How NOT to install Statcounter!

[webado]

One would think I'd know better by now!

I just got me a photo gallery installed on my web site. One of those free packages from Coppermine (www.sourceforge.net). It's rather simplistically designed and doesn't have any interface for customization as such. Nevertheless, I was able to find what I thought was a good spot to insert my statcounter code, so it shows up in the footer on each page.

Of course, my gallery has over 100 photos - and they each get displayed in a separate pageview - all using the same general template, thus the same footer.

You see where I'm going, don't you? A visitor going through all of them in sequence will quickly fill my statcounter log even before getting to the end of the gallery.

Precisely what has happened.

So now I've got to either take out the counter completely from there ( :cry: ) or modify the Gallery code somehow to have separate footers on certain kinds of pages that won't have the counter on them. Easier said than done, as the template is pretty much a notion knitted into the code.

Oh, well....Just thought I'd share my experience a bit. :lol:

[graham35]

Well how about this idea

Upgrade to a paid version

Then you can have as many hits in your log that you are prepared to pay for.........
Just an idea :lol:

[webado]

Nah! That too shall be filled up in no time and I have no need for that information anyway. I don't need this kind of ego booster, my sites are purely non commercial :lol:

[dundare]

Did you ever figure out the best place to put the statcounter code?

I have used statcounter for a number of years on typepad and on my own hosted blog, but I recently set up a site to host pictures of my newborn for family who lives too far away to visit. I too chose coppermine and am unsure as to how to proceed with installing the code.

[webado]

LOL, no, I didn't bother and I even forgot about this post from so far back.

I use a different counter from the rest of the site, so it can roll all it wants.