[]Work on bsuite3 is progressing well, thanks to help from Zach and Matt, who are collaborating with me on completely rearchitecting how stats are collected and reported. This, however, is not bs3. It’s a transitional release intended to fix some bugs in b2 and make upgrading easier. This upgrade is recommended for all current bsuite [...]

Posted April 16, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, bug, bug fix, bug fixes, bugs, fix, fixes, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, stable, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 79 Comments.

[]Update: bugfix release b2v7 available.
It’s been a while since I released a new version of bsuite, my multi-purpose WordPress plugin. I’d been hoping to finish up a series of new features, but those have been delayed and this is mostly just a collection of bugfixes. This update is recommended for all bsuite users.
bsuite Features

Tracks page [...]

Posted July 24, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, bug, bug fix, bug fixes, bugs, fix, fixes, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 77 Comments.

[]I’ve fixed another bug in bsuite b2, my multi-purpose plugin. This update is recommended for all bsuite users.
Fixed

Previous versions would throw errors at the bottom of the page when the http referrer info included search words from a recognized search engine. 

Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will always fetch [...]

Posted December 14, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, bug, bug fix, bug fixes, bugs, fix, fixes, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 46 Comments.

[]I’ve fixed a couple bugs in bsuite b2, released last week.
Fixes

A bug with search word highlighting that caused it to litter the display in some cases. 
A silly mistake of mine that cause a mysql error for some users.

Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will always fetch the current version.
Upgrades [...]

Posted December 3, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, bug, bug fix, bug fixes, bugs, fix, fixes, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 11 Comments.

bsuite highlights the search words used to find blog posts in Google and other search engines, and uses those search terms to recommend other related posts at your WordPress site.
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bsuite uses the tags of one post to recommend related posts in your WordPress blog.
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bsuite includes an easy [...]

Posted December 1, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 11 Comments.

[]The first thing we all have to agree on is that bsuite is the replacement for bstat. The name change reflects that fact that the plugin is doing a lot more than simply track page loads. The most exciting new feature is a module I can’t help but call bsuggestive. It uses the tags of [...]

Posted November 28, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, bsuggestive, bsuite, graph, plugin, pulse, recommendation system, recommendations, recommender, recommending, referrer, related content, search engine highlighting, search term, search term highlighting, sehl, statistics, stats, stats tracking, tag, tag management, tag relationships, tags, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 112 Comments.

[[pageindex]]UPDATE: shout outs to Zach, Cliff, Justin, and Thomas who’ve submitted bug reports. Their feedback has been rolled in to the B4 July 20 release, available now (look for the link below).
This is likely the last release before the code gets bundled into bsuite (more details on that later).
Changes
This documentation supersedes any previous documentation.
More [...]

Posted July 19, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, graph, plugin, pulse, referrer, search term, statistics, stats, stats tracking, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 44 Comments.

UPDATE: bstat has been updated.
bStat is a hit and search term stats tracking plugin for WordPress. In addition to reporting lists of popular stories and popular search terms, it will report recent comments and a unique “pulse” graph showing the activity for a story or the entire blog over time.
The documentation for the current release [...]

Posted July 9, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: blog, bloggers, bstat, bstats, hit counters, live stats, logs, plugin, pmachine, pulse, search terms, statistics, stats, stats tracking, traffic patterns, wordpress, wordspress plugin. 4 Comments.

UPDATE: bstat has been updated.
Beta 2 never went public. This is beta 3.
Changes
This documentation supersedes any previous documentation.
The bstat_pulse() function has been improved and now uses your CSS for appearance. Call bstat_pulse_style() to add my default styles inline if you don’t want to modify your CSS. Also, bstat_pulse() now has two switches to control [...]

Posted July 6, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, graph, plugin, pulse, referrer, search term, statistics, stats, stats tracking, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 14 Comments.

UPDATE: bstat has been updated.
I’ve finally added a clean admin interface to my bstat WordPress stats tracking plugin and cleaned up the code for release as a public beta.
Quick Start Installation

Download and unzip bstat.zip 
Place bstat.php in you wp-content/plugins directory 
Place spacer.gif in your wp-content directory 
Log in to your WordPress admin panel and activate the plugin, then [...]

Posted June 20, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, blog pulse, bstat, bstats, graph, plugin, pulse, referrer, search term, statistics, stats, stats tracking, usage, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 4 Comments.

I imported the content of my old referrer tracking database as hits in my new bstat stats datatabase so I could have more data to work with. I mixed this with a fairly simple graphing routine and now we can see the “pulse” of the whole site and each story. Take a look at the [...]

Posted June 10, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: blog pulse, bstat, bstats, plugin, pulse, statistics, stats, stats tracking, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 4 Comments.

I’ve been hard at work on my bstat stats tracking plugin for WordPress and you can see the results in the sidebar and in the story views here. The work has been made especially easy because of the great documentation, including writing a plugin, plugin API, and related pages at the WordPress codex.
I’m testing the [...]

Posted June 10, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: bstat, bstats, plugin, statistics, stats, stats tracking, wordpress, wordpress plugin. 3 Comments.

Work on my bstats plugin continues. I’ve added recently commented posts tracking, begun work on a usage graph, as requested by Richard Akerman, and put together an interesting way to track usage of the Google ads. I’m using the Google ads to figure out how to best use them on another project later. I think [...]

Posted May 29, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology, Warren. Tags: bstat, bstats, graph, pmachine, referrer, search term, spam protection, stats, usage. 2 Comments.

I’m more than surprised that there’s no (decent) stats plugin for WordPress, but that hasn’t stopped me from writing me own. It’s called “bstats,” and I’ll release a beta soon. In the meantime. the “today’s most popular” list comes directly from this new plugin.

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Posted May 27, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology, Warren. Tags: bstat, bstats, decent, plugin, stat, statistics, stats, tracking, usage, wordpress. 2 Comments.