statistics

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:18 am

Hi chaps;

another couple of quick ones... (you sick of me yet? Cool

)

In statistics, for Firefox is just shows

"Firefox % ()"

I remember something from a LONG time ago that needed to be "tweaked" to get it to work- I changed line 95 in /modules/Statistics/index.php "FireFox" to "Firefox" - will this affect anywhere else on the site, and is this something down to my individual installation?

Also- is it possible to determine/ add Android, iOS and Blackberry (?) to the stats? (I'm guessing windows mobile will show with Windows?)

Thanks.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:29 am

Yes , you can modify two files to add what you want.

In includes/counter.php

Code:

   // Yes, gather statistics


   /* Get the Browser data */


   //if ((stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Nav')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Gold')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'X11')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Mozilla')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Netscape')) AND (!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE')) AND (!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Konqueror')) AND (!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Yahoo')) AND (!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox'))) $browser = 'Netscape';


   if ((stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Navigator')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Netscape'))) $browser = 'Netscape';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox')) $browser = 'FireFox';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE')) $browser = 'MSIE';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Lynx')) $browser = 'Lynx';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Opera')) $browser = 'Opera';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'WebTV')) $browser = 'WebTV';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Konqueror')) $browser = 'Konqueror';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Chrome')) $browser = 'Chrome';


   elseif ((stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Safari')) && (!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Chrome'))) $browser = 'Safari';


   elseif ((stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'bot')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Google')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Slurp')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Scooter')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Spider')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Infoseek'))) $browser = 'Bot';


   else $browser = 'Other';


   /* Get the Operating System data */


   if (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Win')) $os = 'Windows';


   elseif ((stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Mac')) || (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'PPC'))) $os = 'Mac';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Linux')) $os = 'Linux';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'FreeBSD')) $os = 'FreeBSD';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'SunOS')) $os = 'SunOS';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'IRIX')) $os = 'IRIX';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'BeOS')) $os = 'BeOS';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'OS/2')) $os = 'OS/2';


   elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'AIX')) $os = 'AIX';


   else $os = 'Other';

you can add these to detect specific versions

Code:




//for browser again





elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Trident/4.0')) $browser = 'Internet Explorer 8';


elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Trident/5.0')) $browser = 'Internet Explorer 9';


//for os'es


elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Win64; IA64')) $os = 'Windows 64 bit';


elseif (stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Win64; x64')) $os = 'Windows 64 bit';

and for all mobile devices indifferent of what they are ,put before the

Code:

 else $os ='Other';

this code

Code:

$useragent=$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];


if(preg_match('/android.+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i',$useragent)||preg_match('/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i',substr($useragent,0,4))) $os = 'Mobile OS';

of course ,
you'll have to add sql rows in the _counter db before doing that

Code:




INSERT INTO $prefix.`_counter` VALUES ('browser', 'Internet Explorer 8', '0');


INSERT INTO $prefix.`_counter` VALUES ('browser', 'Internet Explorer 9', '0');


INSERT INTO $prefix.`_counter` VALUES ('os', 'Windows 64 bit', '0');


INSERT INTO $prefix.`_counter` VALUES ('os', 'Mobile OS', '0');

and add these modification to modules/statistics/index.php

I'm sure i could give more details about what to add/remove , but that would take me to rewrite the module and i don't want to do that

keep us posted if you try this out

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:23 am

Thanks.

Bizarrely after I posted, I added a few additional bits to /statistics/index and got it to show Android %() and knew I probably needed to add it elsewhere- I even went into cpanel looking in phpmyadmin for the agents to try to add it...

looking at your latter part of code, it looks like it just "clumps" all mobile OS together; is it possible to split out as mentioned (so ~I can possibly work out which mobile flavour of handset- iOS, BB or Android) visits the site most?

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:42 am

If you have Cpanel you might want to check out awstats and see if that does what you want.

The statistics module is pretty primitive. I'm pretty sure I've seen undefined variable warning messages in it when testing locally. If I had my druthers I would eliminate it from RN entirely: there just isn't (IMHO) enough time to chase down and fix everything that's broken with our inherited code base. I comment out the calls to counter.php in my own systems: less overhead devoted to useless things.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:48 pm

Understood; that said, it can be useful for visitors/ advertisers. That said, the stats are usually way different to awstats or similar... so if stats are wrong, and website stats are right (I figured a difference due to *nuke* "nuances")- the site is getting no way near as much traffic as I thought?

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:10 pm

Quote:

.. so if stats are wrong, and website stats are right (I figured a difference due to *nuke* "nuances")- the site is getting no way near as much traffic as I thought?

Others know more about this topic than I do. I will just say that bots and search engines and the like really hammer my site(s) and probably inflate the statistics grossly. I don't know the methods behind awstats but I'd be more inclined to trust those than I would our statistics module. Our module gets run for every page load for every one (including search engines and bots) visiting the site.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:22 pm

understood;- but in the stats module/ page it shows me the % of bots (Spiders?)....
MSIE: Internet Explorer 40.43 % (17703084)
FireFox: FireFox 9.418 % (4123098)
Netscape: Netscape 9.385 % (4108798)
Chrome: Chrome 1.830 % (801487)
Safari: Safari 1.544 % (676042)
Opera: Opera 0.693 % (303645)
Konqueror: (KDE)Konqueror 0.015 % (6975)
Lynx: Lynx 0.000 % (122)
Search Engines: Spiders 34.46 % (15087687)
Unknown: Other / Unknown 1.919 % (840500)

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:54 pm

Well the 'bots' statistics are likely to be a little skewed. Most of the analysis is based on using some form of regex or useragent identification. This 'sifting' might have been perfectly adequate when the module was first written but as technology moves forward, sometimes there simply isn't the man-hours to keep specific modules bang up to date.
I believe some changes were made to it a while ago, most notably to correctly identify some Firefox and Opera versions.
RN isn't particularly mobile friendly (something that is currently being discussed and addressed) so I'm not sure how meaningful fine grained analysis of mobile device visits would be, since most mobile users probably wouldn't stay too long.

I would certainly agree that it would be nice to have *some* generic stats for mobile device visits for potential advertising clients but at the moment, Awstats or even Google Analytics is far superior in providing a more detailed and accurate analysis of visitor behaviour.

I'm not sure if Google Analytics has an API that could be leveraged into providing some publicly accessible data but it might be worth looking into.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:57 am

Thanks for the feedback; I need to look into getting analytics onto the site (it has been on there in the past for someone/ a specific reason so would need to look at the old files to see if I can find where it was rem'ed out.

I'm watching the discussions regarding mobile devices/ themes with interest. I have a question about that, but I'll post it in the relevant forum (I work in mobile phone repair, so have access to MANY different types/ makes of handsets)

Cheers

Andy

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:49 am

excellent news regarding your access to mobile devices Smile

Looking forward to returning to the mobile theme but have been side-tracked working on the advanced bbcode mod. I myself don't even have a capable mobile device so it has been an interesting project... at least for once I don't have to worry how things look in IE! Smile

kguske came up with an analytics integration [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] which is also discussed a little here [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] - if that helps Wink

(note that there were changes to the analytics code and I posted another link in the thread above [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] )