Levelten hit counter

This article is about the standalone LevelTen hit counter. If you would like information about our complete software suite please read [[LevelTen site engine]]. The LevelTen hit counter is a top rated web counter statistics package available for free download, it features a one-of-a-kind flash rich media reporter that quickly generates hundreds of real-time graphical web traffic reports. It is powered by [[PHP]] MYSQL scripts that install in minutes on virtually any webserver. The LevelTen hit counter provides all the standard statistics of other free web counters; visitor and page traffic, referrer and search engine analysis browser os and hardware settings. Yet it is LevelTen's advanced analytics not found in other free hit counters that give you a true advantage, by intelligently mapping key results-focused web statistics the LevelTen hit counter's focus is different then other hit counters. It not only tracks your site's traffic, but also enables you to accurately evaluate the success of your site, site's design and marketing. LevelTen hit counter with CMS installation instructions, building the database, and setting up the files , unzipping the archive, download the [[PHP]] version file archive from LevelTen design, use WinZip available at to unzip the archive files into a directory on your computer. The zip archive contains the following files l10_lib PHP l10_lib_db PHP l10hc_admin.php l10hc_counter PHP l10hc_img_b gif l10hc_img_l gif l10hc_img_t gif l10hc_languages txt l10hc_lib PHP l10hc_lib2 PHP l10hc_lib_eod PHP l10hc_os txt l10hc_reporter HTMl l10hc_reporter swf l10hc_sd txt l10hc_se txt l10hc_se_popular txt l10hc_setup_db PHP l10hc_swf swf l10hc_tlds txt 2 File upload; create a new directory on your web server called l10apps use your FTP program to upload all the files from the zip archive to this new directory. Important, load all files that end with swf or gif in binary mode all, other files can be loaded in ASCII mode. 3 setting file permissions [[UNIX]] servers, only if you have a UNIX server, you will need to set the file permissions for the new l10apps directory so that the PHP scripts can read and write to files in that directory. If you have a windows server, you can skip to step 4, you will need a FTP program capable of changing file permissions or a TELNET program to complete this step. More on file permissions set the directory permissions to 0777; to do this in an FTP program select the l10apps directory then locate the set permissions or chomd option. In most FTP apps this can be found by right clicking a file on your server, in most FTP programs a dialogue box will pop up allowing you to enter 777 or 0777 or will have checkboxes. If you FTP has checkboxes; set the owner group and other permissions to read, write, execute. If you do not have access to a chmod capable FTP program, you can use TELNET. Use your TELNET program to navigate to the directory containing the l10apps directory and issue the command chmod 777 l10apps. You can set the directory permissions by backing up one level to the directory that holds the LevelTen hit counter scripts and typing the command chmod 777 l10apps, note that some servers do not allow directory permissions of 777. If yours has this limit try using 751, if that does not work contact your hosting company or server admin for a suitable alternative 4 testing PHP scripts. Open a browser and point it to the l10hc_admin.php it will be a URL web address such as replace yourdomain.com. With your actual web address if you get a script install then your script is installed properly and your directory permissions are set correctly. Continue to step 5 if you do not get the install form, go to l10hc_admin.php installation errors to troubleshoot. 5 creating the database, you will need to create the database where the LevelTen hit counter will store its data. You can create a database using whatever name you like, we recommend l10hc. Different hosting companies’ server admins will give you a preferred method for creating databases, if you are not sure how to create a database contact your hosting company or server admin. 6 completing script configuration, you need to verify 8 pieces of information on the initialization form. 1 the database host most servers will use a local installation of MYSQL. For MYSQL running on the same machine as the web pages use the default of localhost, if you need to connect to a database on another server you will need to get the database host information from your hosting company server admin. 2 enter the username for connecting to the database engine. 3 enter the password for connecting to the database engine. 4 enter the name of the database you created in step 4 e. g., l10hc 5 the l10hc_admin.php field should already be filled out just verify that it is the correct address to the l10hc_admin.php script. 6 this field needs the full URL address of the l10hc_reporter.html. 7 the hit counter filters any hits not coming from your domain, this will keep your counter free from miscellaneous external page hits. Most sites have one domain, which should already be filled in the field. If you have other domains that point to your domain, enter them in as a comma separated list (e.g., mydomain.com, mydomain.org, myotherdomain.com). 8 put the page name that your server uses for a default or index page here the most commonly used names are index HTMl, index HTM, default HTM, and home HTM. This is so the hit counter can associate wwwmydomain.com as the same as www.mydomain.com index HTMl. You can verify what your server uses as an index page by typing your domain e.g., www.mydomain.com and then trying some possible page names such as www.mydomain.com index HTMl. As checking if the to URLs show the same web page, after all fields are correct click the initialize button you should get back a success message. 7 verifying the counter script: now test the counter script by running l10hc_counter.php. The easiest way to do this is to use the l10hc_admin.php address and type over admin with counter so that you are calling the l10hc_counter.php script. If you get back a small blue target graphic, then the counter script is working continue to step 8 if not then review counter not working troubleshooting. 