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msacras
2004-04-30, 11:12 AM
Right now I'm using a third party counter to count the stats on my sites. My host doesn't offer stats directly and it's because they lowered prices by offering less in the control panel. I know, I should've gone with a host that does but my host has really good bandwith prices. Are there any programs that will allow me to calculate my stats?

urb
2004-04-30, 11:34 AM
Do you have .htaccess / Apache module mod_rewrite with your hosting?

RawAlex
2004-04-30, 11:54 AM
If you have PHP and mysql access, you could use counters like this:

http://www.bigwebmaster.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Counters/

Too many counter programs today are using sneaky redirects, downloads, and traffic filters to take advantage of your traffic.

Alex

Surfn
2004-04-30, 12:02 PM
Hi msacras |waves| welcome to the board :)

You should really invest in something like AWStats so that you have good logs that are far more accurate than with a "free" counter.

msacras
2004-04-30, 02:09 PM
Urb- I don't have .htaccess / Apache module mod_rewrite with my hosting.

RawAlex, I do have PHP/mysql access so I'm going to take a long at that link.

Surfn, I'll check out AWstats. Thansk for the welcome, I guess I've been lurking for so long I always thought I had posted before. Obviously not.

And thanks for everyones answers.

urb
2004-04-30, 02:23 PM
msacras, you have a PM.

LowryBigwood
2004-05-01, 04:19 PM
This is what I use for my stats, and it's free and hidden to surfers. It's called Webstats.

http://www.tomsnewbiebooster.com/resources/webstats/script.html

No aff, other than a satisfied user.

4Pics
2004-05-03, 07:10 PM
i used that script along time ago.. it worked well