Thanks for the Help!
I asked about a month ago for assistance to be able to add a simple javascript to my blog and today got an answer from dm42 - so very helpful! This is the reply that enabled my successfull addition to my right colum of links:
on Wednesday, 09.07.2003 at 10:01 AM, dm42 answered:
please login as admin to your antville account
enter "skin editor" (right column, in the menu area)
scroll down to section "Navigation skins"
open link "navigation-bar for users"
append this text at the end of the textarea:
... Referrers
save and look at the menue to the right
the link should be visible now for anyone logged into antville
What this script does is to enable my visitors to see who has referred to this blog. As admin for the blog, I can choose to see the referrers, but now I've enabled it for other users to view when they click that active link. This is a fine way to surf the Net for other kindred spirits and great undiscovered blogs!
Thanks for answering, dm42!
nex
I'm sorry it took so long until you got an answer. I'd like to add something:
It's not true that only administrators can view the referrers. Everyone can view them, even anonymous users. All you did is add a link to this page; this has nothing to do with adding JavaScript.
Of course I know that you did in fact, in a totally unrelated editing step; add some JavaScript to your site. This utilizes a CGI script hosted at another server, which also saves all your referrer data. This whole process is a little clumsy ... you added a link to some JavaScript, which is stored at another server. The client downloads it and executes it. By doing so, it invokes a CGI script at the foreign server, which dynamically generates new JavaScript, which is again transferred to the client and executed there. Then your referrer data shows up in the user's browser. Does this "only one line" still sound "simple"? In fact this only works for users that have JavaScript enabled, and also only tracks users that have JavaScript enabled.
And all this to count referrers, which Antville already does anyway, in a way that works for everyone. If you want to include this information in your main skin, you should ask for a macro that displays it and can be included in skins. At the moment, such a macro doesn't exist, AFAIK, but you should have a look at the backlinks macro.
cobalt123
Thanks for your explanation! I use the script on two other blogs I've got at other hosts and they work nicely there since they are blogs that especially highlight links I choose. On the blog "Incoming Signals", take a look at how the referrers are displayed there. That is more the effect I was fascinated by. I did try to add it to a story in my antville blog tonight as you suggested, but I got an error message in my post saying "Macro backlinks not allowed in sandbox". So, this one doesn't work anymore?
Also, whenever I try to see the referrers in my blog here in antville when I am not logged in, I do not have the link showing up for me. So, wondering again how it is that all "users" would be able to see them without a script inserted. Hmmmm, one of many things I am unsure about. Here's the link to the blog I mention by Tom Coates:
http://www.wherethreadscomeloose.com/links.html
mutant
works even if you're not logged in. just put this link somewhere in your navigation-menu and it will be there for everyone.