Question for all plugin creators

[Former Member]

Hey, guys. So I am using the lovely forums.net service and am having some trouble with skyrocketing pageviews. I know that plugins, when they "key set" or whatever it is, take a pageview. I have 37 plugins. For that reason, I'm hoping to learn which ones might be taking pageviews so I can decide the best course of action for my forum. I do not want to leave proboards, but with my pageviews increasing the way they are when we are not even open yet, I am, to put it lightly, very worried. If you know whether or not your plugin causes a pageview, please post here with a simple answer so I can make note.

Yootil - Peter
Monetary system - Peter
Custom Field Modifier - Brian
prevent display name change - ®i©hie
drop down nav - Shorty
collapsible categories - Jordan
awards system - Todge
tabbed sections in posts - Wormopolis
posting activity plus - Wormopolis
level up meter - Wormopolis
karma system - Shorty
vdice - Virgil Sovereign
user legends, blocks - Brian
predetermined post drop down - Shorty
administrator note - Todge
word counter - Chris
posting templates - Shorty
highlightable code - Shorty
post options dropout - Chris
vpester - Virgil Sovereign
remove invisible option - Pebble
username in post - Wormopolis
prize wheel - P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓
chess notification companion - Wormopolis
post composer - Peter
chess system - Wormopolis
tournament brackets - Wormopolis
geo information - ?
new rank salute - Wormopolis
whisper tags - Todge
war - P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓
casino black jack - P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓
casino slots - P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓
caisno poker - P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓

[Pebble]

Are you sure that key-set takes a page view from adfree? It doesn't change the adverts on the page so I'd be surprised if it does.

[Wormopolis]

I had not heard an AJAX call cost a pageview either... where did you read that?

[blc]

I thought plug ins weren't supposed to affect page views, regarding Forum.net costs.

[Todge]

If a plugin was causing that then surely it would be a TOS violation.. Plugins are not allowed to change the page without some kind of user input.

[Former Member]

In the official forums.net thread, I asked them this

4) I see you say "A pageview occurs when a request is received by our forum software to load data. For example, if a user views your forum homepage this will count as one pageview. An AJAX request to your forum is also counted as a pageview." in the FAQ. Just because that sounds like plugin-terms to me, I need to ask: are there any plugins that are going to be contributing to this amount? Like any that 'load data' in a manner that will count as a pageview? Or anything else besides a viewer looking at a page that counts as a pageview?

I was told this by the CEO

4) It's whenever a request is received by the forum software (except for the shoutbox, we've set it up to not count shoutbox refreshes against your pageviews). So if a plugin does a plugin key set() function call, this triggers an AJAX call to the server. Similarly, navigating from page 1 to page 2 of a thread triggers an AJAX call to the server. Both of these count as a pageview.

[Tim Camara]

This issue does not appear to be plugin related. Rather, what seems to be occurring is that on ProBoards, the only pageviews that are tracked are actual full page reloads and a handful of specific AJAX requests such as changing pages in a thread. In Forums.net, the system tracks every request, AJAX or otherwise, except shoutbox refreshes. This means that when transferring to Forums.net from ProBoards, there are many AJAX calls that don't show up on your ProBoards analytics that will be counted against your Forums.net pageviews. This was merely an oversight in the transfer process, and we are currently working to resolve the issue. Our intent is to grandfather in any customers transferring from ProBoards with a forum created on or before April 16th, 2014 to not count these invisible AJAX calls against your Forums.net pageviews. ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪, if you have any further questions, check your Forums.net dashboard for the ticket I opened on this issue.

[Former Member]

So all the excess pageviews that aren't really pageviews will stop being counted soon? If so that would be amazing

[Tim Camara]

That is correct.

[mmhmm]

And, yet again, it's Variable Dude to the rescue! Your avatar does so fit you, Tim Camara!

[Virgil Sovereign]

It never hurts to ask.