Viewing number of visits

[eXan]

Is there any way to be able to view number of visits to my site if I dont put visible counters to my pages? I mean any way to see it in the code or something?

I just dont want to put the counter to my site because it will spoil the design, but I still want to be able to monitor the number of visits.

Any ideas?

 

[radiantm3]

There are lots of apps that track hits, but I prefer Shortstat and Mint, both by Shaun Inman. Shortstat is free, but isn't as powerful and not being updated anymore: http://www.keeganjones.com/widgets/shortstat/

I use mint on my sites: http://www.haveamint.com/ It's not free, but it's powerful, and looks really great.

Those 2 are script-based that log hits and other info to a mysql db. If you just want to read server logs, you can use something like Awstats: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/

 

[pulsewidth947]

Recently, I've been using StatCounter to do what you've asked for. This has the advantage of giving you a wealth of information about your visitors - e.g. where they are from, where they have come from, how long they stayed for, how often they return, what browser/platform they use, etc.

But if you are ok at coding you can knock yourself one up in a couple of minutes using PHP.

 

[mnkeybsness]

There are lots of apps that track hits, but I prefer Shortstat and Mint, both by Shaun Inman. Shortstat is free, but isn't as powerful and not being updated anymore: http://www.keeganjones.com/widgets/shortstat/

I use mint on my sites: http://www.haveamint.com/ It's not free, but it's powerful, and looks really great.

SlimStat was derived from Shortstat. You can also sign up for Google Analytics, though it may take at least a few weeks before you actually get to use it.

 

[radiantm3]

SlimStat was derived from Shortstat. You can also sign up for Google Analytics, though it may take at least a few weeks before you actually get to use it.

Nice. I wasn't aware of SlimStat.