While this module is a definite improvement over the "stock" most read module it has one glaring weakness.

If you set to the last N days, where N is say 60. Any articles published 61+ days ago are excluded EVEN if they are STILL the most read articles.

A really old article could still be read the most because it receives a lot of organic traffic from search engines and other sites.

To ignore this fact is not good.

The problem is the database would have to store each contentID number of hits by day for the last N days (60 in this case) and then do a query to retrieve the top X articles that have the most hits over the last N days.

More complicated to write and I can understand why the author did not do it.

Maybe a nice hack on this is where I will head to next.

Superb module. Something that should come as standard with future Joomla installs.

Easy to setup. Easy to customise, and something that I would use for every front page of a Joomla site.

I really hope there is a 1.5 compatible version on the horizon.

Nothing more to say, but I did want to say it.

Nice to see what's really being read in the last week or so, instead of just looking at old lists, or having to check the "back end" for hits.

Thanks ....

Having no success with other "Popular" mods, this one works brilliantly, it is super easy to install and set up in a moment, highly recommend this module. Love it! Thumbs up to the developers.
Warm Regards
Christel

Well Thought out. I have been looking for something like this since I began using Joomla 2 years ago. This is great. The Joomla Core Team Should make sure this core module in the next update.

Kudos Dude! You are Aight!

Hey guys,

Do you know that Joomla! is used worldwide even in the heart of Africa in that country -- Rwanda -- most of us remember because of Genocide 94?

I recently designed a website for the newspaper of my boss and he was very worried about why some items don't leave the Most Read section.

I searched the Joomla! Extensions Directory and met this fantastic module. I recommend everyone to use that and I wonder why our beloved Joomla! Core Team members don't adapt it for the next projects.

Thank you very much for using Joomla!. I'm deeply in love with her and I bet I'm the first Rwandan to use it!

This addon should be included with joomla..
its that good. and very easy to use.

thanks

This answers a major problem in Joomla core.. thank you so much for creating this module, it works like a charm.

This is a great module. I agree with the other comments here.

One issue I have is we offer web specials, but you have to be a member to see it. I put teasers on the front page but if you are not logged in you cannot get to the page. The most popular module does not include the count of this page if you are not logged in, but it does if you are. It would be nice to be able to include content that is for registered users (by parameter) so that I can entice visitors to join the site.

This is a must have if you want your site to be fresh.
This allows your surfers to see what is hot now...not what was hot a while ago. You want them to know that you have new and exciting information on your site.

GREAT JOB GUYS-
Easy install and works perfect.

Thank You So Much For This Mod!!!!

The standard “Most Popular” Joomla Mod has been getting on my nerves lately because I had no REAL way of knowing which of my articles were “Most Popular” or not because the displayed results were always the same!

Now thanks to this module I know exactly what IS “Most Popular” on my site! And best of all, I didn’t have to wait for more visitors to access different sections of my site to know what was “Most Popular”!… The Module plucked the most visited pages from the DB from first installation of this Mod and displayed them in their “Most Popular” order so I therefore knew straight away which pages have been most read from the word Go!

I agree 100% with previous comments that this Mod should become part of the Joomla Core Installation! It does exactly what it says on the tin and also does exactly what the existing default Joomla “Most Popular” Mod should have done in the first place!

Thanks again Soooo Much for this fantastic Mod!

Nice and neat. I quickly and seamlessly changed my module from most popular to most recently popular, and it gave more flexibility to my content.

This is an absolutely "must have" for every one that uses the "most read" module. I also think that this should become a standard default option in Joomla!.

Great work....thanks....

I recognized the problem of the mod_mostread in the same way as you mention it. But I was too lazy to hack the original module. Now you did it for me! Thx a lot.