Desktop Data [support thread]

Thanks Steven

Working great.

Just curious, would it be hard to do the same thing with the admin>tools>who's online?

That would be cool to have on the desktop refreshing so to see people come and go and what they are looking at and if they are purchasing.

It can pull up anything that's in the database, so there's potentially a lot of useful information the mod can output. I think an optional setting to extend the Visitors data would be a good feature. Once it's confirmed everything's working, I'll start to think about these things.

Hey, thanks! works well, oh Guru!! :clap:

Green333:

Hey, thanks! works well, oh Guru!! :clap:

Ditto, Thanks a lot.

You’re welcome, and thanks for all the feedback. I’m pleased it’s working now.

I’m working on v2.1 at the moment. So far, it has the following features:

More accurate visitor recording:

1. Mod is excluded from visitor count
2. Visitors/Robots listed separately

Adds language file for multi-lingual support

I have just finished adding a new feature for v2.1.

The mod detects which pages the visitors are on and splits them into several groups:

• Browsing (red light)
• Shopping Cart (pink light)
• Login/Account (yellow light)
• Checkout (green light)

Each group has its own colour associated with it.

For up to 5 visitors, the mod shows which groups the visitors are in by displaying a small circle next to the visitor count. What if there are 10 visitors browsing, 4 on the shopping cart, 1 registering, and 2 at checkout? The most important ones are listed first. The order would be 2 green, 1 yellow, and 2 pink.

Screenshot

What I had mentioned before, about the who's online, I like your idea, but think it would be more helpful if it looked similar to the who's online page.

Showing the color like you have, and also show the actual page the person is looking at. In the who's online, it provides a link. I think the color as well as the item title the user is looking at.

Maybe stack the colors and have item title to the right.

I wish I have better knowledge of coding, then I could work on it myself, but I am at a loss with most of it. LOL

Interesting suggestions. I see a few problems though.

Without an seo url mod, a lot of the urls would mean nothing.
Also, urls can be any length so dealing with the aesthetics will be hard.

In order to display a link, it requires interaction with the mod's interface. Vista users can't do this, and I'd like to keep the same mod for everybody.

Ok - skip the link, but maybe the title of the item being looked at?

breck:

Ok - skip the link, but maybe the title of the item being looked at?

Sorry breck I had a genuine attempt at your suggestion but I couldn't get it to work how I wanted. You might have to make do with the current approach for now. I have just submitted v2.1 to the downloads section so hopefully it should be available before long.

Got it working on Vista. With both your suggested program Ave' Desktopsites. And there is a gadget called Eye on the Web that seems to be working great for me.

Ah never mind Eye on the Web does not refresh.

Is there a way to hide it from who's online in admin?

Thanks for the great mod.

Mustang394:

Is there a way to hide it from who's online in admin?

Hi, try this version:
http://www.pilonidalproducts.com/Desktop_Data_2.2.zip

Hi again Steven300!

I installed the new-er version of this GREAT mod....all good - 'cept the coloured indicators aren't showing (I checked the files - definitely all loaded ok)

I haven't changed any settings; all other updated functions show ok on my desktop

Not a biggie - just interested as to what I may have done wrong

Thanks again:smile:

S

Did you upload the images too?

Yes I did - I just went & double checked - they are there

:oops:silly me - of course you actually need "visitors" present before you get the indicator, don't you?

I'm sooooooooo sorry!

Is all good

(and yes, I am blond)

S

Thanks for the update. You had me confused for a second :smile:

LOL - Happens

Need a legend now to know what the colors are.

I have a short memory and forget.

You can hover your mouse over each icon and it should tell you what part of the site they are on.