j4age
Version
4.0.2.6 (Beta) (last update on Sep 3, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
102
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
21 March 2010
Technical Requirements
- PHP 5.x and above
- MySQL 4.x and above
- Joomla 1.5 & Joomla 1.6 native support
Restricted support for PHP 4.x and MySQL 3.x for the core component, but no guarantee for the migration/update process. This module is only handling IPv4 networks and not officially IPv6!
Few things you should know
- After installation, you have to run a Post-Installation process. That´s not because we want it that way, it´s more about getting control about issues with huge databases.
- Do not assign the j4age component to a menu item even if a link is shown up in your admin page for selection. The component itself has no public front-end part and you will see only a error message!!
Issues?
- Most people install the activation module, but do not enable it or do assign it to a location, which is actually not used in their template like "left". Make sure, that you can see the Module title on your webpage, before hiding the title! Only then statistics are captured!
- An activation module must be set to "public" access, if you want to count all visits. If you set it to "registered" or "special" you would only count those visits
- If the module does not work, you can also download & install as alternative the activation plugin.
- Some people are complaining, that the activation module is not completely invisible on the webpage as a empty border is draw on the page. That´s because your template is adding styles, so simply try to find another active position, where the template is not adding styles. (As alternative use just the activation plugin)
Good to know
- j4age includes a migration mechanism to convert the existing JoomlaStats Version (until 3.0.4) to j4age
- j4age is collecting over the time alot of information, please keep in eye on your DB size
Note
j4age is not Google Analytics, so please do not try to compare us one to one to them. Unlike Google Analytics we are open source and you can review our algorithms. It is hard to differentiate bots from regular visitors, especially as they try to pretend to be regular visitors. We have applied many advanced algorithms to get it under control and this will result into slightly different results between Google Analytics and us.
Future
We will improve the "Cache" / History feature, so that you can drop data from the database without losing information on the Summary pages. We currently operating in a similar way, but a refectoring of the algorithms are required.
We also work further more advanced features, but more details are provied 2012.
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If you experience any problems, please contact us first on the j4age webpage!!
If you use j4age, please post a rating and a review at the Joomla
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I have been looking for someway to look at site stats from the admin interface, I am sick and tired of having to paste code into pages or templates as there alsways seems to be a variation between these and whos online for etc.
I have just installed the component and plugin, remember the plugin!! in 5 minutes and already it has picked up a bot.
Straight out of the box and working. Great work by the developers, thanks :-)
I have just installed the component and plugin, remember the plugin!! in 5 minutes and already it has picked up a bot.
Straight out of the box and working. Great work by the developers, thanks :-)
We've been using this component since its' joomlastats days. Without it managing our 9 sites would be like flying blind.
The installation and upgrade process can be a bit quirky at times but that is to be expected with the amounts of data involved.
The 2 stage installation process may confuse some and on old sites which have been migrated from J1.0 to J1.5 to J2.5 problems have been encountered.
On a busy site it will store a lot of data but the ability to choose and remove historic data is without doubt to be welcomed.
The interface may confuse some as some of the views are similar but different.
The ability to classify a visitor as a bot has helped increase the accuracy of the statistics when comparing them with Google analytics.
Yes there are minor issues but in our experience there is nothing even close and we would not like to think about managing our sites without it.
The installation and upgrade process can be a bit quirky at times but that is to be expected with the amounts of data involved.
The 2 stage installation process may confuse some and on old sites which have been migrated from J1.0 to J1.5 to J2.5 problems have been encountered.
On a busy site it will store a lot of data but the ability to choose and remove historic data is without doubt to be welcomed.
The interface may confuse some as some of the views are similar but different.
The ability to classify a visitor as a bot has helped increase the accuracy of the statistics when comparing them with Google analytics.
Yes there are minor issues but in our experience there is nothing even close and we would not like to think about managing our sites without it.
In your decision to have almost everything I need.
Only one thing.
Is it possible in the "additional details" (of "last visit") to supplement "Path info" fields such as Full URL with querry, and perhaps jform_params_page_heading (which is not always visible to the user, but the administrator has a value), and accordingly expand the information window or add the ability to display full-size in a new window.
Thank you and good luck in the future!
Only one thing.
Is it possible in the "additional details" (of "last visit") to supplement "Path info" fields such as Full URL with querry, and perhaps jform_params_page_heading (which is not always visible to the user, but the administrator has a value), and accordingly expand the information window or add the ability to display full-size in a new window.
Thank you and good luck in the future!
Love to us this extensions but I am unable to find the registration page so I cannot login to download .
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
Owner's reply
Because there is no registration required to be able to access the download area. Just click "Downloads" > "Component" (Within the article) and select the package for your Joomla version
This works perfectly fine with Joomla 1.5 but as soon as I use it on Joomla 1.7+ I get nothing but this error.
Error building Admin Menus
It does not appear on the components and as soon as I activate it or deactivate it in the Extension Manager I also get another error which is a MySQL error and it barely deactivates half the time.
