Hiya;

Sounds excellent..

I DO want to point out that what you are working on sounds similar to an advanced version of the Remote Count plugin by Ian at http://www.iuni.com, so you may want to make sure you are not rewriting the same functionality. I think enhanced statistics, ond historical storage of statistics, like Hitbox.xom, and display of site banners would be an excellent way of adding making your plugin different from Ian's, which I feel is excellent:

Here's more info... (I quote)

Remote Count http://www.iuni.com
Plug-In Version: 2.1.1c

Remote count is a clever little script which allows you to place a page counter, or a graphic of your choice onto a remote site, and maintain the count in your links database. It also directs anyone who clicks on the graphic or custom "Powered By....." text to either the detailed page of the link, or your home page - YOU DECIDE. No matter what, you bring more traffic to your site.

Remoptecount has basic toplist features also.

Top X Count

# This subroutine returns the toplist
# Called with <%Plugins::RemoteCount::TopXCount('TopX_Start','TopX_ListSize','Max Title Length', 'Sort Order')%>
# Order:
# iox - IN OUT EXP
# ixo - IN EXP OUT
# xoi - EXP OUT IN
# xio - EXP IN OUT
# oix - OUT IN EXP
# oxi - OUT EXP IN

Example: <%Plugins::RemoteCount::TopXCount('50','20','75', 'xio')%>

Returns the top 20 (from rank 50 to rank 70), with titles capped at 75 chars, and order by Exposures, In's then Out's


Note: "Birds of a feather floc ..." This would be a setting of 23 for example... giving a total string length of 27 (4 for the space and three dots).



Lastly, you can adjust the rc_rank.html template so that the tag output displays exactly the way you want it.

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On the Stats plugin, if you get to even half the level of functionality that Hitbox provides, you can count me in as a buyer.