add some lines into the template css file or something?

Thanks
Chris

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#281889

I did post this on the JoomlaWatch forum, but can’t pretend that I understand the response! If somebody could clarify for me:

—
Hi, Just use the style class joomlawatch

Eg:
<h3 class=’joomlawatch’>Countries</h3>

and then
.joomlawatch {
… some styling
}
.joomlawatch TD {
color: blue;
…
}

This way you can also make the first letter capitalized by css and pseudo-styles. But if you still want to find list of the countries,it’s in a database – table jos_joomlawatch_cc2c
—

Can I just add some lines into the template css file or something?

Thanks
Chris

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#281970

questbg;94073My only complaint is the fact that you have to have the module published on the front end of the site otherwise it stops the stats.

Publish it to your footer and make the image a 1x1px transparent image. No one will ever notice.

The backend add is not much of a hindrance really. It’s just a banner. Although I did pay the donation but it was more because I thought it was a gread mod than to have the ad removed. By the way the url you supply will be listed on the Joomlawatch site which has a pagerank of 8 so this will help your SEPR.

132 guests!!!!!!

Answer to your other question coming soon….

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#281971

can you enable the front end mod on your site please?

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