Am just sat here wondering if there are any stats that we can get hold of, or could be incorporated into backlight on views of albums and individual images?
I know google webmaster can do this, I have this all set up years ago, but am wondering more on a local level, if this could be achieved by the developers of backlight???
Personally, I would find this very useful, as I am sure lots of other would too, to have some stats that are in realtime.
We’ve basically off-loaded that to Google Analytics for those who want to set it up.
Thanks Matthew, but do you think the gods that be, may re-introduce a basic set of stats for users?
Just asking if it could be added, as I like to see quick stats on my website, rather than having to go through google webmaster all the time.
You could use your Apache access_log files for simple tracking. There are many software packages out there that allow you to see how your site is being used. Before I started using Google’s tracking feature, I used Webalizer.
As for doing stats within Backlight, it would be a lot of work, and that being work that doesn’t particularly interest me. I think it would also be of very niche value to the user base. And as there are external means for implementing analytics, I don’t think it would be time well-spent.
You might also setup matomo for Your site to gain insights. I tried that in the past, when matomo was still piwik and Backlight was Backlight 1 and it worked quite well. There are lots of hooks in Backlight where the analytics code for matomo can be hung. As far as I remember, I put it in the footer.
Advantage is that if your site contains others elements besides Backlight, you can cover those too.