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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 6:40:58 GMT -8

Post by Ryan Roos on Jul 17, 2013 6:40:58 GMT -8

Jul 16, 2013 17:04:52 GMT -8 Texas said:

Is there any way for me to get how many downloads and installs I have for a certain plugin without viewing my profile on proboards.com?

No.

We can only track plugins/themes that are in the library. So you have to go to the library to see those stats.

If you're using Headers & Footers, you're doing it wrong.
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Texas v6 Beta Tester I check in every once in a while... Posts: 869 Texas inherit v6 Beta Tester 173855 0 Apr 23, 2024 9:59:44 GMT -8 Texas I check in every once in a while... 869 Full Member November 2011 petermaggio	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:09:22 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Texas on Jul 17, 2013 8:09:22 GMT -8 You wouldn't happen to know how Peter does that in his sig would you?

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Ryan Roos Collecting Dust Graphics Ninja Wordsmyth Posts: 35,133 Ryan Roos inherit Graphics Ninja 3 0 Nov 19, 2012 12:17:26 GMT -8 Ryan Roos Wordsmyth 35,133 Collecting Dust November 2003 ryan	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:14:12 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ryan Roos on Jul 17, 2013 8:14:12 GMT -8 Jul 17, 2013 8:09:22 GMT -8 Texas said: You wouldn't happen to know how Peter does that in his sig would you? It's an image that he controls. You could always ask him how he does it.
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Texas v6 Beta Tester I check in every once in a while... Posts: 869 Texas inherit v6 Beta Tester 173855 0 Apr 23, 2024 9:59:44 GMT -8 Texas I check in every once in a while... 869 Full Member November 2011 petermaggio	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:15:24 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Texas on Jul 17, 2013 8:15:24 GMT -8 Yea, that's why I tagged him...It just seems to update automatically so I was wondering if he someone was getting the data from somewhere...But I guess that's a question for him to answer.

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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:37:52 GMT -8 Chris likes this

Post by Peter on Jul 17, 2013 8:37:52 GMT -8

Texas

I append a 1x1 hidden image to the body that is a PHP script with the headers set to image/png.

I actually broken it today and it reset the counter

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var stat_image_url = "http://pixeldepth.net/proboards/plugins/yootil/stats/stats.php?f=" + location.hostname.split(".")[0];
var stat_image = $("<img src='" + stat_image_url + "' width='1' height='1' style='display: none;' />");

$("body").append(stat_image);

Edit: Forgot to mention. Make sure you lock the file when you are writing to it, I forgot

Last Edit: Jul 17, 2013 8:42:01 GMT -8 by Peter

Texas v6 Beta Tester I check in every once in a while... Posts: 869 Texas inherit v6 Beta Tester 173855 0 Apr 23, 2024 9:59:44 GMT -8 Texas I check in every once in a while... 869 Full Member November 2011 petermaggio	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:52:20 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Texas on Jul 17, 2013 8:52:20 GMT -8 Heh, that just confuzzled me

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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 8:58:53 GMT -8 Peter and Tim Camara like this

Post by RedBassett on Jul 17, 2013 8:58:53 GMT -8

Jul 17, 2013 8:52:20 GMT -8 Texas said:

Heh, that just confuzzled me

So it loads and "image" from his website, something like: pixeldepth.net/proboards/plugins/yootil/stats/stats.php?f=support (for this forum).

That PHP file returns a 1x1 image that is blank, so to the browser, it looks like an image, but when it generates the image, it also logs that f= parameter to a database or flat file, and when it changes, it writes a new version of his sig image (http://pixeldepth.net/proboards/plugins/yootil/stats/installssig.png) with the new number (or that could be live generated, but longer load times and more CPU).

This is the same method a lot of companies use to see if you open an email (if their hidden image gets loaded at all).

Last Edit: Jul 17, 2013 9:01:07 GMT -8 by RedBassett

Texas v6 Beta Tester I check in every once in a while... Posts: 869 Texas inherit v6 Beta Tester 173855 0 Apr 23, 2024 9:59:44 GMT -8 Texas I check in every once in a while... 869 Full Member November 2011 petermaggio	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 9:12:23 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Texas on Jul 17, 2013 9:12:23 GMT -8 Aaahhh, so this is an image that is placed there by the yootil plugin. So when it loads the image the counter is updated if the forum name isn't already stored in the php file...
	Last Edit: Jul 17, 2013 9:12:37 GMT -8 by Texas

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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 9:24:06 GMT -8

Post by RedBassett on Jul 17, 2013 9:24:06 GMT -8

Yup. The plugin appends the image to the <body>, which causes it to load, pulling the PHP script, which does the logic to keep the number up to date. At least the simple version. Not sure if he tracks how many have stopped using the plugin, but you could crontab to see which forums haven't pulled in a long time.

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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 10:54:12 GMT -8

Post by Texas on Jul 17, 2013 10:54:12 GMT -8

Thanks RedBassett..

If proboards charged you every time you submitted a plugin update, they'd have two dollars from me already today...I really need to stop messing up the Gold Shop plugin every time I fix something....

On a side note, it would be nice to be able to submit a reason for the update to the people that are reviewing them. Cause sometimes I feel kinda weird when I have to submit four updates in three days.

