UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V5 Mod Questions Release - Inline Counter Hack 1.0

This great hack allows you to insert a counter anywhere you'd like to without the need for Server Side Includes. It's incredibly easy to use and install, causes very minimal overhead and even manages to look pretty, too!

I've got this hack logging visits on every page and in every post, and I can now keep track of everything on my site and figure out what the lurkers are looking at and which subjects get noticed. For a guy like me (neurotic) that's useful information.

I didn't write this hack. This hack was written by cal (my new hero) after I had spent about 5 days solid with CGI and the UBB in particular figuring out how to install it and add the hacks I wanted. The original post is here if you're interested:

http://ubbcodehacking.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000582.html

You can download this hack directly from cal's site:

http://www.one37.com/hacks/InlineCount.zip

I'll be posting very specific directions on where exactly to add the counter calls to make everything look pretty later today.

If you like the hack, e-mail cal and tell him that!

- Shocky

My Test Board http://www.donmar.ca/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi

Unfortunately cal missed the fact that the script has errors in it due to the common "| |" problems (the forum adds a space between these when there should be none).

Give me an hour or so to play with it and I'll have the final version ready for everyone.

Sorry about that!

I downloaded the file before your second post. It didn't work, as you can guess.

I've got another question, didn't you miss: require "UltBB.setup"; because later in the file it says: $data_dir = "$CGIPath/counters";
How should it know where the folder is? May be I'm wrong since i don't know much about the UBB code yet.

Quite right, both of you. Hack updated.

Just a thought

Thank you, Cal!
I think I might wait until you or shockwave gives me those hints about where to place the counter calls so everything looks all pretty and tidy...

Thanks again,

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Shockwave is working on this I believe. Do you have ICQ Allen?

Just a thought

OK... good.

I just installed icq... I had resisted until now.. my icq # is 72322157

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Ok, so I'm trying to figure out a way to display the stats, but beeing that I'm not considering myself as a cgi programmer I'm having some trouble with this...

This is the routine in Ultimate.cgi that I want the stats in:



The above works, but I want to change the font and distance it from other text on the page. How do I do that?

(The stats is displayed right above "contact us | my UBB")

Thank you.

tanga, this is not the hack there talking about. We are not talking about Stats. lol.

MasterMind, you actually made me look a second and a third time to make sure I posted this right, but sorry, I'm STILL talking about the "Inline count hack" (that display count STATISTICS!)

and Shockwave, I read your comments:

I must have misunderstood the procedure. I placed the &InsertCount; in my memberline in Ultimate.cgi, like so: http://www.stand318.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
It prints &InsertCount;
I am guessing this must go inside a printHTML or BottomHTML sub/area... can you take a look and tell me what is up? I hope it can be adapted for some simple numbers in that memberline statement.

Thanks,

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

&InsertCount; calls a subroutine so it can't be put inside a print block. I might fix this in the near future.

Just a thought

Thank you cal, for changing it. I installed it as written in the instructions, but my counter is "stuck" at 1 - which, I guess, is probably the start number for the hack.
I uploaded the callcount.cgi script in ascii, created the "counters" directory and gave it rwxd permissions, still no go.

You may see it in "inaction" @: http://www.stand318.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi

hmmmm... I am wondering if this original hack (accessed x times (x today, x this week) can just be added to your inline stats hack. If the fonts can be squeezed down to match the fonts from the inline stats hack, that would look pretty cool, and not take up as much space as the one from here does (the table box would/could be smaller.

Anyways.... thankyou again, great as always,


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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

I don't think it is stuck - it just wont allow the same IP twice in a row (to stop rigging).

I like the idea of combining the two - thanks.

Just a thought

I forgot you mentioned that it wouldn't allow the ip to count more than once in a row...
heheh.. it is working well.
Thank you again...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Hello,

Is it possible with this hack to show page views for a thread on forumdisplay.cgi?

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James L. Murray
VirtueTech, Inc.
EMAIL: info@virtuetech.com
WWW: http://www.virtuetech.com

It would appear so. You can see it in action on Mutt's site: http://sternfannetwork.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000020.shtml

The deal is, I am not sure it is Cal's hack, and Mutt also had to get his ubb to make .shtml files instead of .html.


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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

ShockWave,
As you mentioned earlier:
Any chance of getting my hands on these directions?
The hack is awesome and it deserves to be shown on my page.

cheers

AllenAyres

I had the same problem when I post the counter beside the topic subject and It prints &InsertCount; .. i read the threads but i didn't see how you fixed that .. will you please help on how to fix this problem ..

thanks in advance

Have a nice day

Please visit www.ubbhackers.com for this hack's intructions. I'm no longer frequenting this board.

Thanks!

Shockwave's zip file is no longer working.

Does someone have a link to this hack?