Topic: Count views on pages?

[Inti31]

Simpleportal works perfect for me.
Now I implemented my first page - everything is fine.

http://epica-forum.de/index.php?page=pg_gaestebuch


Now my question.
At the top you see the headline "Gästebuch" (=guestbook)
is it now possible to add a "counter" (=read x times) next to that to show how many times this page has been visited / viewed  like a normal smf topic ?

Example: "guestbook (read x times)"

cheers inti31

[AngelinaBelle]

SimplePortal does not offer a way to do this. It would need a count field added to the database, plus a function call to update that whenever it is viewed. This would be a custom coding project.
I'm going to move this to custom coding, where I hope it will capture the attention of our friendly customizers here at SimplePortal.net

[grafitus]

./Themes/default/PortalPages.template.php

There are two instances of the code, you need to replace them both to see on two main themes -- Core and Curve:

Code: (Find) [Select]

', $context['SPortal']['page']['title'], '

Code: (Replace) [Select]

', $context['SPortal']['page']['title'], ' (', $txt['read'], ' ', $context['SPortal']['page']['views'], ' ', $txt['times'], ')

[Inti31]

grafitus ! Wow - it works! Thank you very much!


only one thing - which file do I have to modify to get the shown text in my favorite language?
It is shown in English instead of German - i use german-utf8.

thanks again

cheers inti31

[grafitus]

Sorry, I have edited the above; now, with language strings. :cool:

[Inti31]

grafitus - it works as it should - very nice - thx again!
// biggrin - 

SimplePortal does not offer a way to do this. It would need a count field added to the database, plus a function call to update that whenever it is viewed.

// biggrin - 

@AngelinaBelle, AngelinaBelle, AngelinaBelle,...   - to be honest - I expected more than just add a small string to the PortalPages.template.php when I first read your answer... -  this is all the more surprising that this could be done like grafitus has posted it - topic solved

cheers Inti31

[AngelinaBelle]

Yep.  That's because I missed the fact that it was already being counted.
I was wrong about that one -- the hard work was already done!
I'm glad it was so easy for you.