How do I add an unseen counter on Craigslist?

[tankman1989]

I want to know how many people are viewing my page. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

[rusty.nells]

See my post here:

http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5957

[tankman1989]

See my post here:

http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5957

Thanks! I'm stuck though because I don't have sendmail on my server. I'm using a "developer plan" on a linux server. It is not a full dedicated server. Does anyone know a way around this?

Could I install sendmail on a home Linux server running on a 10Mb DSL connection?

[JRDtechnet]

Thanks! I'm stuck though because I don't have sendmail on my server. I'm using a "developer plan" on a linux server. It is not a full dedicated server. Does anyone know a way around this?

Could I install sendmail on a home Linux server running on a 10Mb DSL connection?

Are you sure? I would contact your host perhaps their is a way to turn it on using php.ini

[LunchBox]

I got a better one. go to

www.statcounter.com

You can create free counter that can give you detailed info on visits. When you create the counter you have 2 options which are visible and non visible. I have used both and work fantastic.

[rusty.nells]

Thanks! I'm stuck though because I don't have sendmail on my server. I'm using a "developer plan" on a linux server. It is not a full dedicated server. Does anyone know a way around this?

Could I install sendmail on a home Linux server running on a 10Mb DSL connection?

Go to post #21 on that thread and try that. To keep the count private, change the following line

imagestring($pagecounter, 5, 4, 4, $viewcount, $textcolor);

to this

imagestring($pagecounter, 5, 4, 4, "HI", $textcolor);

[rusty.nells]

I got a better one. go to

www.statcounter.com (http://www.statcounter.com)

You can create free counter that can give you detailed info on visits. When you create the counter you have 2 options which are visible and non visible. I have used both and work fantastic.

I'm not familiar with this particular service but most of these services use javascript. Craigslist does not allow javascript.

I'll check it out though and if it works I will probably use it. Thanks.

[LunchBox]

I'm not familiar with this particular service but most of these services use javascript. Craigslist does not allow javascript.

I'll check it out though and if it works I will probably use it. Thanks.

There is an option that will ask if you want java scrip based or not.

I've used it on all my craigslist add and it works like a charm

[navigatorrs]

precisioncounter also works well!

[hondablaster]

I tried advertising on Craiglist. I got tired of all these web counter sites and got creative.

I started my Apache server. (windows based web server, I use port:90) Put an image (only one) of something plain or even a pure white square.jpg that was camouflaged. With the background.

Every time I get a visit I see what time and what was the IP in the Apache log. This was actually more beneficial then I thought because I got an email about a big deal. Looking at the IP the only one that matched the time frame of the email came from......... Nigeria......Scam. Shortly after looking up the IPs that visited my ad I took it down. (China and Africa) Really neat idea though and Apache works very easily. I now use it as a counter for a webpage that I host for my A+N+ Certification class at school.

The closest counter I could find that didn't need any script or code was a site that uploaded a different number every time it was visited. For example. */picture.jpg would show a 1 for the first view then a two for the second view and three and so on. So it was simply a new .jpg image based on the amount of sends the server had. If I find it I will post it to you. Or someone might know the name. It took forever to find it. So don't cross your fingers.

[LunchBox]

StatCounter.com

Can tell you the IP, the browser type, hmmm what else, time, country, OS, etc.

If you have your own webstie. = it will even list the keywords that people used to get to your site.

It tell you a ton of info and its free. The log only hols so much 500k (I've had it for 5 months and its just now getting close to the limit). I can either purchase the service for more info gathering and a bigger log or delete entries.

The log holds infor for visits from the past also for a long as you have space.

The best thing is that it does not require any coding knowledge.