Ryan Roos Collecting Dust Graphics Ninja Wordsmyth Posts: 35,133 Ryan Roos inherit Graphics Ninja 3 0 Nov 19, 2012 12:17:26 GMT -8 Ryan Roos Wordsmyth 35,133 Collecting Dust November 2003 ryan	ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 10:57:20 GMT -8 RedBassett likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ryan Roos on Jul 17, 2013 10:57:20 GMT -8 Jul 17, 2013 10:54:12 GMT -8 Texas said: Thanks RedBassett.. If proboards charged you every time you submitted a plugin update... That's a great idea!!! Hold on while I implement this.
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ProBoards Plugin Library Jul 17, 2013 11:57:21 GMT -8 Jordan, RedBassett, and 1 more like this

Post by Peter on Jul 17, 2013 11:57:21 GMT -8

Jul 17, 2013 9:12:23 GMT -8 Texas said:

Aaahhh, so this is an image that is placed there by the yootil plugin. So when it loads the image the counter is updated if the forum name isn't already stored in the php file...

Sorry, didn't explain in detail, was pushed for time when I saw your message. RedBassett pretty much explained it anyway.

It's very simple. Here is my PHP script if you want to do one yourself. This only does the capturing and retrieving of the stat. Outputting it is very simple, just look over the GD library, or if I get time I will tidy up my script and post it.

Anyway, here is the class, nothing complicated at all. It doesn't bother checking if the plugin is still installed / active, but you can easily add in support for that.

final class Plugin_Statistics {

	private $plugin;
	
	public function __construct($plugin = null){
		$this -> plugin = $plugin;		
	}
	
	private function get_data(){		
		$handle = fopen($this -> plugin, "r");
		$data = (filesize($this -> plugin))? fread($handle, filesize($this -> plugin)) : "";

		if(strlen($data)){
			$data = unserialize($data);
		} else {
			$data = array();
		}

		fclose($handle);
		
		return $data;
	}
	
	public function capture($forum = null){
		if(isset($forum) && strlen($forum)){
			$data = $this -> get_data();
			
			if(!in_array(strtolower($forum), $data)){
				$data[] = strtolower($forum);
				$handle = fopen($this -> plugin, "w+");

				if(flock($handle, LOCK_EX)){
					ftruncate($handle, 0);
					fwrite($handle, serialize($data));
					fflush($handle);
					flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
				}
				
				fclose($handle);
			}
		}	
	}
	
	public function installs($format = true){
		$data = $this -> get_data();		
		$installs = count($data);
		
		return ($format)? number_format($installs) : $installs;
	}
	
}

I fixed the file locking issue, so hopefully it won't be an issue now.

Example if capturing...

if(isset($_GET["f"])){
	include_once("plugin_statistics.class.php");

	$stats = new Plugin_Statistics("yootil_library");
	$stats -> capture($_GET["f"]);
}

header("Content-type: image/png");
exit();

Getting the total...

include_once("plugin_statistics.class.php");

$stats = new Plugin_Statistics("yootil_library");

$installs = $stats -> installs();

Here is my class for creating the image...

final class Plugin_Statistics_Image {

	private $text;
	private $size;
	private $color;
	private $font;
	
	private $image;
	
	public function __construct($text = "", $size = 18, $color = "000000", $font = ""){
		$this -> text = $text;
		$this -> size = $size;
		$this -> font = $font;
		$this -> color = $color;
		
		$this -> create_image();
	}
	
	private function create_image(){
		$image_width_height = $this -> create_bounding_box();
		
		$this -> image = imagecreatetruecolor($image_width_height[0], $image_width_height[1]);
	
		ImageFill($this -> image, 0, 0, IMG_COLOR_TRANSPARENT);
		imagesavealpha($this -> image, true);
		imagealphablending($this -> image, false);
		
		$y = (($image_width_height[1] / 2) + ($this -> size / 2));
		
		imagettftext($this -> image, $this -> size, 0, 5, $y, $this -> color, $this -> font, $this -> text); 
	}
	
	private function create_bounding_box(){
		$type_space = imagettfbbox($this -> size, 0, $this -> font, $this -> text);
		$image_width = abs($type_space[4] - $type_space[0]) + 10;
		$image_height = abs($type_space[5] - $type_space[1]) + 10;
		
		return array($image_width, $image_height);
	}
	
	public function save($file_name = null){
		$name = (isset($file_name) && strlen($file_name))? $file_name : (time() . "_image");
		$name .= ".png";
		
		imagepng($this -> image, $name);
	}
	
	public function show(){
		header("content-type: image/png");
		imagepng($this -> image);
		imagedestroy($this -> image);
		exit();
	}

}

Example of how I am using it...

include_once("classes/plugin_statistics.class.php");
include_once("classes/plugin_statistics_image.class.php");

$stats = new Plugin_Statistics("yootil_library");

$installs = $stats -> installs();

$text = $installs . " forum" . (($installs == 1)? "" : "s") . " have the Yootil Library installed";
$image = new Plugin_Statistics_Image($text, 20, "000000", "fonts/TravelingTypewriter.ttf");
$image -> save("yootil_stat_sig");

Last Edit: Jul 17, 2013 13:32:01 GMT -8 by Peter

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