Replacing existing counter in .tpl file plus start value.

[Danwest]

Hello,

pq Visitor Counter and Tracker looks like an excellent script, thank you making it available.

My website consists of php pages that include tpl pages (no htm pages) and I already am using a counter that I am looking at replacing with pqVisitor.

My current counter is in a file called wrapper.tpl

Code:

include('/mycompletepath/counter/counter.php');

that forms each page so from what I could tell that is where I would need to put

Code:

<?php include("/mycompletepath/pqcounter/counter.php"); ?>

even though it might not be at the top of the file?

My counter since it started is at over 60,000 total visitors, is there a start value that can be set during the install or would I have to manually edit the start value in the database after it is installed?

Another quick question, regarding the configuration of counter.php. For the line

Code:

$duration = 4*7*24*60*60; // seconds before IP Address is counted as a new visitor again

I don't want them to be counted as a new visitor until either the next day or a 24 hour period, do I just remove everything other than 24 so it looks like this?

Code:

$duration = 24; // seconds before IP Address is counted as a new visitor again

Thank You
Dan

[pftq]

Hi, you'd have to just manually edit the value in your MySQL database (not really hard, just open the table up in PHPAdmin or similar and edit the value).

The include doesn't have to be at the top of the file.

For the 24-hr period, notice the setting is in seconds.  So you'd have to do 24*60*60 (#hrs * min * sec).