Counter

The Counter option allows you to set up a hit counter on your site, which lets you determine how many times the page on which the counter resides has been visited. In addition, our counter can show the date and the time. This counter is displayed on the page and can be viewed in various counter styles. Additionally, you can start the counter at any number you set, and it will count hits and add them to that number.

Before performing any work with the counter on your site, first verify that it has been installed. From the Command Center, select the Counter icon. The Counter Manager displays.

Select the Verify Install button. A message appears indicating that the counter utility has been installed for your domain.

How do I setup a counter?

There are different types of counters you can setup on any of your web pages. Below are a few examples. To create the counter image, you need to do the following two things. Decide what style of counter you would like to use, and place the corresponding code in your web page (example code is below the example image in the following examples).

You can place this code in your HTML page by using the File Manager in the control panel to edit your pages.

Note: Input your site specific data, your domain name and the actual page name, in place of YourDomain.com-PageName.html in the HTML tags below. Please be sure not to use strange characters like '/' or spaces in the name of your data file.

Counter Examples:
HTML Code
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html">
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&display=date">
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&display=clock">

How do I change the appearance of my counter?

1. CHANGE THE DIGIT STYLE

We have five (5) different styles of digits installed on our server. You can change the style of your counter by simply adding dd=(A,B,C,D,or E) to the img tag.

Below are the five styles of digits included on our server:

Style A
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=A">
Style B
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=B">
Style C
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=C">
Style D
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=D">
Style E
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=E">

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=C&ft=0">

3. WHAT IF I WANT TO USE MORE THAN ONE COUNTER?

No problem, all you need to do is simply change the data file (df) to yourdomain.com-whatever. Make sure you include your domain name or sub-directory name in the name of the data file. Just be sure not to use strange characters like '/' in the name of your data file.


Note: if you should encounter an error that reads: "Could not create data file: /usr/local/etc/Counter/data/..." please contact support and we can quickly fix this for you.

Once your counter is installed and set up, you can adjust the number that is displayed in your counter to any number you set.

From the Command Center, select the Counter icon. The Counter Manager displays.

Select the Adjust Counter button. The How Do I Adjust My Counter page displays. This page offers step-by-step instructions for adjusting the counter display number.

From the drop-down list in field 1, select the file which contains the counter you would like to change.

In field 2, type the number that you would like your counter to show.

Note: The next time you view your the counter on your page, it will be one digit higher than what you specify here. For instance, if you choose 1000, when you return to the counter page, the counter will read 1001.

Select the Submit button to continue. A page displays indicating that the counter adjustment was successful.

You can now return to the page on which the counter resides to view the adjustment. As indicated on the screen above, if you are using Netscape, you need to hold down your shift key and simultaneously click on the Reload button for the change to take place.

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