β’ πΎ Added the ability to show unique hits for your main hit counter. Just add `hits=unique` to your embed script to bring across the unique count. β’ πΎ Added the ability to use a browser beacon approach to sending hits back to Tinylytics. Just add `beacon` as a parameter to your embed script if it something you might want. I'll keep this hidden for now in the docs as it's very specific. β’ πΎ Attempting to better handle referrer data when recording hits, so you get better path info on a case by case basis β I am still...
The official companion update & changelog blog to Tinylytics.
β’ π You can now enable two-factor authentication for your account. Head on over to your account page and then Login & Security to get started. β’ π Added the ability to set up more details for the webring listing, you can read about it here. β’ πΎ Fixed an issue with updating the site widget when switching between different widgets like Uptime, Insights etc. β’ π§Ή Tidied up various parts of the site, for example the account pages now all link easily and are cleaner, kudos set up info now matches other part of the app. And some other...
Expanding the Webring
Tinylytics already includes a delightful opt-in webring feature, which lets users embed a simple widget on their websites to showcase a random site from the ring. It's a fantastic way to discover our cozy corner of the indie web and stumble upon some truly inspiring personal sites. Today, I'm excited to announce the groundwork for expanding this feature. While the full rollout is planned for later this year, you can start adding more details about your site right now. This gives everyone plenty of time to prepare before we launch.Here's what's new: β’ Website Categories: You can now assign a...
β’ π Fixed an issue that wouldn't correctly update downtimes after a website came back to the up state.
β’ π§Ήβ¨ Reworked some settings with dedicated Webring, UI Settings and Danger Zone pages, that allows for better info and also simplify the main site settings. β’ π§Ή Other general tweaks to wording throughout some parts of the site.
β’ π Fixed an issue where when unpausing an uptime monitor would immediately pause it again.
β’ π Fixed an issue with showing grouped archived hits in the site settings page. β’ π Fixed an issue that would allow a malformed URL to be saved and used as a website address. β’ π Fixed an issue that would not correctly show hit counts in the dashboard caused by long query times for sites with a large data set.
Tinylytics is humming along nicely and all data has now been processed. All is looking good and healthy! Thank you βοΈβ€οΈ
I'm working on a few server migrations over the next 48 hours, so you might notice some hits data being slow to show up on your dashboard. I'll try and keep disruption to service to an absolute minimum.
β’ πΎπ¨ Dramatically improved the speed of loading public status pages with sites that had a lot of hits.
β’ π Pixel tracking - finally track your RSS subscribers and newsletter readers! Add invisible 1x1 pixel images to your feeds and emails to see who's actually reading your content. Right now it automatically detects popular RSS readers. This data is not yet filterable in the dashboard but will eventually allow you to check by rss reader and others β although it does count and record hits as usual (as expected). Read about it here. β’ π New Community tab focused on personal web analytics - this is where you'll find pixel tracking tools, visitor journey insights, and community engagement...
Tinylytics turned 2 years old today. Thank you to all that are using it, have been using it, and for those that have signed up to a paid plan over the course of the years. It really means a lot to me β€οΈ It just hit over 16 million hits recorded, and things are moving nicely and I am very excited with where things are headed. Thank you again, here is to the next 2 years βοΈβ€οΈ
β’ π§ π¨ Fixed an issue that would cause the archived sites view to load incredibly slowly. No more! β’ β¨ Tweaked the look and feel of the archived sites list (was still using old styles). β’ π§Ή Brought across style parity with other elements for an archived site. Huh, what? β’ π Fixed a bug where an archived site would throw an error when no hits were present.
β’ π§ Your uptime monitoring is now more reliable and won't auto-pause immediately after you manually resume it after extensive downtime (and where it triggered auto-pause) - we've added a 24-hour grace period when you restart monitoring for sites that were down for a while before resuming the auto-pause. Also improved background data syncing. β’ β¨ Uptime monitoring downtime history is now much easier to read - instead of confusing "76384 minutes", you'll see human-friendly durations like "53 days, 1 hour" with a cleaner, more organised design that fits with the general look and feel. Why not! β’ π€ Did...
β’ πΎ Made usage calculations more forgiving of traffic spikes - we now ignore your busiest month when calculating averages, so viral content won't unfairly bump you up. β’ π Paid subscribers no longer see confusing "please upgrade" warnings when exceeding 100k hits. Higher tier plans with self-serve upgrades are coming soon for those who need them. β’ π Free users still get helpful upgrade prompts when needed, but the new calculation is more forgiving of viral content and traffic spikes. β’ π Usage numbers update in the background, so changes may take a bit to show up. The new...