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Counter Tips and Tricks

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 type of counter you would like to use, and place the corresponding code in your web page (example code is under 'HTML Code' below).

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 in place of YourDomain.com-PageName.html in the HTML tag below. Please be sure not to use strange characters like '/' in the name of your data file.
Counter Examples:
Image 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.
For example:
<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=YourDomain.com-PageName.html&dd=C">
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">



2. CHANGE THE BORDER OF THE COUNTER

You can change the width of the border on your counter by adding ft=X (where X is the number of pixels).
For example:
<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.


4. MORE DOCUMENTATION ON THE COUNTER

The author of count.cgi explains this much better than we do in his FAQ.


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