Interpreting the Views counter


Interpreting the Views counter
#1
In forum pages like this, what does the Views count represent? Unique users or a cumulative count including repeat views by the same user? Is the count for a higher-level message incremented if you open the whole thread from the last message?

I'd prefer the former to get a feel for how many members are interested in a particular topic, even if they don't respond.
Chris (LDraw Parts Library Admin)
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#2
I would love to have a similar feature on the PT:

each time someone downloads a file from
http://www.ldraw.org/library/unofficial/...
, e.g.

http://www.ldraw.org/library/unofficial/...24co24.dat

, some count could go up.

This would be an indicator how badly an unofficial part is needed and probably should go official.
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#3
I'm not sure how that might be implemented, because the download link is just a URL to the .dat file on the server. There is no scripting in between.
Chris (LDraw Parts Library Admin)
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#4
each such access will produce a log line in the server's access_log file (assuming you run Apache)
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/log...#accesslog
this could be extracted nightly and put into some "popularity" table.

putting a counting script in between is not recommended,
as this would slow down downloads significantly, and produce load on the server.
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#5
Thanks - I'll see whether I have access to the logs.
Chris (LDraw Parts Library Admin)
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#6
Judging by my experience with topics in the hidden webmaster's forum (where I know who is around that can open the page_ it counts each time the page is loaded, regardless of who is loading it. Try a topic marked 'do not peek' in that forum and I'm sure Orion, Willy and I will be able to resist temptation for the purpose of testing.

Tim
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