Hi Guys.

I was checking my web statistics this morning, Im using Statcounter, when I came across this, 'see enclosed image' can anyone advise me on it, it does seem a bit unusual.

Sorry, forgot to add its the 'file/users' one im enquiring about second insertion down.

The visitor probably saved your page on his/her C drive and then accessed it locally.

Thank you for your reply Per, much appreciated

It may be as Per says, but could it also be yourself opening the file containing the counter code on your own computer? I get the same if I open a file locally on my own system.

Yes, Kenny would certainly be treated as any other 'visitor' in that situation, unless he has specified a Statcounter 'Blocking Cookie' to exclude his own visit from the count.
This reminds me of a related 'problem': It used to be (IE8 and older versions of the HTML Editor) that if I just remembered to have a SC Blocking Cookie specified in IE, my previews in the Editor would not trigger a Statcounter record. With IE9 and the latest Editor, though, this does not work. All my previews in the Editor now trigger Statcounter. The only way I've been able to avoid this has been to temporarily disable the Statcounter code while I do a lot of editing of a particular page. Anyone out there who knows of a better way?

Yes! this has solved my enquiry, thanks

What I do is using php includes. I put the counter code in the footer and create a 'footer.php' that is included with this bit of code:

Of course the page which has the footer included also has to have the extension php.

When editing the page, I open it locally, and it will open without the included files. Php is a server language, so a page has to be uploaded for the footer (and any other included files, like header, navbar etc) to display. So, only when testing online the counter will count, but not locally.

And normal visitors to the site will not see if anything is included or not, all they see is the entire page. (When I say 'normal' visitors I don't mean those who are using the Ffx Web developer ad-on or similar.)

A most clever and elegant solution!
Thank you very much Inger!

Most welcome!