Visitor counter

[desrat_sari]

how to make visitor counter in ojs?

[ctgraham]

If you just want article views and downloads visible to your users, take a look at this thread:

Abstract views, PDF views and Download Stats Made Public

Hi @beghelli, Thank you for the code, I’ve managed to display Abstract and PDF view count. Just some quick questions: How does the view count work? The views don’t seem to increase immediately every time I view both Abstract and PDF. Does the view count only update daily? Does the view count only counts unique IP? Is there a way to configure the views to update immediately? Does PDF view count include download count as well? I believe this answer will help us to better understand how t…

If you want a generic public hit counter, try Googling for “hit counter” and add in one of the many options via the Custom Block Plugin.

[leonardo.mancini]

@ctgraham

add in one of the many options via the Custom Block Plugin.

Dear @ctgraham,

this would be also a good way to insert a Cookie consent bar in OJS, am I right?
Best regards
Leonardo

[ctgraham]

I would probably go for the Custom Headers plugin instead. This allows you to add arbitrary javascript to each page.

[leonardo.mancini]

Thank you very much for the advise.