Categories order

filthlab
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Re: Categories order

Post by filthlab »

What does it matter the exact numbers?
Here is the sample:

Galleries
% of test places on page = 70
Test positions start = 11
Test positions end = 100

Categories
% of test places on page = 50
Test positions start = 16
Test positions end = 50
admin
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Re: Categories order

Post by admin »

We have a lot of settings already so to make sure we really need this one lets test it

you can add to config.php

$config['category_thumb_rotation']['new_thumbs_shows'] = ...;
$config['category_thumb_rotation']['test_positions_start'] = ...;
$config['category_thumb_rotation']['new_place_percent'] = ...;


and see if it makes any difference.
If it does - we'll add it to main settings.

PS run update first
Don't forget to run script update
filthlab
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Re: Categories order

Post by filthlab »

Yes, it is working fine, just what we need.
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Re: Categories order

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Just noticed that not all categories are included in the rotation. I've made a lot of tests and many categories didn't participate at the rotation at all.
Any idea what could be the reason?
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Re: Categories order

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Probably those that are participating didnt get enough views yet ?
new_thumbs_shows
Don't forget to run script update
filthlab
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Re: Categories order

Post by filthlab »

What exactly is new_thumbs_shows?
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Re: Categories order

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Test period - we show a thumb at test location until it gets X shows
Don't forget to run script update
filthlab
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Re: Categories order

Post by filthlab »

I see. Is there a stats for categories views, ctr?
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Yes, List thumbs - category thumbs
Don't forget to run script update
filthlab
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Re: Categories order

Post by filthlab »

Found it. Thanks.
But there is something I'm not getting. According to the Google Analytics we got +130K traffic to our site for the last 3-4 days. In the stats for category thumbs the most viewed has just 909 views. And this is the thumb with best ctr, so I'm confident it was showed every session. Is this something related to the cache? Does it count shows and clicks when the page is cached? Any idea?
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