Collecting view-count from catalogue entry
Standard member
Secondly, I tried replacing {VIEWS} with {$VIEWS,catalogue_entries,ce_views,{ID}} to see if it would give me a live count. It did not – but I noticed that {VIEWS} always seems to be +1 of whatever {$VIEWS} outputs. I investigated by putting both {VIEWS} and {$VIEWS} right next to each other, and {VIEWS} always outputted 1 higher. I imagine they should be the same?
Thirdly, it seems that the view counter of each catalogue entry only increases if the entry is viewed from within the catalogues module directly and will not increase if the entry is being viewed from a secondary location (such as a Comcode page using the cc_embed block). Is this normal or a bug?
Last edit: by Joe
Site director
each time I refreshed the page, {VIEWS} within the param_info table increased as normal. However, if I reference the param within the template, it doesn't update
Is "the template" CATALOGUE_DEFAULT_ENTRY_SCREEN? I can't reproduce an issue with that. If you're actually talking about a category view, this probably is coming from a block (which are used behind the scenes) and block caching would cause the issues. We're not using VIEWS in any catalogue block template by default so this is undocumented behaviour of something undocumented, and not really fixable.
However, using the VIEWS symbol instead is a very good workaround. Because it is a symbol that is dynamic regardless of caching. It not working for you is strange, all I can think is if you're editing the template of a block that you've placed with the quick_cache block option – which will make Tempcode compile statically into the cache.
always seems to be +1 of whatever
That's a small bug, fixed in https://github.com/ocproducts/composr/commit/757720868000bbc937ef81bee2fbc3228b7fe268
Thirdly, it seems that the view counter of each catalogue entry only increases if the entry is viewed from within the catalogues module directly and will not increase if the entry is being viewed from a secondary location
This is normal. View counts are only incremented when viewing entry screens, i.e. when the entry is viewed individually.
Become a fan of Composr on Facebook or add me as a friend. Add me on on Mastodon. Follow me on Minds (where I am most active). Support me on Patreon
- If not, please let us know how we can do better (please try and propose any bigger ideas in such a way that they are fundable and scalable).
- If so, please let others know about Composr whenever you see the opportunity or support me on Patreon.
- If my reply is too Vulcan or expressed too much in business-strategy terms, and not particularly personal, I apologise. As a company & project maintainer, time is very limited to me, so usually when I write a reply I try and make it generic advice to all readers. I'm also naturally a joined-up thinker, so I always express my thoughts in combined business and technical terms. I recognise not everyone likes that, don't let my Vulcan-thinking stop you enjoying Composr on fun personal projects.
- If my response can inspire a community tutorial, that's a great way of giving back to the project as a user.
1 guest and 0 members have just viewed this.
