Posts from ‘wordpress’
New real time stat provider for bloggers
I can’t express how much I’ve needed news of a new and improved traffic statistics provider. Statcounter is, well, it’s Statcounter. Not much too it except that the 100 visits you get to see are some what in real time. Sitemeter is untrustworthy, and a system that I’ve never felt comfortable using.
Google Analytics is decent, but it’s a little complex for my basic needs and doesn’t operate in real time.
Until now there hasn’t been any other options. Thanks to Clicky, we now have something fresh on the table.
Clicky calls itself “web analytics 2.0″, and I for one find it a very fitting label. Compared to the other stat providers, Clicky offers far more tools and goodies.
Basic Features on Free Accounts
-Customizable dashboard
-Clean interface
-Visitor details
-Track custom data
-API (Application Program Interface)
-TagClouds
-Data export
-Track outbound links
-Track file downloads
-Stats via RSS
-Real time stats
-FeedBurner integration
-Google Maps integration
-IP Tagging
-IP Filtering
-Works with visitors who have JavaScript disabled
-Secure web site support (SSL/HTTPS)
-Full dynamic referer tracking
-Public statistics
-Affiliate system
If you’re a Wordpress widget fan, you’ll be happy to know that Clicky also provides Wordpress widgets ready to lock and load. For the code junkies like myself, it’s a simple process of dropping the code snippet into your footer file and you’re good to go.
In fact, I had real time data coming in just two minutes after installing the code.
Bloggers looking for a good stat provider will definitely want to give Clicky a try. You won’t regret it.
Yeah, I changed themes yet again.
I really liked the last one, but it was taking WAY too much time to load. It only took two e-mails from readers to realize it wasn’t just me. The theme was slow. Period.
Plus I was getting quite a few errors in the code and I know the high and mighty search engines didn’t like that. This theme is very bare bones and quite simplistic. Hopefully it loads quick and gets right to the point.
Enjoy!
My purpose for posting on the suggested Digg Widget is already bearing fruit.
Vino2Vino’s Mike jumped right on the challenge by pumping out a fairly simple Wordpress plugin that will display a user’s friend list of recent Diggs.
You can see the plugin in action here.
This is headed in the right direction, but it doesn’t yet have any style. I’m hoping to see someone help out in the style realm for those of us who know little about it.
Either way, a big thanks goes out to Mike for jumping on this and creating a plugin that gives us a great starting point.
Thanks Mike!
As you can see, I’ve gone with a new theme on the blog. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for some time now, but just haven’t gotten around to it.
This theme is a lot easier to manage and seems to be a lot friendlier on browsers and load times. Plus, the colors are simply much better on the eyes. In my opinion that is…
Also, the last theme I was using was a pain to work with and edit. Widget sidebars are becoming the “hot” way to manage content, but I think they are complete crap. I just need simple HTML to mess around with and I’m good to go. This theme does support widgets, but unlike the last theme it doesn’t force you to use them.
Overall I think this theme will be a long time look for this blog. I’m sure I’ll mess around with the header image a bit, but the over all look and feel will remain in place.
Props goes out to Ed Merritt for creating the theme and offering it for free download.
Hope ya like it!
