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help on box.net download stats

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:42 am
by lfnfan
Hi

I put together a spreadsheet a bit ago (based on Phantor Gorth's work) to help commanders plan trade routes. The file is currently hosted in the Wiki. I am curious to see whether it's been downloaded much, but know the Wiki doesn't provide this info.

I had a look at the box.net Lite website and it seems that if I use Google Analytics with box.net I will be able to get such stats. Can anyone tell me if it's easy to set up these two to work together, or if there's a better (free) alternative?

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:52 am
by Thargoid
Box.net on its own will tell you how many times a given file has been downloaded since it was last shared. All you need to do is log into your account there, and for each file you host you get such a count in the list of files.

But be careful, if you unshare and reshare the file then the count is reset, although it isn't affected by new version uploads.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:06 am
by lfnfan
nice one. Thanks Thargoid. for the heads-up on resetting stats also.