Mint 2.0: Minty Fresh Website Statistics
Mint, the web site analytics program, recently was upgraded to version 2.0. You can check out the changes here.
With all the hype about the new upgrade, I decided to take a look at it again. I had passed over Mint for Google Analytics and Performancing due to Mint needing to be run locally and costing money. Well, Performancing is dead and Google Analytics just isn’t that good for tracking blog stats. This afternoon i downloaded the Mint Server Compatibility Suite and lo’ and behold, my server can handle Mint like a champ. So I took the plug and dropped my $30 for the package.
I didn’t want to wait until I got home so I ended up install the package from work. Only problem with work is, our proxy blocks port 21 so I couldn’t FTP the files onto my server. I ended up using the web-based file manager that my host provides. It wasn’t ideal but I did get it copied over and installed. The installation was a breeze. One of the easiest web packages I’ve every installed. Even easier than Wordpress was.
Instead of editing header files, I went the plugin route and installed WP Mint to take care of the javascript. After everything was up and running, I installed some Pepper(addon’s for Mint). I only ended up keeping User Agent 007 for now. Bird Feeder looks nice but I’m currently using Feedburner to track RSS subscriptions. If I can figure out how to properly setup Wordpress RSS feeds with Bird Feeder, I may switch. It would nice having everything all in one place. I did finally install the WP Feedburner Plugin tonight and removed all the hacky .htaccess stuff that I was using for Feedburner. WP Feedburner Plugin makes everything nice and neat and easy to deactivate if I decide to go with Bird Feeder in the future.
If anyone knows what I need to do to make Bird Feeder play nice with Wordpress, leave a comment.
I just aquired it and it is the best statistical manager every. It gives you real time track of your visitors. It follows em by IP and if they are registered to your forum or other softwares you have on the same domain you can assign their names on the cookie and it will track em.
best use of $30 this year
I tried using the birdfeeder plugin for a day and it seems to screw the RSS feed, but it did give a count similar to what feedburner gave on one day.
Let me know if you found out a way to use the Birdfeeder plugin
@Venu – I’ve been using Bird Feeder WordPress Plugin which you can find at http://www.haveamint.com/peppermill/other/31/bird_feeder_wordpress_plugin/
Just install and active the plugin and you’re all set.
This is a great post and have kept it in my bookmarks. Will continue to read it as i?m very new to a lot of the points you mention!
Thanks though, i?m glad some people share good stuff like this!