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M-i-c-h-a

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Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 5 Jan 22, 13:33
 
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Hi,

at the moment I'm working on wild bee image library and I setup an own counter, but this counter is not working at all browsers so I tried the counter widget. I don't like the always floating black bar of the counter. Could it be possible to start the counter minimized please?

-Micha

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JeffTucker

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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 5 Jan 22, 13:36   in response to: M-i-c-h-a in response to: M-i-c-h-a
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If you want to track visitors, use Google Analytics. Your visitors don't need to see the count (why would they care?), and the widget visit counter doesn't filter out visits by search bots, and by you (you can tell Google Analytics what your IP address is, so it won't count your visits to your own site), so it's not very useful.
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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 5 Jan 22, 22:49   in response to: M-i-c-h-a in response to: M-i-c-h-a
 
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For skins that let you add custom code, like Tiger, you can hide the widget bar and have it revealed using keys. I don't think it would hide widgets on mobile devices though, you would probably need to use a gesture code block. But analytics is probably best, unless you want a really simple counter.

For example in Tiger > Settings > Custom code > Head
Add
<script>
document.onkeydown = function(event) {
	switch(event.key) {
		case 'h':
			document.getElementById('jalbumwidgetcontainer').style.bottom='-30px';
			break;
		case 'w':
			document.getElementById('jalbumwidgetcontainer').style.bottom='0px';
			break;
	}
};
</script>

Switch to the 'Body' tab and enter
<script>
document.getElementById('jalbumwidgetcontainer').style.bottom='-30px';
</script>


Build and upload the album. When you visit the album the widgets will be off screen, use the 'w' key to show them and the 'h' key to hide them again. Obviously, this technique will hide all of the widgets, a user would not know they existed.
RobM

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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 6 Jan 22, 00:26   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
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The code to have the widget bar minimised, just showing the '+' at the bottom right is entered just in the 'Body' tag and is
<script>
document.getElementById('jalbum-widgetbar').style.display='none';
document.getElementById('jalbum-widgethandle').style.display='block';
</script>


Sample album, will be removed later, https://robm.jalbum.net/Sample%20Portfolio/
M-i-c-h-a

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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 6 Jan 22, 07:56   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
 
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Hi Rob,

thank you for the quick answer and the scripts. :)

I add the last script to my page but it doesn't work (also at your example page). If the page is opened a first time the counter is visible. Only if I minimize it and open the page again later, than it is minimized.

-Micha
RobM

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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 6 Jan 22, 10:35   in response to: M-i-c-h-a in response to: M-i-c-h-a
 
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M-i-c-h-a wrote:
Hi Rob,

thank you for the quick answer and the scripts. :)

I add the last script to my page but it doesn't work (also at your example page). If the page is opened a first time the counter is visible. Only if I minimize it and open the page again later, than it is minimized.

-Micha

Sorry, I tried it on my desktop last night and it worked but this morning it isn’t working on my iPad.
M-i-c-h-a

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Re: Wish: visit counter minimized per default
Posted: 6 Jan 22, 10:46   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
 
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No problem. I setup your w/h button script now and it works perfect. So I can quick check the counter. :)

Thanks,
Micha
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