| 1 | Plugin Name: Daily Top 10 Posts |
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| 2 | |
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| 3 | INSTALLATION |
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| 4 | ------------ |
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| 5 | 1. Download the plugin from http://www.alleba.com/blog/wp-downloads/dailytop10.zip |
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| 6 | 2. Extract and upload dailytop10.php to 'yourserver.com/wp-content/plugins/' |
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| 7 | 3. Login to your Wordpress admin panel and browse to the Plugins section. |
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| 8 | 4. Activate The Daily Top 10 Posts plugin. |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | INSTRUCTIONS |
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| 11 | ------------ |
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| 12 | 1. Go to Admin Panel > Design > Theme Editor and click on Single Post (single.php). |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | #Find this line: |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> //date |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | #Right after it, insert this line: |
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| 19 | <br /><?php if (function_exists('todays_overall_count')) { todays_overall_count($post->ID, 'Visited', 'times', 'so far today', '0', 'show'); } ?> |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | #The line will display something like "Visited 300 times, 25 so far today" while viewing an individual post. |
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| 22 | #You may edit the wording to suit your preference. |
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| 23 | #If you wish to leave a word/phrase empty, use two quotes '' instead of just leaving it completely blank. |
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| 24 | #Insert only one instance of this line to avoid double tracking. |
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| 25 | #Change '0' to '1' if you wish to track unique sessions. |
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| 26 | #Change 'show' to 'noshow' if you donot wish to display the post count information. |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | 2. To display the number of views per post on the main index page, click on Main Index Template (index.php) in the Theme Editor panel. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | #Find this line: |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | #Right after it, insert this line: |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | <br /><?php if (function_exists('todays_overall_main')) { todays_overall_main($post->ID, 'Viewed', 'times', 'so far today'); } ?> |
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| 37 | |
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| 38 | #The line will display something like "Visited 300 times, 25 so far today" under each post heading |
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| 39 | #while browsing your main page. |
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| 40 | #You may edit the wording to suit your preference. |
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| 41 | #If you wish to leave a word/phrase empty, use two quotes '' instead of just leaving it completely blank. |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | 3. To add the sidebar widget, you may add it directly in the widgets panel of your theme (Design > Widgets). If your theme is not widget-ready, click on sidebar.php in the Theme Editor panel and do the following: |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | #Add the following code: |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | <h3>Top Posts for Today</h3> |
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| 48 | <?php if (function_exists('todays_count_widget')) { todays_count_widget('views', 'ul'); }?> |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | #You may edit the word "views" to your liking (e.g. visits, pageviews or leave it empty ''). |
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| 51 | #The list format defaults to an unordered list (ul). If you would like an ordered list, change it to 'ol'. |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | 4. To add the sidebar widget to show your most popular posts overall, you may add it directly in the widgets panel of your theme (Design > Widgets). If your theme is not widget-ready, click on sidebar.php in the Theme Editor panel and do the following: |
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| 54 | #Add the following code: |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | <h3>Overall Top Posts</h3> |
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| 57 | <?php if (function_exists('todays_overall_count_widget')) { todays_overall_count_widget('views', 'ul'); } ?> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | #You may edit the word "views" to your liking (e.g. visits, pageviews or leave it empty ''). |
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| 60 | #The list format defaults to an unordered list (ul). If you would like an ordered list, change it to 'ol'. |
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