Xanga Anti-Stalker Module

The Internet can be a dangerous place these days -- evil stalkers are lurking everywhere. Xanga is no exception. Anybody with an Internet connection can learn everything there is to know about you in just minutes. Using this module, you can help to protect yourself from such predators. With this useful tool, you can keep track of who visits you, when, and how often.

Installation

• Go to your private Xanga page.
• Go to your Look & Feel configuration page.
• Under the Website Stats section enter the following code:
  <script> /* Change your options here. See the documentation at http://suhock.net/xanga/xasm.html for more info. */ var show = true; var title = "My Stalkers"; var before = "My Blogrings"; var sortby = "date"; var order = "desc"; var limit = 0; /* Don't change anything beyond this point, unless you know what you're doing (not that you would pay any attention to this warning if you do know what you're doing) */ function getElement(id) { if(document.all) { return document.all[id]; } else { return document.getElementById(id); } } function getUser() { var user = ''; for (var i=0; i<document.links.length; i++) { if (document.links[i].href.substring(0,38) == "http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx") { var link = document.links[i]; if (link.innerText) { user = link.innerText; } else if (link.text) { user = link.text; } break; } } return user; } var tagname = 'script'; function getOwner() { var url = document.URL; var b = url.indexOf("?user="); if (b==-1) b = url.indexOf("&user="); if (b==-1) return getUser(); b += 6; var e = url.indexOf("&", b); if (e==-1) e = url.length; return url.substring(b, e); } </script> <img id="xasm_img" src="http://www.xanga.com/images/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="1"> <span id="xasm_mod"></span> <script> document.images["xasm_img"].src = "http://suhock.net/xanga/logs/img.php?" + "u=" + escape(getOwner()) + "&" + "v=" + escape(getUser()) + "&" + "r=" + escape(document['referrer']); if (show) { var el1 = document.createElement(tagname); el1.src = "http://suhock.net/xanga/logs/stalkers.js.php?" + "u=" + escape(getOwner()) + "&" + "title=" + escape(title) + "&" + "before=" + escape(before) + "&" + "sortby=" + escape(sortby) + "&" + "order=" + escape(order) + "&" + "limit=" + escape(limit); getElement('xasm_mod').appendChild(el1); } </script>
• Note: If you are not in any blogrings, be sure to change the before option to something else.
• You can adjust several options on your stalker module:
  • show - Whether to show the module on your private page (default: true). Options are:
    • true - Show the module
    • false - Don't show the module
  • title - Title of the module (default: "My Stalkers").
  • before - The module before which your stalker module will appear. Use the text that appears in bold at the top of the module (default: "My Blogrings").
  • sortby - The criterion by which your stalkers are sorted (default: "date"). Options are:
    • "freq" - Number of times a stalker has visited
    • "date" - Date of stalker's last visit
  • order - The order in which your stalkers are sorted (default: "desc"). Options are:
    • "asc" - Ascending (oldest to newest or least to most)
    • "desc" - Descending (newest to oldest or most to least)
  • limit - The maximum number of stalkers to show or 0 to show the max (default: 0).
• Click "Save Changes"
• To view your detailed visitors log, click on the "View log" link in your stalkers module on your private page. If you've disabled the display of your stalker module, go to http://suhock.net/xanga/logs/disp.php?u=username where username is your Xanga username, or type your Xanga username here and submit:
  Xanga Username:

FAQ

• Why do all people who visit my xanga get logged as "user", "home", or something and not their usernames?
  You are probably using a skin or something that changes the text of the link to the user's private page. XASM uses this link to determine who's visiting your page. To fix this, either fix the skin (if possible), get rid of the skin, or place the xasm script before any script that modifies the link text.
• Why am I not showing up when I visit my own xanga page?
  XASM won't track you when you visit your own xanga. XASM is designed to protect you from dangerous Internet stalkers. If you're worried that you might be stalking yourself, this module probably can't help you...
• Who is anonymous and why is he stalking me so much?
  An entry with anonymous means the user wasn't logged in when he visited your xanga. You can use the view by IP Address and Browser ID features to try to figure out who it is.
• Can I have the source code?
  Sure. Just look at the code above and the javascript code that is loaded. I probably won't release the php code for a while, because it is messy, inefficient, and designed to get around some quirks on my host. There's nothing terribly complicated going on with the php code anyway, so there's not too much to learn from it and it shouldn't be too hard to reproduce.
• Why don't your respond to my e-mails?
  How did you get my e-mail address?