How do I add a counter and track visitors to my journal?
You can use LiveJournal's My Guests feature to find out which LiveJournal users are visiting your journal. If you are concerned that unwanted people are reading your journal, you can track the IP addresses of commenters in your journal and use security settings to restrict who can read your entries.
Alternatively, you can add a third-party counter from an external site to your journal, as long as the code doesn't use JavaScript or Flash. Along with counting the number of people who visit your journal, the counter may provide information about the people visiting your journal. If you don't know of a counter service, you may want to use your favorite search engine to find one.
Alternatively, you can add a third-party counter from an external site to your journal, as long as the code doesn't use JavaScript or Flash. Along with counting the number of people who visit your journal, the counter may provide information about the people visiting your journal. If you don't know of a counter service, you may want to use your favorite search engine to find one.
Adding a Counter
All LiveJournal users can add a counter to their journal in an entry dated far in the future (so it stays at the top of your journal) and enabling the "Date Out of Order" option.
Your ability to add a counter to your style depends on your account type and your chosen theme.
- Accounts without additional packages: You can add counters to your style via the "Presentation" section on the Customize Journal Style page, provided that your layout supports counter code. If it does not, you can add the counter code within a free text area in your layout.
- Accounts with Professional and Permanent package of service: If your chosen layout doesn't support counter code or free text areas, you can use
s2howto's "Adding a counter" memories to create a custom S2 style with counter code. You can also use this method to move the counter code to a different location.
If your account uses the old style system, you can add a third-party counter to your style by following the instructions in this
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