i would like to make a counter that tracks how many people look at a particular page on my site and with the total, it gives a list of which one was viewed the most. i want to be able to have it visible on my site so that people can see it.

could someone help me how to make this? i have no idea what type of coding should do this. THANKS!

i have no idea what type of coding should do this

whatever server side code your hosting supports.

i use host monster but i have no idea how to do this but i really want this for my site. could someone help me?

Find out what your hosting package supports in code and databases and it's a very simple task from there on.

Or add stats from a 3rd party website such as www.statcounter.com

thanks everyone for commenting, but i have no idea what i should be looking for or what. like i said, i'm a serious newbie to coding other than html and css. HELP!!!!

could someone please help me with this? i've checked out w3schools and i still dont know where i should be doing all of this stuff in or how i do any of this. i have hostmonster which has all of the stuff needed to make what i'm requesting but i have NO idea how to make it. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

And are we in any danger of finding out exactly what

all of the stuff needed to make what i'm requesting

is??

I mean, I could have one up and running in about 15 mins using ASP and Access. Which would be absolutely no use whatsoever if your hosting only supports ColdFusion and DB2.

ok, let me break it down.

i have no knowledge what so ever about anything php or mysql. i tried to follow along with w3schools but i still can't seem to understand how to do it.

what i'm trying to make is a counter that will tracker how many people clicked on a web page and it'll make a "most viewed" list that can be put on my home page.

if someone could show me step by step what i need to do that'll be great.

i have no idea what ASP or access is, i am a complete newbie on anything that is php and mysql or anything that is a part of web coding other than html/css.

This is a great excuse for you to learn PHP and MySQL, then - assuming those are what your hosting provider supports. If that's what it is, you'll also want to learn a bit of HTACCESS, because you have URLs like http://www.limmjohnsondesigns.com/be%20a%20rose.html. Ending in html means any PHP code you add won't execute, by default.

You'll need to add some basic tracking code to each page, telling it to add a row to a database table, building a log. Then you'll need to create a report that tells your people what's in that log.

Get a free counter. Follow the instructions.

Whoo, A signature! It's a start at least, your site is at BlueHost, running on a Apache server, however it doesn't appear to be PHP enabled.

So for your first step to make what you want work, you will need to be on a PHP & MySQL enabled hosting account.

Normally your hosting company should provide you with thoose tools.

You may want to contact them to give you an idea about the Awstat tool.

Good Luck to you,

John

just insert a counter and get reports for regular traffic.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Whoo, A signature! It's a start at least, your site is at BlueHost, running on a Apache server, however it doesn't appear to be PHP enabled.

So for your first step to make what you want work, you will need to be on a PHP & MySQL enabled hosting account.

i checked out his/her contact form and that's a php script, so maybe she/he is php enabled?

and i was all geared up to start promoting cgi, but who the hell's gonna try cgi as a newbie when they (perhaps, it seems) have php enabled?