Blog Documentation Try Vanilla Cloud
Vanilla 1 is no longer supported or maintained. If you need a copy, you can get it here.
HackerOne users: Testing against this community violates our program's Terms of Service and will result in your bounty being denied.
Options

Good free stats package?

2

Comments

  • Options
    JazzmanJazzman
    Mint has got those stats Kosmo :)
  • Options
    KosmoKosmo
    I know and that is what I'm using as the new stats manager for the new site.
  • Options
    timberfordtimberford
    google stats tells you about flash but not javascript unfortunately.
  • Options
    gigingergiginger New
    Well I'm still waiting for google to show me info on my site. It's been over 12 hours....

    I don't get a lot of hits but I was expecting to see the 10 or so that I do get!
  • Options
    timberfordtimberford
    yeah it took a while for it to kick in for me but it has done now. it's well worth the wait.
  • Options
    lhundertwasserlhundertwasser
    @timberford: Google Stats use javascript for tracking statistics, guess what percentage you'll get for javascript :)
  • Options
    timberfordtimberford
    yeah it's a shame it doesn't work with log files.
  • Options
    chimairachimaira
    I swear Google are launching way to many apps...... they do everything, and you can't be the best at everything.
  • Options
    bexpressbexpress
    I thought timberford wanted something free. Isn't Mint $30 per site? Have we decided which is the best free one? I use BBClone, by the way.
  • Options
    adrian.adrian. ✭
    Mint is Amazing, $30 is nothing when you find out the weird search terms people find your site through.
  • Options
    gigingergiginger New
    Such as arabian mona lisa?

    I don't know how that ended up as a search term for my site but it worked. I can't replicate the search so possible erroneous or they looked past the first page.
  • Options
    MarcoMarco
    I have a just started with Vanilla yesterday and I think it's great! Currently I'm using Slimstat for my weblog. Is there any possibility to use Slimstat with Vanilla. Does anybody know how I can configure Vanilla, to use the stats.php file from Slimstat? The installation guide of Slimstats says: 3. Include the inc.stats.php file in your PHP wherever you would like stats to be counted. Use code similar to: @include_once( $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/slimstat/inc.stats.php" ); Many thanks in advance, Marco
  • Options
    MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    Assuming you're on 0.9.2.x i *think* if you stick that somewhere in your appg/init_internal.php file it should do the trick. I'd suggest you remove the @ from the front of the include_once when you do so just to make sure it's not giving any errors (you can stick it back on once you're satisfied, up to you) You'll need to make sure that path remains correct too.
  • Options
    MarcoMarco
    Hi minisweeper, thanks that did it. Cheers, Marco
  • Options
    sprockettsprockett New
    i was thinking of getting MINT, but read, NOT FOR WINDOWS SERVERS. crap... anyone noe of any solution as good as mint, but for windows too? im doing a WAMP right now... i dont mind paying like 30 bucks for it (mint)
  • Options
    sprockettsprockett New
    ok someone slap me. windows servers meant like MS servers.. AMP on windows is fine... Sucky thing is that i havent even got my domain name to test with yet. and not going to purchase a licence for localhost...
  • Options
    lechlech Chicagoland ✭
    license for localhost? wtf? you don't need to do anything of the sort. Simply locate your hosts file and assign yourself whatever name/domain you like and set up apache to recognize it. given you'll have to do this to all machines on your local network as well. A good way to practice is using a http://dyndns.org or similar service address. I've been using them for a couple years and it's really useful while being free. its great stuff.
  • Options
    jacmgrjacmgr
    I've been using phpmv2 http://www.phpmyvisites.net/ for about a month and also mint for about 3 weeks. I like them both. But phpmv2 is free open source. I like the data it gives better than mint, but mint sure is better looking. I like them both. Mint has a lot of potential for building extensions, but I can't do that! A lot of the stuff that would need a mint extension is already in phpmv2. I like them both, but I am not going to put mint on anymore sites, due to its cost and my low number of visits! phpmv2 does fine for me.
  • Options
    BergamotBergamot
    Realistically, compared to the cost of hosting a website large enough to require stats, mint is practically free.
  • Options
    lechlech Chicagoland ✭
    Yeah, but the keyword there is "practically", understandably inman has put a great deal of work into it, but to my knowledge, it only tracks pages you include it in to get the real specific data, I just don't see that as being extremely helpful unless your site is entirely template based.
This discussion has been closed.