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h1. HasViewCount
h3. Adds a polymorphic association that allows any model to have a unique visitor count (based on IP address)
h2. Installation
<pre><code>script/plugin install git://github.com/citrus/has_view_count.git
- or -
git submodule add git://github.com/citrus/has_view_count.git vendor/plugins/has_view_count
script/generate has_view_count
rake db:migrate
restart mongrel
</code></pre>
_This will generate_
<pre><code>db/migrate/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX_has_view_count_migration.rb
app/models/view_count.rb
</code></pre>
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h2. Example
h4. Model:
<pre><code>class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
has_view_count
end
</code></pre>
h4. Controller:
<pre><code>class PostsController < ApplicationController
after_filter :record_view_count, :only => :show
...
...
...
private
def record_view_count
@post.record_view_count(request.remote_ip, logged_in?) # use logged_in? if you have restful_authentication installed
end
end
</code></pre>
_Copyright (c) 2009 Citrus Media Group / Spencer Steffen, released under the MIT license_