8 logging into flash reporter: use a browser to navigate to the l10hc_reporter.html page when the password dialogue box pops up enter the default password, of password, all lower case. After a few moments you will be forwarded to the summary report, select the options tab at the top of the flash admin. The first thing you will want to do is change your password from the default; just type the password you want into the password box, under security. Type it again in the confirm box and press save your scripts and flash admin are now correctly configured. You will also want to adjust your hit counter for your local time, if it is not the same as your server server's time use the local time adjust section to make this change. Adding tracking tags to CMS web sites the last thing you need to do is add the tag to the main JS includes since the HTMl data can not be served through the [[XSTL]] download. The main JS files, from www.yourdomain.com, includes main JS and add the following piece of code to the bottom; be sure that you change the www.yourdomain.com to the actual site URL. Moved HC tracking code here because it can't exist in an XSLT template function l10analytics var l10success 0; l10sections ; l10points ; l10cref ; l10creftype ; l10cpage ; var l10qstr l10pc l10ref l10a l10pg; l10pg document URL tostring ; l10ref document referrer; if top document location document referrer document referrer && top document location l10ref top document referrer; l10qstr pg escape l10pg &ref escape l10ref &os escape navigator useragent &nn escape navigator appname &nv escape navigator appversion &nl escape navigator language &sl escape navigator systemlanguage &sa l10success &sec l10sections &pts l10points &cr escape l10cref &crt escape l10creftype &cpg escape l10cpage ; if navigator appversion substring 0 1 3 l10d new date ; l10qstr l10qstr &cd screen colordepth &sx screen width &sy screen height &tz l10d gettimezoneoffset ; -- the l10 hit counter logo and links must not be removed or altered -- if location href substr 0 6 https location href substr 0 6 https l10pc https ; else l10pc http ; var trackingcode ' a '; return trackingcode be sure that you change the www.yourdomain.com to the actual site URL. Next you'll need to add the following piece of code to the XML template so that the pages actually serve the code. It is probably best to place this piece of code directly above the footer document write l10analytics; be sure that you change the www.yourdomain.com to the actual site URL. Finally you'll need to add the following piece of code to the sites main style sheet, as it will position the code off the page and out of sight for the end user, #hit-counter position absolute; margin-left -9999px; terms. Setting file permissions - changing of file permissions is commonly called chmoding a file. This is because the UNIX command for setting file permissions is chmod. If you FTP program supports chmod you can typically tell by right clicking on a file on the web server and the chmod option will be in the pop-up menu. You can also perform a chmod with a TELNET program the syntax for TELNET is chmod permissions file (e.g., chmod 755 l10hc_admin.php this sets the l10hc_admin.php). To read, write, and execute key features & benefits convert more visitors to customers. Determine the effectiveness of entry pages, map successful visitor sessions from referrer to site, exit identify confusing site navigation, and content track effectiveness of site refinements. Over time generate targeted cost-effective marketing identify, effective search engine keywords including pay-per-clicks track online campaigns; [[[SEO]] PPC, e-mail, banner ad, track traditional campaigns; direct mail, mass media telemarketing, analyze ROI across campaigns, and marketing channels. General features: full version is free for personal and commercial sites, and all hit counter upgrades are free interactive flash thin client generates 100's of real-time graphical reports. View reports from any flash enabled browser superior report access, and efficiency via drill-down menus report caching tabs, streamlined data transfer, and indexed file parsing export statistics to spreadsheet or external database. Browser block option prevents tracking of specified browsers and IPS. 5 - 10 minute easy setup with single form script initialization; no Perl experience necessary. For most installations no special server requirements, works on any Perl enabled web server, tracks flash sites and custom events (such as file downloads, highly accurate dual mode tracking cookies, and IP optional scrolling). Multi-message hit: count display comprehensive reports, traffic summary, visitors and hits by day, week, month and year, daily and weekly traffic projections page, comparison and detail reports entry pages page hits & reloads exits, and active sessions total, and average time on page, conversions bounces & successes nonsuccesses, incoming and outgoing links, breakdown by new visitor, 24 hour unique and intraday sessions. Filter by referrer breakdown by day, week, month, and year. Path navigation reports path counts average time on page by path. Conversions bounces & successes nonsuccesses includes begins & ends with page filters, breakdown by new visitor, 24 hour unique and intraday sessions filter by referrer breakdown by day week, month, and year. Referrer reports: domains and full URLs of referrers, major search engine and [[keyword]] analysis, advanced PPC and custom referrer tracking conversions, bounces & successes nonsuccesses, filter by page or path breakdown by day, week, month, and year. Historical reports 30 day 26 week 12 month and 10 year, breakdowns site visits & page entries page hits & reloads exits and active sessions total and average time on page conversions bounces & successes nonsuccesses breakdown by new visitor 24 hour unique and intraday sessions filter by referrer page and path time period reports hits and visitors by hour of day by day of week by day of month. Browser reports operating systems browsers and versions system languages monitor: resolutions and color depths, optional scrolling, display box up to 10 customizable messages, display visitors and hits for entire site, or per page flash based interface for message, editing, change font size, color and style of each message, add time and date in a multitude of formats, download page