The WWW Count
CGI package is available on the CS Server. You can get all the details
about using this package from the
Homepage,
including
Features,
Styles,
and
Reference
Documentation.
You must have a data file on the web server for each unique counter
and you will have to specify this filename as an
argument to the CGI script. To create such a datafile, run
makecounter on any CS Sun in the sharkestra domain.
This program will tell you the name of the datafile, which will
be of the form USERNAME_N.dat.
Here are some very simple examples, along with the corresponding html
snippet, to get you going.
- Here is a simple hit counter in the default style that counts reloads
as hits:
<img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=username_1.dat&reload=T&cache=F&expires=0">
- Here is a hit counter using the 'cd' style digits with no frame that doesn't count
reloads (for a more accurate count of unique hits):
<img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=username_2.dat&reload=F&dd=cd&ft=0">
- Here is a clock using the default style that will update on a reload:
<img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?display=clock&pad=F&cache=F&expires=0">
In the examples of counters, you would obviously have to replace
username_n.dat with the name of the datafile that was created
for you when you ran makecounter.
