A counter that does not break the layout
Incorporating an external image into a carefully constructed webpage always carries the risk of disrupting the established visual structure. When a browser constructs a page, it calculates…
Where on the page a counter belongs
Integrating a measurement tool into an existing page layout always raises the fundamental question of placement. The chosen location determines exactly how prominently the visiting audience…
When a consent banner is actually required
The proliferation of consent dialogs across the internet has created significant confusion regarding their actual legal necessity. Many website operators logically assume that any form of…
Moving a site without losing the count
Migrating a website to a new hosting provider, changing domain names, or adopting a modern content management system involves numerous structural adjustments. Preserving the historical…
Where a counter fits on a Blogspot blog
Blogspot continues to host many personal and community blogs, often with strict structural limitations. The platform confines custom HTML to designated sections, transforming the placement…
Six generations of counter address, all still answered
The address we document for a counter is /c/<number>-<design>.png. On 30 August it was asked for 156 times. The address from 2006 — /index.php?action=pic&s4uid=… — was asked for 80,499…
Putting a counter in a chomikuj profile
chomikuj.pl is a Polish file-sharing community. Every account has a description field, and a great many people put a visit counter in it. When we finally counted where the counters of this…
Which platforms our counters live on
The last step of adding a counter here has a section called "Where does it go?" — a short paragraph for each platform, explaining where the code belongs. WordPress, WordPress.com, Blogger,…
Exporting the data as CSV or JSON
There is a link on the statistics page marked CSV, and next to it one marked JSON. Both hand the numbers over as a file. No account, no request form, no waiting for an email with a download…
Adding a Stats4U counter with Google Tag Manager
There is a guide to this on the blog from 2015. Its screenshots show a Tag Manager that no longer looks like that, and one of its seven steps — ticking document.write — is no longer needed…
A counter on an HTTPS page
A site is on HTTPS. Visitors see a padlock. Then something from another site gets pasted in, and the padlock goes away — or the pasted thing simply does not appear. That is mixed content,…
A counter for static sites
Static hosting has quietly become the sensible way to put a small site on the internet. GitHub Pages, Codeberg Pages, Neocities, or a folder of files on any cheap host: no database, no…