Need Easy Script to count downloads

[MajikRanae]

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to count how many times various items on my site have been downloaded. I used a script for one of my sites and it worked fine, however where I need this one to count from seems to be a problem. lol

The area I need it to count from is with a protected members area. The script I have has me renaming the link ( I would image so the link will go through the counter ) and then the download will not work. It just goes to an error page cannot be found.

I only know basic HTML so it would help if the script was simple, but if there is no easy way, then I am sure I can figure it out.

I thought there may be something within hostmonster that would show me this information but have found nothing.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

Ranae'

[charlesgan]

try to use the statcounter.com
get a free counter from there, and setup a tracking for your project.

basically this counter is count by pageview. even i view the page from local pc, it will be counted as well.

put the script at the member download page. will track the download and in details.

[MajikRanae]

That doesn't help... :(

I have multiple downloads on each page. I am looking for a way to count each download individually.

[nerdykit]

I have multiple downloads on each page. I am looking for a way to count each download individually.

You might consider installing a free-ware download manager such as W2Box (http://labs.beffa.org/w2box/) has a count downloads feature.

[sjlplat]

Use Javascript to execute a php script in a popup window. When a visitor clicks a link, the Onclick function is used to open a separate window. That separate window contains a php script, which counts the click. It can be done with a simple database, or a flat file.

Here's a quick reference you can use to implement this:

http://www.peoplecnc.com/java_php.html