Joomla 1.7 is completely different,but this needs to be fixed.
Error building Admin Menus
It does not appear on the components and as soon as I activate it or deactivate it in the Extension Manager I also get another error which is a MySQL error and it barely deactivates half the time.
Joomla 1.7 is completely different,but this needs to be fixed.
Owner's reply
You need to install the newest Joomla version. There are bugs within the old versions of Joomla
This extention is the best (from non-commercial extentions) for visitor stats, as I have tried all of them. Deployment and stats obtained is excellent, BUT the biggest problem is that the stats keep building up and the database becomes very large after a while (depending on the number of visitiors you have), then it slows down the whole site, there is no way to empty stats from backend (option there but it doesn't work!) from database, and if you take the drastic approach of uninstalling, it appears to have uninstalled really fast, but all the tables remain in the database, and you have to delete each table one by one manually! Not worth installing if it makes your website so slow, you lose visitors. One of the high traffic website I installed on, stopped working after the database size went over 100mb.
Owner's reply
Hi,
you should report errors to us directly, if something is not working for you before posting messages hear.
There is a drop old data functionality within the maintenance area as well as a "Uninstall" button, which also deletes all j4age tables.
The performance should be not effected as long as you do not show statistics data on your public webpage. If you do so, then you have to carefully use the module parameters e.g. enabling caching. You need to decide how far backwards you like to present data => more days => more performance lost.
Some people can do just few days other can show the whole year and more.
As Administrator you need to keep an eye on the database size and drop too old data as you need. So look into the DB at least every year once - this is not a tool for unprofessionals, even if we try to make it as easy as possible.
j4age is absolutely useful. It has all necessary functions while not being overloaded and the performance is very good.
Unfortunately, some functions don't work anymore since J!1.7.2/1.7.3. I submitted bug reports and received the reply that the issues are currently being worked at but that was months ago and the last update was more than half a year ago, so it seems that the extension is not really actively being developed and maintained any more.
That's really a pity because IMHO it's among the best free J! statistics extensions!
Unfortunately, some functions don't work anymore since J!1.7.2/1.7.3. I submitted bug reports and received the reply that the issues are currently being worked at but that was months ago and the last update was more than half a year ago, so it seems that the extension is not really actively being developed and maintained any more.
That's really a pity because IMHO it's among the best free J! statistics extensions!
Owner's reply
Thank you very much for your positive feedback. Currently we indeed face some delays as have not enough resources and we would appreciate any developer, who likes to assist us in this open source project. There are already some nice new features in Beta status and we are looking forward to release them asap. Stay tuned!
this is just simply useful and great. I'd love to see if your able to save reports or get them emailed at regular intervals. I just use the print screen button and save them in writer.
I'm using this component with Joomla 1.5 since a few days ago.
Installation was very easy.
The amount of information that this module gives and the quality of the presentation is sincerely impresive.
I was not using really statistics information about my site as I was using plesk-stat, and I had to go to my server control panel, the presentation was a little unpleasant. Now I've got all this information inside Joomla, only one place to login, and hope to be able to concentrate more in site optimisation.
One of those Joomla components that I will keep using for sure.
Installation was very easy.
The amount of information that this module gives and the quality of the presentation is sincerely impresive.
I was not using really statistics information about my site as I was using plesk-stat, and I had to go to my server control panel, the presentation was a little unpleasant. Now I've got all this information inside Joomla, only one place to login, and hope to be able to concentrate more in site optimisation.
One of those Joomla components that I will keep using for sure.
Installed the component into my 1.5 and then installed the activation module. Published the activation module and refreshed my website.
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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class js_JSConf in /home/farrells/public_html/administrator/components/com_j4age/libraries/base.classes.php on line 243
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If I unpublished the activation module the fatal error goes away. I imagine I will try the activation plug-in, instead.
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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class js_JSConf in /home/farrells/public_html/administrator/components/com_j4age/libraries/base.classes.php on line 243
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If I unpublished the activation module the fatal error goes away. I imagine I will try the activation plug-in, instead.
Owner's reply
Hi, this is not really a j4age. I guess you have installed JoomlaStats and did not uninstall / disable it as documented here, in the component, on the webpage. We also show an error message within the j4age administrator tool itself until all modules related to Joomlastats are disabled.
j4age is the newer version of Joomlastats. Running both version in parallel will cause issues!
installed on joomla 1.5 is a very good component that does what it says, I compared its results with those of google analytics (difference less than 10 visits in between) and I get more information with useful j4age .... very useful and easy to understand ... it lacks one thing: the possibility of a funnel ... between the home page and the cart when there are a success and the payment
good luck
good luck
Wow, that sure was tough! Let's see... install one component - done. Install one plugin - done. Activate plugin - done. Browse a few pages on the site - done. Review statistics. Viola! Huston, we have statistics!
Couldn't be easier. Thank you for the simplicity!
Couldn't be easier. Thank you for the simplicity!
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