Advanced options in Joomla 1.5: Counter

This tutorial will show you how to add a counter to your Joomla. It will display the number of people that have visited your website. With Joomla you can do this with just a few clicks.

Adding a counter to your site

Joomla 1.5 offers an easy way to add an advanced web counter to your site. To add the counter, follow the steps below:
Step 1. Log in to your Joomla admin panel and go to Extensions -> Module Manager:

Step 2. From the top right menu choose [New].
Step 3. From the listed options check "Statistics" and click "Next" from the top right panel.
Step 4. The next page has many advanced counter options. We will change only:

Title: Counter
Show Title: No
Hit Counter: Yes (From the right box)

Step 5. Click on [Save] from the top-right menu to save the counter.