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How To Create a Cookie to Remember Visitors

2009-06-06T00:40:00.000-07:00

This script will prompt the user to enter his/her name, and remember and display it whenever the user returns.

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- ->Page Elements

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below and click save.

Now you are done.Refresh site to see result.Look at the example below.

A Cookie to display the number of times Visit-2

2009-06-06T00:27:00.000-07:00

This script keeps track of the number of times a surfer has visited your page, and alerts the surfer of this info.

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- ->Page Elements

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below and click save.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function getCookieVal (offset) {
var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
if (endstr == -1)
endstr = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function GetCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0)
break;
}
return null;
}
function SetCookie (name, value) {
var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
var expires = (2 < argc) ? argv[2] : null;
var path = (3 < argc) ? argv[3] : null;
var domain = (4 < argc) ? argv[4] : null;
var secure = (5 < argc) ? argv[5] : false;
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function DisplayInfo() {
var expdate = new Date();
var visit;
expdate.setTime(expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365));
if(!(visit = GetCookie("visit")))
visit = 0;
visit++;
SetCookie("visit", visit, expdate, "/", null, false);
var message;
if(visit == 1)
message=" Welcome to my page!";
if(visit== 2)
message=" I see you came back !";
if(visit == 3)
message=" Oh, it's you again!";
if(visit == 4)
message=" You must be curious!";
if(visit == 5)
message=" You're practically a regular!";
if(visit == 6)
message=" You need a hobby!";
if(visit == 7)
message=" Nothing better to do?";
if(visit == 8)
message=" Don't you ever sleep?";
if(visit == 9)
message=" Get a life!!!";
if(visit >= 10)
message=" Rent is due on the 1st of the month!";
alert("\n"+"Your browser has visited this page \n"
+" "+visit+"\n"
+" time(s)."+"\n"+"\n"
+message);
}
function ResetCounts() {
var expdate = new Date();
expdate.setTime(expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365));
visit = 0;
SetCookie("visit", visit, expdate , "/", null, false);
history.go(0);
}

window.onload=DisplayInfo
</Script>

Now you are done.Refresh your site to see result.Look at the example below.

A Cookie to display the number of times Visit-1

2009-06-06T00:19:00.000-07:00

The below script uses cookies to display the number of times a (each) user has visited your page.

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- ->Page Elements

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below and click save.

<SCRIPT>
function GetCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0) break;
}
return null;
}
function SetCookie (name, value) {
var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function DeleteCookie (name) {
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
var cval = GetCookie (name);
document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}
var expDays = 30;
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));
function amt(){
var count = GetCookie('count')
if(count == null) {
SetCookie('count','1')
return 1
}
else {
var newcount = parseInt(count) + 1;
DeleteCookie('count')
SetCookie('count',newcount,exp)
return count
}
}
function getCookieVal(offset) {
var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
if (endstr == -1)
endstr = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
document.write("You've been here <b>" + amt() + "</b> times.")
</SCRIPT>

Now you are done.Refresh site to see result.

How To Create Cookie to Display time of last visit

2009-06-05T20:02:00.000-07:00

This script records the date+time of your visitor's last visit and displays it upon their return. If this is their first visit to your site, a greeting message is shown instead. You can customize the messages to display in each case.

1.Login to your dashboard--> layout- ->Page Elements

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below and click save.

Now you are done.Refresh your site to see result.