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bubble.up.soda · 01-17-2008, 02:22 AM

hi all --

I'd like to have a real time visualization of all the visitors on my website. That is, a list of all the people currently on each page, updated in real time.

Does anyone have an approach they could share? I'm curious what technologies people find useful for this kind of thing.

Also, if you don't mind, if you were to code something like this, how many hours do you think it would take?

Regards

Toicantien · 01-17-2008, 03:05 PM

What you are asking for is no small feat. You definitely need a server side language like PHP, Perl or a .NET language, along with session management and tracking. As for number of hours? That all depends on how good you are at programming, and which server side technologies you have available. JavaScript cannot keep track of users, however you update a web page in real time using AJAX requests.

ketum · 01-18-2008, 12:03 AM

if you are looking for something easy to analyse, Statcounter.com or Google analytics would be nice as ready scripts but if you want to learn the details, I have no idea either

weblord · 01-18-2008, 12:08 AM

take a look at livehelpengine.com sees actual ip address of your visitors and you can push them to chat right away
it's free

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Originally Posted by bubble.up.soda

hi all --

I'd like to have a real time visualization of all the visitors on my website. That is, a list of all the people currently on each page, updated in real time.

Does anyone have an approach they could share? I'm curious what technologies people find useful for this kind of thing.

Also, if you don't mind, if you were to code something like this, how many hours do you think it would take?

Regards

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01-17-2008, 03:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Toicantien New Hunter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 14 iTrader: 0 / 0% Hunter Bux: 0	What you are asking for is no small feat. You definitely need a server side language like PHP, Perl or a .NET language, along with session management and tracking. As for number of hours? That all depends on how good you are at programming, and which server side technologies you have available. JavaScript cannot keep track of users, however you update a web page in real time using AJAX requests.

01-18-2008, 12:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
ketum Field Master Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 152 iTrader: 1 / 100% Hunter Bux: 0	if you are looking for something easy to analyse, Statcounter.com or Google analytics would be nice as ready scripts but if you want to learn the details, I have no idea either