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Instructions
Add
the following HTML code to create a Hit Counter for
your Web page. Make sure you change the red text to
your user name. If you want more than 1 counter, use
the same code, but add a number to your user name (i.e.
user_name1.dat)
<img
src="http://www.mho.net/cgi-bin/count.exe?df= user_name.dat">
To
customize your counter, use the commands listed below.
For every command added you must use a Pipe to separate
it (a Pipe is the character that
looks like this |.
To make a Pipe press shift
+ \).
Directly below is an example of added command lines
separated by Pipes.
<img
src="http://www.mho.net/cgi-bin/count.exe?df=test.dat|ft=0|dd=b|frgb=ffffff|sh=1|incr=1">
Counter
Command Options
Parameter:
display=X
Name:
Specifies what to display.
Description:
A valid string can be specified with display=
parameter to display counter, clock or date. The valid
value for the string parameter X is counter,clock
or date For counter, this parameter is not need
as counter is the default display type.
Default:
display=counter
Parameter:
timezone=X
Name:
Display time/date of the specified timezone.
Description:
The parameter timezone= is only significant
with display=clock or display=date. Use
this parameter if you want to display time or date of
another timezone. The timezone must be specified with
a negative or positive four digit offset from GMT, for
example: timezone=GMT-0500 or timezone=GMT+0000
or timezone=GMT+0530. The routine to display
time of various timezones are written in a generic way.
Therefore, the unix machines will not be aware of daylight
saving time because of the way the routine is written.
For example, if daylight saving time is on, to display
time of NY, the timezone will be timezone=GMT-0500
instead of timezone=GMT-0400. If the clock displays
your local time wrong, specify your timezone with that
parameter in order to display the correct time.
Default:
None.
Parameter:
tformat=X
Name:
Time format in 12 or 24 hour
Description:
This parameter can be used to display time in 12
or 24 hour format. The valid values for the parameter
X is 12 or 24
Default:
tformat=12
Parameter:
dformat=X
Name:
Specifies date format
Description:
This parameter is only significant with display=date.
The valid value for the string parameter X is
any combination of MMDDYY (Month-Day-Year). For
example, dformat=ddmmyy, dformat=YYMMDD
Default:
dformat=MMDDYY
Parameter:
istrip=B
Name:
Use of image strip On/Off
Description:
The boolean value of istrip specifies whether
to use image strip or not. If you specify istrip=F,
the program will look for the individual digit image
files in the digits/style directory. The valid values
for the Boolean parameter istrip are Y, N, T,
F, 1 or 0.
Default:
istrip=T
Parameter:
ft=X
Name:
Frame Thickness
Description:
You can wrap the counter in an ornamental frame
of X pixels thick. Use 0 for no frame. Values over 5
make a nice 3-D effect
Default:
ft=6
Parameter:
frgb=R;G;B
Name:
Frame Color
Description:
Specifies the color of the frame in RGB (red/green/blue)
format. Each color component, R, G, and B is specified
as a value between 0 and 256. If you use ft= without
a frgb= param, the default color is used. If you specify
a frgb= without a ft=, then the frame thickness defaults
to 5. All the examples show ft=5. The color can be specified
as hex string or a name. Do not use a # before the
hex string as Netscape. For example, if you want
to specify white in hex, use frgb=ffffff. You
also can use a color name (e.g. frgb=blue) if the counter
configured to do so (look at the cfg file). Look at
the color name mapping database for some hints about
color name database.
Default:
frgb=100;139;216 or frgb=648bd8
Parameter:
tr=B
Name:
Transparency On/Off
Description:
You can specify if your counter image will have
a transparent color with the Boolean B. So tr=Y means
there will be a transparent color. It does not matter
if the GIF files used for the digits are "transparent";
you must specify explicitly which color to make transparent.
If you specify a trgb=, then you do not need to specify
tr=Y. If you specify tr=Y and do not specify
trgb=, then the default color black will be transparent.
The valid values for B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0.
Default:
tr=F No Transparency
Parameter:
md=X
Name:
Max Digits
Description:
Defines maximum number of digits to display. Any
value between 5 and 10 inclusive are permitted. Padding
with leading zeros is automatically done for you; longer
counts are truncated to the given X.
Default:
md=6 Without padding
Parameter:
pad=B
Name:
Padding with 0's
Description:
Turn padding on/off in conjunction with md= setting.
Valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T,
F, 1, or 0.
