New bbPress Simple View Counts

So you want a “unique visitor count” rather than just a “hit count”?

It’s something I can look at, it’s not straight forward though as you have to identify a user, record that they have visited already, and then test upon each page load whether the user has seen the page before. On a site with large numbers of visitors / posts this could result in a performance hit. The table that records this could run into millions of rows…

AFAIK forums typically display a hit count for this reason.

Actually, unique logged in users would be easier. Would that suffice? Actually, you do say members so that means registered users? That can be done.

I think I’d do that as a first step. And maybe IP.

Hi Jezza,
Thank you for your response, i appreciate it so much, for 1 month ived been searching for this.
yes, registered users. if logged in user is easier, please do, as long as it will not increase the view count every time the topic was viewed by the same user. please let me know jezza. thank you

Bruce,

That would work well in a members only forum, if only registered users could see the post then if you have 10 members you would never see more than 10 views. Upon each visit you could just record the member id against the post.

I think if you are looking to record unique visitors you are better off with a professional solution, for example WordPress stats or Google Analytics will track unique views more reliably.

Even vbulletin doesn’t show unique views, and actually, for performance reasons, they don’t even update the counter instantly.

hi jezza ??

thank you for your response, i’m not looking for recording unique visitors, all i need is the view count that will not increase every time the login member user of the group view the topic. if i have 10 members the count will only be 10 views. ??

but if you have a way that is simple for you ,then, i’ll welcome it. ??

i make my site as a private website . so no non-loggin-user can view the page. they must login first before viewing the site. ?? thats what why only members can be counted also.

so no need for unique users right?

Yep. Done it.

So the plugin now has an options page and you can select to show views or how many members have read the post.

It doesn’t show who has read it, just the count. Displaying who has read it seemed like a breach of privacy although obviously the plugin will track this if the option is selected.

I just need to test and upload it!

Thinking about adding a widget next. Most viewed post type of thing.

wow superb jezza101 :),
Thank you so much, please let me know if you already upload it. i’ll be waiting for it. ??
Have a nice day…

Yes, it was uploaded – hopefully you got the update! Please let me know if it updated OK and the new version is working as hoped?

Use the config page to switch on member tracking (off by default) and then on the top of posts you should see the member count in the little info panel.

Cheers.

Cheers jezza101, ??
it works fine on me. you and your plugin is a life saver. ??
the best.. praying all the best for you jezza101,
have a great day…

Bruce,