solved How to install a page counter for republished text?

researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
Recently I found a science journalism blog that has really good articles that can be republished under a Creative Commons license. One condition is that a page counter be installed so the source publisher can get feedback on where an article is being used. The publisher offers different ways to install the counter. Which way is suitable for a JR based site? Should I try to use the image, script, or iframe tag version of the page counter?

Publisher's information:

The page counter is an invisible 1x1 pixel image that allows us and our authors to know when and where our content is republished. If you use the Republish button, you will be capturing the page counter.

If you need it on its own, the page counter can be accessed by clicking Republish then the Advanced tab. This might be useful for republishers who: ....

- need to embed the counter as a widget to make it work in their CMS;
- need the script form because their CMS is set to cache the pixel.

You can use either the image, script, or iframe tag version of the page counter.

If the counter creates giant white space in an article, add style="border:0; height:1px !important; width:1px !important;" into the tag to override the spacing.

The page counter does not collect user data or personal information. Data the page counter collects are:

that are a referral has occurred, so we know what site republished the article;
the IP address, which we use for city-level geo-locating;
user-agent, so we can exclude bots;
and a random cookie ID, so we can eliminate duplicate pageviews.

The page counter is distinct for every article, including a unique ID number for that article. If you’re copying the code from another article or a saved template, be sure to update the ID number in the code. You cannot reuse the exact same code without updating it.

Source:
 https://theconversation.com/au/republishing-guidelines 



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updated by @researchcooperative: 09/23/17 11:38:27AM
SteveX
SteveX
@ultrajam
7 years ago
2,584 posts
Unusual request for CC licenced content.

Out of interest, doesn't that break the No additional restrictions condition?
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/


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updated by @ultrajam: 06/24/17 06:38:49PM
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
Thanks for adding the link... the request for adding a page counter is stated very definitely:

"You must use our page view counter when republishing online..."

And the CC license states:

"No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits".

Perhaps the request to add a page counter does not stop us from using the material according to the rules of "with attribution, no derivatives", so is not a restriction of concern as far as the CC license is concerned.


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michael
@michael
7 years ago
7,714 posts
researchcooperative:....Should I try to use the image, script, or iframe tag version of the page counter?....
The image version.
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
Thanks all. Now marking as solved.


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