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 was using the JoomStats in the Joomla! 1.0 age, after this i switch to external tool. Now i tried to install j4age.
Installation is simple, only the splitting post-installation to two step can be confising for unexperience users. The activation module/plugin hare duplicated in function, but using the module with restricted privileges can provide bad counting.
Backend reports are excelent. Frontend graphical reports are missing, but if i properly remember, this is the same as in JoomStats and perhaps i am only dainty by my external tool.
"Included" modules have inconsistent layouts. The Country one uses the flags (not included in component), but the Browsers and OS das not. Something as div.class is not included, but can be solved by moduleclass suffix.
The backend provides the tool to debug the unknown user-agents, but i cannot find any tool to add/edit them. But identification of the robots seems to be excelent!
Result: excelent component with good modules for users, which do not want detailed reports in frontend, but want full reports in backend. It can be used by unexperienced users too...
Installation is simple, only the splitting post-installation to two step can be confising for unexperience users. The activation module/plugin hare duplicated in function, but using the module with restricted privileges can provide bad counting.
Backend reports are excelent. Frontend graphical reports are missing, but if i properly remember, this is the same as in JoomStats and perhaps i am only dainty by my external tool.
"Included" modules have inconsistent layouts. The Country one uses the flags (not included in component), but the Browsers and OS das not. Something as div.class is not included, but can be solved by moduleclass suffix.
The backend provides the tool to debug the unknown user-agents, but i cannot find any tool to add/edit them. But identification of the robots seems to be excelent!
Result: excelent component with good modules for users, which do not want detailed reports in frontend, but want full reports in backend. It can be used by unexperienced users too...
The basic part of a component and a plugin is very cool, and gives a lot of information on the visitors, and works perfectly.
The modules are extra bonus, as you can put all sorts of use(less/full) information on your site.
Bottomline is, it's easy to install, and easy to use, and best of all, updated to J1.7!
The modules are extra bonus, as you can put all sorts of use(less/full) information on your site.
Bottomline is, it's easy to install, and easy to use, and best of all, updated to J1.7!
For 5 months I've been fighting with Google Analytics - regardless of how I set it up (using various modules and plugins that are supposed to enable GA to work with Joomla) the stats were NEVER correct. I installed j4age in about 5 minutes, ran a few tests, and walla - there were my visitors and the pages they visited! THANK YOU! I made a small donation - wish it could have been more!
I formerly used joomlastats, but the I found this extension. It upgraded my database without any problem. Very simple in use. When i try to upgrade to Joomla 1.7, it still counts in the frontend but the backend is no more accessible.
Owner's reply
Hi,
issue should have been solved yesterday night as I uploaded an newer build. It's still version same version, but different build number.
If the issue is still present, please contact me via the contact form on our webpage.
Regards
Just installed this extension on a handful of sites. Installation is easy, quick and very automated. Did a test visit, registered instantly.
Thanks for this powerfull tool. This is a only one satisfaing solution for free, and much more...This is no-cost realtime solution for page monitornig, far best than slotions like in my cpanel (via my host provider).
This component working like swiss watch for my political magazine website. I am new in web businnes, so i will donate this product soon as posible (depending on my first business results :)).
One more time, many many thanks.
(just one little thing: why statistics show US flag when i am loging from Bosnia?! Is it something about wrong settings?)
This component working like swiss watch for my political magazine website. I am new in web businnes, so i will donate this product soon as posible (depending on my first business results :)).
One more time, many many thanks.
(just one little thing: why statistics show US flag when i am loging from Bosnia?! Is it something about wrong settings?)
First I want to thank the creator of this extention for his marvelous peace job.
I'm now using it for 7 months and still amazes me for the info it shows me. Of course I also use Google analytics and another analitycs site for a total overview.
There is one thing I want to know, Is it possible for users to import icons for ISP's which are not known to J4age. When I click on the visits tab, there are a few ISP's who have an Icon next to there domainname. Some show an not present image an a lot of them don't have an Icon.
I'm now using it for 7 months and still amazes me for the info it shows me. Of course I also use Google analytics and another analitycs site for a total overview.
There is one thing I want to know, Is it possible for users to import icons for ISP's which are not known to J4age. When I click on the visits tab, there are a few ISP's who have an Icon next to there domainname. Some show an not present image an a lot of them don't have an Icon.
Owner's reply
Hello,
thank you for your feedback.
this is the wrong place for placing questions, but the ISP icons are loaded directly from the ISP by guessing the favicon.ico URL located on their webapge. Nothing can be imported to j4age.
Cheers
This is a great and very useful tool. It is also very easy to be installed and configured. Withing a couple of minutes I was able to see it working and stat results were already there. Thank a lot to the developer. Keep doing your good work on this tool. Greatly appreciated.
Thanks a million to the developers of j4age! everything works perfectly. within a few minutes everything is up and running. your module will be added to the crowseye standard module list.
It is great statistic tool for everyone - rookie and professional! Thanks for distributing it for free! There is a problem installing it o MySQL 5.5.11 TYPE needs to be changed to ENGINE (installation files). Great job!
By far the best component for evaluating traffic on my website. I have been using Google analytics for sometime but doesn't show anything realtime and this does and that too for free. Kudos to the developers.
This extension is far more helpful than Google Analytics. I really appreciate the information this extension provides for my website. It provides useful information both for the beginner and advanced webmaster. Bravo!
I just installed on my side and loving it already. I have read some of the negative and poor comments and I don't understand why. I have been using Joomla and Joomla Extensions for years and most of the excellent ones that actually have negative or poor comments were and still are unfair because the poor comments was due to user not reading the instructions, or not following the steps or recommended by the development. Please note that I had an error after the installation but it was not due to the extension but to my site's security setting denying access to extensions' xml file. The developer did pointed out the issue to me very very quickly. It is working better than what I was expecting due to previously installed Statistics Extension. I highly recommend this great extension to anybody wanting to have detailed and better statistics of their website.
First, I must say that I loved JoomlaStats and used it constantly. However, there had not been any new work done on it in over a year and I was ready to try a more up to date version.
I had statistics dating back to 2007 and migration was a long and painful process. However, I received excellent support and the results were worth the effort. You can migrate a huge database if you are willing to go to a little effort. A fresh install on a new site would be a piece of cake.
I have a few minor issues. The mouse scroll button does not like to work so scrolling up and down a page is wonky. I miss the fact that JS had links for registered users on the visitors view that would take you to Joomla OR VirtueMart user data. Mostly I like the fact that this component has a team actively developing it unlike JS which had gone completely dormant. Nice Work!
I had statistics dating back to 2007 and migration was a long and painful process. However, I received excellent support and the results were worth the effort. You can migrate a huge database if you are willing to go to a little effort. A fresh install on a new site would be a piece of cake.
I have a few minor issues. The mouse scroll button does not like to work so scrolling up and down a page is wonky. I miss the fact that JS had links for registered users on the visitors view that would take you to Joomla OR VirtueMart user data. Mostly I like the fact that this component has a team actively developing it unlike JS which had gone completely dormant. Nice Work!
thanks this is a very goog software
Great tool, with fast and reliable support :)
Once report extraction is improved this will be as close to perfect as you'd want.
Once report extraction is improved this will be as close to perfect as you'd want.
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