FAQ / Help

1. Some visitors don't show up on the RevolverWidget, what's wrong?
   In order to trace the traffic of your whole webcontent please make sure the Widget is placed on every page (e.g. in the sidebar). You can combine Widgets, see the following section:

2. How to use different RevolverWidgets at my website?
   You can combine RevolverWidgets (for example the button in the sidebar and the globe at a special site) as follows:
   1. Create a widget and add it to your site (e.g. the button).
   2. Create another widget (e.g. the globe), if you're ready click the update button beside the codefield. Enter the link to your website that contains the first widget (in our example it's the button). Add the code to your site (here the subsite that will contain the globe). You're done.

3. The big globe at the RevolverMaps statistics page doesn't show up.
   Install Java, get it here. You may have to restart your browser after installation.

4. How to convert my old RevolverWidget to a new one keeping the visitor information?
   You can convert any RevolverWidget to any RevolverWidget, for example a button to the globe as follows:
   1. Create your new widget at revolvermaps.com.
   2. Click the 'update' button at the setup page (right beside the codefield).
   3. Enter the link to your old widget. Make sure your old widget code still is on your website.
   4. Press enter, wait until the message 'Ok' appears.
   5. Replace your old code with the new code.

5. Isn't it possible to disable the recent page list at the RevolverMaps live statistics site?
   Yes it is: Use the 'Flash via HTML' version, aka the MySpace version. It's available for RevolverMaps Standard and RevolverMaps Plain.

6. Why do I see lots of dots of other visitors, but the only visitor showing up with the flag/city/state-label is me?
   The labels show the recent visitors. They disappear after 10 minutes of inactivity, the dots stay forever. You can obtain detail information to each dot by moving the mouse over the 2D map at your live stats page.

7. Is there something like a fullscreen mode for a more cinema like experience?
   Yes, there is: double-click on the 2D map at the live stats page!

8. Is it possible to open the widget links in a new window?
   No. Don't worry about your visitors. They'll be back...

9. How can I center the widget on my page?
   The solution depends on your layout, but you can try this: <div style="text-align: center;">YOUR WIDGET CODE</div>

10. The right side as well as the bottom of the widget are cut off. What can I do?
    Please see the next entry:

11. Why do I get a white border on the right side and bottom of the widget?
    The zoom function of several browsers causes a similar effect. Solution: Set your browser to default zoom level (View - Zoom - 100% or View - Zoom - normal. The shortcut Ctrl-0 should work in common browsers.)

12. Is it possible to change the colors of the grey bar at the top of the Standard Globe?
    No, but you can remove it completely: Deselect visitor counter and recent hits under advanced settings on the setup page. Both information are also available on your live stats page.

13. How to add a widget to a blogger.com (blogspot.com) layout?
    1. Login to your Blogger-account
    2. Under 'Manage Blogs' click on 'Design'. You get an overview of the page elements on your blog. If not click on 'Page Elements'
    3. Click on one of the 'Add a Gadget' links, a pop-up opens
    4. Under 'Basics' click on 'HTML/JavaScript'
    5. Paste the code you get at revolvermaps.com into 'Content', optionally add a title
    6. Click on 'SAVE'
    7. Drag the new page element representing the widget to a position of your choice
    8. Click on 'PREVIEW', check if the widget fits into your layout. You may have to experiment a little in order to find appropriate size-settings for the widget.
    9. Click on 'SAVE', you're done

14. How to add a widget to Wordpress.com?

    The HTML-Button is compatible with wordpress.com. Create it here, makes sure you've choosen 'HTML-Button' as the code version. Add the code to your Wordpress-Blog as follows:

    1. Login to your Wordpress account
    2. Go to 'My Blog' - 'Dashboard' - 'Appearance' - 'Widgets'
    3. Drag the Element 'Text - Arbitrary text or HTML' to the sidebar
    4. Copy the code from the revolvermaps setup page to the big textbox, optionally add a title
    5. Click on save, you're done.

15. How does the visitor counter work?
    The counter works as a session counter: A session starts if someone opens the page containing your RevolverWidget. A session ends 15 minutes after leaving (unloading) the page containing your widget. This approach is more representative than treating every pagehit as a visit.

16. The widget displays no visitor information (blank globe/map).
    This problem can occur if you disconnect from network before the widget is displayed on screen: Depending on it's execution environment (OS, browser, etc.) the widget will delay loading of visitor information as long as it remains off-screen (For instance it can be placed near the footer of a website, so that the visitor has to scroll down.). This feature helps to conserve client and server sided resources and is related only to the monitoring function of the widgets. Visitors will be registered in any case.

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