I want to show the amount of visitors for a Bolt page in the frontend. I could not find a proper solution for this in the docs or in the extensions.
Is this possible with Twig? Or should I use a third-party solution?
From the point of view of Twig, no. You would need a reliable way to log each visit, remove bots and crawlers and still no trash your database.
I wrote something for WP once, well twice actually, that attempted to do the visit tracking but it ended up putting a lot of pressure on the backend to track things that people like Google had far better resources to handle in terms of a) knowing what should be considered a 'real' visitor, and b) storing/processing the associated data.
What you however could do, implement Google Analytics to log the visitors and then use the API to display visitors on the front-end.
Might be quite a hassle to figure out how the API works for certain pages, but it will solve your problem.
Good luck!
Also see https://developers.google.com/analytics/
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I want to make a website about sharing locations. But I couldn't find how to get user's location. This will be free application so I don't want to pay Google or anything else. I will use the python 3.x so there is no js.If it's free I will be very happy.
Functionality such as geolocation requires the use of JavaScript. The feature you are looking for is the Geolocation JavaScript API.
Python cannot do in the browser what JavaScript can do. They are used for completely different things in the context of websites. Python can be used on the backend, but to add most dynamic functionality on the frontend, you need JavaScript.
The only way to figure out a user's location, without directly asking them, is by their IP.
I found python-geoip through a quick Google search, which seems to offer what you're looking for.
Other than that, you could use HTML forms to actually ask the user their location, which doesn't require any JavaScript, just HTML, and then process that information on the backend.
There's a list of 100s of URLs that need to be checked to determined if the sites are live (someone has put their own content, even if just a landing), unreachable, or parked.
Unreachable is self explanatory, but distinguishing between actual user content and a parked domain is trickier. What I mean to say is someone who's hosting a domain through GoDaddy and uses their default landing page versus a hosted site with unique content as a landing page.
Using http codes (2xx,3xx,4xx,etc) isn't reliable. Does anyone know of a solution? It doesn't need to be 100% accurate in all instances, just accurate when it says it's accurate in order to minimise manual checking.
The best solution I can come up with is seeing who the site is registered with and comparing the code against other sites also registered there where matches >.9 or something to that effect. This is clunky.
Are there any ready-made solutions for this problem? If not, is there a more efficient methodology?
First time post here, so forgive me for any bad etiquette/format.
I will preface by saying:
I have (over the last few months) been developing an iOS app for work. To be more specific, I am developing an inventory app to track bar inventory (liquor, beer, wine, etc). I can give more specifics on request if needed. I have most of the functionality done, only a couple more things I would like to implement. Eventually I will be porting it to Android as well.
At the moment, I have the model objects being archived to the local filesystem for saving and loading of data. However, my goal would be to database the model objects with the ability to display the information on a webpage. My logic is that no matter where the user is, he/she will be able to sign in to a service using a username and password, and view correctly formatted current/past inventories online. This is to allow the ability for a bartender to record the inventory, and have the bar manager view the inventory instances without having to have the physical device that recorded the inventory in his/her possession.
So here is my question:
Without being too general, what kind of service would I need to pull this off? I have a good amount of relevant front-end experience, specifically with iOS, Objective-C, HTML and CSS. However, I have ZERO experience on the back-end. I have researched around the internet, and I am aware of things such as cloud databases, web hosting and MySQL, etc. However, I cannot seem to find a definitive answer without asking my specific question. I suppose I would just like to be pointed in the right direction before investing money and time into a service that may prove useless to my cause.
Any resources and help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
There's not a definitive answer and you have a lot of options.
For me, the simplest is to set up a server with a database incorporated (mysql for example) and with a web service (written in PHP for example) that manages the database and queries on that.
Online you can find tons of guide on how to write a script in PHP that manages a database:
http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/2
For the iOS part you can follow also this guide:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/create-your-own-web-service-for-an-ios-app-part-one/
Good luck!
Does anyone know of any good tutorials that would show me how to create a sitemap similar to the image below. I can't figure out how to add the different sections underneath like the Your Account, FAQs, etc.
Any help would be extremely helpful. Thank you.
google search for instagram
What you want is what Google calls Sitelinks.
The process is automated and it's not possible right now to create them but you can manage them with the Google's web master tools. The algorithm used by Google to generate them is not public.
You can try this: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/, or just google 'xml sitemap generator'
I remember that what happened (in my 'previous' life, when I had to take care of all the gory details of our company site) I just followed google's recommended seo suggestions. It was painstaking and slow, but over time when we started turning up at the top of sear results, that exactly how google presented us. It pulled relevant information on it's own and created that nice display. Looking at my old codebase I don't even see a sitemap file there. But I do remember using one of those online generators and then hand turning it a bit.
I'm looking for web applications that users can use without registration, just by visiting the site, and make you register later after you spent some time.
Any good examples?
Stack Overflow; question an answer sites.
Google News; blogs and newsfeeds.
Apple's iTunes Store, Amazon; anything where you have a shopping cart.
:-)
There's this site called StackOverflow.com
Sometimes when you are looking for example sites that you've seen in the past, it is just to increase your own confidence that you are doing it right. If you have a good idea of the advantages of this style of progressive registration, why not take a moment to write down & plan out how it should work for your site?
Edit content without registration (but create a pseudo-account using IP address):
wikipedia
Register with your email address, optionally password protect your account later:
http://www.instapaper.com/
Registration as a side effect of paying for a product
Amazon (if I remember correctly)