Is it possible to reset the number of reads displayed next to an article. I know it must be a field in the database but I was wondering if there's an easy way to do it without hacking the database.

I've been creating and reading lots of articles in a beta phase. I'd like to clear the read figures before posting the articles module to the general user base.

can I reset the number of reads in Articles for XOOPS O.18?

There isn't any way to reset and/or change the view count from within the articles admin at present.

I have considered adding the count to the edit form, but I know people will "cheat", and well, you know...

I will perhaps add some sort or reset function for a future release.

Thanks for the reply!

Articles for XOOPS is a great module.

You can see my implmentation here:

http://ajet.net/xoops/modules/articles/

I did need to reset the articles read values so in the end, I used PHPMyAdmin and the SQL query :

UPDATE `xoops_articles_main` SET `art_views` = 0;

to reset the articles count.

I can understand your not wanting to allow users to manually set(or artificially increase) the number of reads. However the ability to reset the number of reads to 0 seems reasonable to me for the webmaster.

Alternatively, you could run a user check routine to see if the user is the admin/webmaster before updating the art_views field, excluding the admin so that only regular users visits update the field.

In any case, thanks alot for developing such a great article module. It's simple and effective. I can only imagine the work that goes into something like this. Well done. Keep up the good work!

regards,

David Thomas.