Default:
pad=N Without specification of a md=value
pad=Y With specification
of a md=value
Parameter:
dd=A
Name:
Digit Directory
Description:
Denotes directory of a specific styles of digits.
Four styles of digits are supplied. They are kept at
the directories A,B,C and D respectively. Visit the
digit mania
page for other styles of digits.
Default:
dd=A My green led digits
Parameter:
image=gif_file
Name:
Display this GIF file
Description:
You can display any GIF image specified with this
parameter. The location of this file is determined by
the dd= parameter. All attributes of the counter
applly to the image.
Default:
None
Parameter:
comma=B
Name:
Display comma after every 3rd digit from right.
Description:
The boolean value of parameter comma specifies
whether to display comma after every 3rd digit from
right. If you use this parameter as true, the left padding
with zeros will be turned off.
Default:
comma=F
Parameter:
srgb=R;G;B prgb=R;G;B
Name:
Change a color of the image to a target color on
the fly
Description:
Any one color of the image can be changed to a different
color on the fly. srgb stands for source color,
that is the color to change. prgb stands for
pen color, that is the target color. The values for
srgb and prgb can be colon separated color
components (e.g, srgb=255;0;0), a hex value (e.g. srgb=ff0000)
or a color name (e.g. srgb=red). The color name can
be used if you configured the counter to do so (look
at the cfg file).
Default:
srgb=00ff00
(0;255;0 green)
prgb=00ffff
(0;255;255 cyan)
With chcolor=T
Parameter:
chcolor=B
Name:
Change a color of the image.
Description:
This parameter is usually used to change the default
green color to cyan. That is if you specify chcolor=T,
and you want to change green to cyan, then you do not
need to specify srgb and prgb parameters. 1x1 GIF is
displayed. The valid values for the Boolean parameter
B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0
Default:
chcolor=F
Parameter:
st=X
Name:
Start Count
Description:
This parameter is used to set the initial value
of the counter to some number X. This is only valid
if you decided to allow automatic datafile creation.
It is a bad practice to allow automatic datafile creation,
however it makes site maintaining easier. The automatic
datafile creation option is specified in configuration
file and can be changed at run time. Note that this
parameter has no effect if the datafile already exists.
If you want to change the counter value in a existing
datafile, hand edit the file. The minimum value for
st is 1.
Default:
st=1 Count starts at 1
Parameter:
sh=B
Name:
Show digits
Description:
Used to turn display of digits on or off according
to the Boolean B. When sh=T, counter will be displayed
and incremented, this is the default behavior. If sh=F
no digits will show, but the counter will still increment;
instead of digits a transparent 1x1 GIF is displayed.
The valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y,
N, T, F, 1, or 0
Default:
sh=Y
Parameter:
df=data_file
Name:
Datafile to store count
Description:
Specifies the name of the file for storing the count
in. The file must be allocated to you as was mentioned
in the "Authorizations" section above. You can use df=random
to display a random number.
One special use of the parameter is df=RANDOM. This
returns a random number using the fractional portion
of the host's time of day clock as a seed for the generator.
Unlike all other WWWcounter parameters, the file name
provided is case-sensitive, except for the value random.
Or Random, or rANDOM, etc.
Default:
df=random if no datafile is specified
Parameter:
incr=B
Name:
Increment Count
Description:
Makes it possible to display the current count without
incrementing the count. This can be used to examine
the count for reporting or other purposes without adding
to the count. Valid values for the Boolean parameter
B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0.
Default:
incr=T Increment the counter on each invocation
Parameter:
lit=X
Name:
Display literal
Description:
Makes it possible to display a given, predetermined
string. The valid values for the string X are digits,
a,p,: and -
Default:
None
Parameter:
negate=B
Name:
Negate the color
Description:
Makes it possible to negate the color of the counter
digits. Note that the Frame is exempted from negating.
Valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T,
F, 1, or 0.
Default:
negate=F Do not negate
Parameter:
degrees=X
Name:
Rotate X degrees
Description:
Makes it possible to rotate the counter image X
degree. The possible values of X is 90, 180, 270 and
360. Note 360 is meaningless as the counter will come
back to the original 0 degree.
Default:
degrees=270 With rotate=Y and without degrees=X
rotate 270 degrees clockwise
Parameter:
rotate=B
Name:
Rotate On/Off
Description:
The Boolean value B turns on or off rotating. If
you use degrees= setting, rotate is not needed. Valid
values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1,
or 0.
Default:
rotate=F Do not rotate
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