[Fastpages] New feature request

[hello34 (Kurian)]

Aakash requested in twitter for the option to introduce claps and views in fastpages similar to medium.com.
Will it be possible?

source: https://twitter.com/A_K_Nain/status/1239217782736080902

[hamelsmu (Hamel Husain)]

Not a way that I know of to add claps or surface page views for readers to see ( at least in a secure way that doesn’t expose your credentials, or in a way that doesn’t involve tons of setup), but you can track page views.

How to track page views in fastpages

Following up on this twitter thread Q: Is there a way to track page views in fastpages A: yes Setup Google Analytics. Create a new “property” per the instructions and get a tracking code for your site. Add the tracking code to config.yml [image] You have to wait 24 hours in most cases to get metrics, but some are immediately available. You can see total sessions [image] You can also see views by page [image] Caveat I am not that familiar with Gogole Analytics, and don’t know a…

[hello34 (Kurian)]

For claps instead of exposing credentials, can’t we just emualate the clap effect as mentioned in this article.

Maybe we can avoid the 50 clap limit of medium, and users can clap as much as they want, avoiding the problem of exposing credentials

[hamelsmu (Hamel Husain)]

I think if someone could make a service that relied on storing data in GitHub as the backend similar to how the comments work, rather than a third party backend that might not be reliable would be the best situation in this scenario.

As someone maintaining this, I would be weary about solutions from third parties that may easily go away or stop working at any moment or that aren’t actively maintained.