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Track Page view count and last visited timestamp

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Installation

unzip master.zip as folder site/plugins/kirby3-pageviewcounter or
git submodule add https://github.com/bnomei/kirby3-pageviewcounter.git site/plugins/kirby3-pageviewcounter or
composer require bnomei/kirby3-pageviewcounter

Usage

Echo the tracking a 1px x 1px-image or adding css anywhere in your template. Both techniques will increment the counter but technically they track in a different way.

A) via image, tracking scroll below first fold

<?php echo $page->counterImage(); ?>

B) via css, tracking mouse hover on body

<?php echo $page->counterCss(); ?>

How it works

The tracking image will be moved below the fold and trigger the counter with native lazy loading on first user scroll. Why? To avoid most of the bots. It will also work for cached pages using the pages cache (even when cached static).

SQLite database (default)

To view the tracked count and timestamp this plugin provides two optional fields.

in your page blueprint

fields:
  counter:
    label: Page view count
    type: viewcount
  lastvisited:
    label: Page last visited
    type: lastvisited
    # format: 'DD-MM-YYYY'

Kirby has day.js built in which you can use to format your date output.

You do not have to add anything to you config files. But you could make some changes to the defaults, like the path to the sqlite file if you wanted to.

site/config/config.php

<?php
return [
    /* default 
    'bnomei.pageviewcounter.counter' => function () {
        return new \Bnomei\PageViewCounterSQLite();
    },
    'bnomei.pageviewcounter.sqlite.file' => function () {
        $dir = realpath(kirby()->roots()->accounts() . '/../');
        Dir::make($dir);
        return $dir . '/pageviewcounter.sqlite';
    },
    */
    // other options ...
];

Page Fields (alternative)

If you do not want to store your tracked counts in a sqlite file then add kirby text or hidden fields to your blueprint. I usually have blueprints for them and extend them in my target pages blueprints. like this...

site/blueprints/fields/viewcount.yml

type: number
min: 0
default: 0
disabled: true
label: Visit Count

site/blueprints/fields/lastvisited.yml

type: hidden

in your page blueprint

fields:
  viewcount:
    extends: fields/viewcount
  lastvisited:
    extends: fields/lastvisited

site/config/config.php

<?php
return [ 
    'bnomei.pageviewcounter.field.count' => 'viewcount',
    'bnomei.pageviewcounter.field.timestamp' => 'lastvisited',
    'bnomei.pageviewcounter.counter' => function () {
            return new \Bnomei\PageViewCounterField();
    },
    // other options ...
];

NOTE: Be warned that Page Fields might not work well for concurrent requests.

Settings

bnomei.pageviewcounter.	Default	Description
field.counter	`fn()`	callback. returns instance of sqlite or field counter class
field.ignore-panel-users	`true`	boolean. if `true` will not increment count if session is by a panel user.
field.sqlite.file	`fn()`	callback. returns filepath to sqlite file
field.field.count	`viewcount`	string. name of field in page blueprint
field.field.timestamp	`lastvisited`	string. name of field in page blueprint
botDetection.CrawlerDetect	`true`	check for crawlers (~10ms)
botDetection.DeviceDetector	`true`	check for bots (~40ms)

Disclaimer

This plugin is provided "as is" with no guarantee. Use it at your own risk and always test it yourself before using it in a production environment. If you find any issues, please create a new issue.

License

MIT

It is discouraged to use this plugin in any project that promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, animal abuse, violence or any other form of hate speech.

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