User tracking mod

[Woodymon]

Reza-

1. The advice Andrew provided above helped me previously when I observed User Tracking menu issues. I forgot about that tip. Should go in the UT readme file!

2. Also in the readme did you see:

File Modifications: 2

add the following to the end of /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_footer.php

<?php if (ZEN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true') { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

add if you want to track admin pages viewed add the following to the end of /admin/includes/footer.php

<?php if (ADMIN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true') { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

3. And also if you have Admin Profiles installed you may have an issue with the User Tracking menus repeating themselves. Andrew provided a fix for this earlier in the thread which worked me. (I don;t recall but it may have been the fix Andrew provided above).

In some previous UT releases User Tracking And User Tracking Config both were set up to display on the tools menu. Other versions were developed which had User Tracking Config show up under the Configuration menu.

Also DrByte previously has stated User Tracking utilizes unique install techniques, which are advanced in their own way but can be problematic in other ways.

So I suspect the UT menu config/conflict/upgrade issues many of us have observed are a culmination of the above.

Woody

[Woodymon]

Regards to future development of the User Tracking mod & repair of UT menu config issues:

Pinghead is not supporting the mod any longer and we haven't seen JeffD around for some time. Where is Jeff?

Andrew has proven repeatedly he understands Zen Cart SQL installer technology and the mods he produces are top notch. Maybe if we cheer Andrew on a bit he would be willing to take this mod under his wing and apply his knowledge to repair the constant SQL installation issues we repeatedly observe wiith this mod?

Might be best to create an uninstaller that deals with all the other past versions (which I have copies of, if needed), and then patch the db with fresh SQL, rather than developing an updater for all the various different past versions. At the same time maybe take both Pinghead's and JeffD's latest versions of User Tracking, and merge the best features of both (In this thread I learned JeffD based his version on older User Tracking version, not aware of Pinghead's version. So both versions are slightly different and each have beneficial features the other version does not have).

If I had more understanding of SQL I would help. but I don't. Studying the mySQL manual is not getting me far enough fast enough.

Woody

[Woodymon]

Someone just PM'd me with a question about availablity of User Tracking versions which I did not quite understand, since all the recent versions are available in ZC Downloads area. Below is the question and my response.

I also downloaded user_tracking without success. Existing install on my 1.3.7 Zen-Cart was published (I think) back in August. Having installed the latest SQL patch and the revised admin/includes/functions/extra_functions and includes/functions/extra_functions files (JeffD/120406), I'd love to get my hands on the preceding User Tracking files.Any chance you might email them to me?
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Not sure what your question is regards to "preceding" files? I suggest a complete re-install of new User tracking version.

The latest FULL version which in now available in the ZC Downloads area is:
v. 1.3.6.2 12-04-06 (JeffD)
(as packaged by Reza)

See http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=261

Preceding versions are available at same link above:

v. 1.3.6.1 11-30-06 (JeffD)
v. 1.3.6 11-27-06 (JeffD)

Before that a patch JeffD was made available on 11-22-06 (JeffD)
(NOTE: The JeffD patch was intended for a version Jeff was using (based on previous open-operations version), not Pinghead's recent version... this mix-up created some minor issues for various people including me.

Then there was pinghead's last version: 20060805 (08-31-06) (pinghead)

I am using the latest User Tracking v1.3.6.2 on Zen Cart 1.37. YMMV regarding which versions run on Zen Cart 1.3.7.

JeffD... where are you?

Woody

[whispers65233]

Reza-

1. The advice Andrew provided above helped me previously when I observed User Tracking menu issues. I forgot about that tip. Should go in the UT readme file!

2. Also in the readme did you see:



3. And also if you have Admin Profiles installed you may have an issue with the User Tracking menus repeating themselves. Andrew provided a fix for this earlier in the thread which worked me. (I don;t recall but it may have been the fix Andrew provided above).

In some previous UT releases User Tracking And User Tracking Config both were set up to display on the tools menu. Other versions were developed which had User Tracking Config show up under the Configuration menu.

Also DrByte previously has stated User Tracking utilizes unique install techniques, which are advanced in their own way but can be problematic in other ways.

So I suspect the UT menu config/conflict/upgrade issues many of us have observed are a culmination of the above.

Woody

After posting in a few other places I found this thread. I am not very knowledgeable about directories and such. I hope someone will take the time to guide me as to what I need to do to get this working on my site. I've uploaded user tracking to my site and the sql patch. User tracking is in my Admin Config. but not in the tools so I can use it. Please tell me what directory or directories user tracking needs to be in to work also I have seen readme about the footer and such but I do not understand where that is. Please help I know I sound stupid but i would really like to get it running. Thnank you

[whispers65233]

Ok I found the includes/template/your template/common/tpl_footer.php and added the last line. I am pretty sure I don't have the user tracking in the right directory can someone help me out on that one please.

[whispers65233]

Ok everyone I followed the "easy to follow" instructions including what was in the readme folder and this is the result...........

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class base in /home/impress/public_html/includes/classes/class.base.php on line 17


Now what?

[NamSingh]

I have spiders/robots on my site that keep showing in User Tracking. I can't delete them as they don't have a session ID. The lists can get very long as they are always on. Anyway to get rid? I think they have started since I changed my meta tag to robots index follow

[Woodymon]

Jeff's version readme leaves out some useful info which was in pinghead's UserTracking version readme.

Here is an excerpt from pinghead's last version which may help:

File Modifications: 2 with Catalog-user-tracking AND Admin-user-tracking

add the following to the end of /includes/templates/YOUR TEMPLATE/common/tpl_footer.php

Alternative 1: tracking all users and bots.
<?php if (ZEN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true' && function_exists('zen_update_user_tracking')) { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

Alternative 2: track only users with set sessions.
<?php if (ZEN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true' && $session_started && function_exists('zen_update_user_tracking')) { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

Alternative 3: RECOMMENDED, track all users except bots/spiders, requires Configuration->Sessions->Prevent Spider Sessions->true (I don't know if this works with Zen-Cart versions older than 1.2.6d).
<?php if (ZEN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true' && !$spider_flag && function_exists('zen_update_user_tracking')) { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>


add if you want to track admin pages viewed add the following to the end of /admin/includes/footer.php

<?php if (ADMIN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true' && function_exists('zen_update_user_tracking')) { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

BTW you may want to checkout Pinghead's version as some features in his vresion are not in JeffD's version (and vice versa)

[NamSingh]

Thanks Woody ;)

<?php if (ZEN_CONFIG_USER_TRACKING == 'true' && !$spider_flag && function_exists('zen_update_user_tracking')) { zen_update_user_tracking(); } ?>

This one was just what I needed. Where do I find the other version, and which is the best if you know?

[Woodymon]

Ok everyone I followed the "easy to follow" instructions including what was in the readme folder and this is the result...........

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class base in /home/impress/public_html/includes/classes/class.base.php on line 17

Now what?

I don't think the error is related to user tracking. You may have muffed up something while editing. If this is not the case then you may have another mod which is calling the same class file. Search your install using the Developers Tool Kit (in admin under Tools) to see if you find multiple references to whatever is being called on line 17. (you will need to open class.base.php first).

You may have good reasons for your shop directory path above, but just in case, the path shows your shop includes directory within your webroot. This is not standard. With a normal install one would observe sonething like:

/home/account_name/public_html/shop_name/includes

Installing your shop directly in your webroot makes setting up and maintaining Zen Cart more tricky.

If you need assistance with this the Installing Zen Cart board is probably the best place to post questions on this subject. And be sure to check out the Installation docs in the FAQs and Tutorials area.

Woody