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Microsoft FrontPage: How Do I Change The Frontpage Counter Values
Counters for your web site, choose from over
700 styles
To place a counter on your page, you will need to do the following:
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Choose a name for the counter which describes what you are counting
(i.e. frontdoor, page1, myhits, carolspage, etc.)
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Choose a style (font) for the counter. Over 700 styles are now
available.
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Place HTML code on your page which displays the counter.
1. Choose a name for your counter
Choose a name for your counter which describes what you are counting (i.e.
frontdoor, page1, myhits, carolspage, etc.). Then go to your account control
panel, select "counters". There you can create the file which will keep track of
the counter information.
2. Choose a style (font) for your counter
Browse the list of counter styles, and write down the names of the ones that
interest you.
3. Place HTML code on your page
Use the following code to place the counter on your page:
or
For example, if you\\\\'ve chosen to name your counter mycounter, and
you\\\\'ve chosen the counter style katt001, then you would use the following
code:
or
Other counter options
Universal Commercial Services counter provides several options which are listed
below. Popular options are summarized here:
Changing and deleting counters
You can change the value of any counter, or delete a counter through the
"Counters" feature in customer control panel.
Advanced counter options
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Parameter |
Name |
Description |
Default |
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display=X |
Specifies what to display. |
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
The default display type, if none is specified, is counter. |
display=co unter |
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timezone=X |
Display time/date of the specified timezone. |
The parameter timezone= is only significant with
display=clock or display=date. Use this parameter if you
want to display the 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. This counter is not aware of daylight saving
time. 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
. |
None. |
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tformat=X |
Time format in 12 or 24 hour. |
This parameter can be used to display time in 12 or 24
hour format. The valid values for the parameter X are 12 or 24. |
tformat=12 |
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dformat=X |
Specifies date format. |
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. |
dformat=M MDDYY |
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ft=X |
Frame Thickness |
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.
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ft=6 |
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frgb=R;G;B |
Frame Color |
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. The color can be specified as a hex string or a name.
Do not use a # before the hex string as you do in 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) to retrieve the
corresponding hex string. |
frgb=100;1 39;216 or
frgb=648bd 8 |
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tr=B |
Transpare ncy On/Off |
You can specify whether or not your counter image
should have a transparent color. Specifying 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. |
tr=F
No Transparen cy |
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md=X |
Number Of Digits |
Defines the 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. |
md=6
Without padding |
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pad=B |
Padding with 0\\\\'s |
Turn padding on/off in conjunction with md= setting.
Valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
pad=N
Without specificatio n of a md=value
pad=Y
With specificatio n of a md=value |
| dd=A |
Digit Style |
Denotes the style of digit to use. Here\\\\'s a list of
styles. In addition, generic styles A through E are available. |
dd=A
Green LED digits |
| comma=B |
Display comma after every 3rd digit from right. |
The boolean value of parameter comma specifies
whether to display commas after every 3rd digit from the right. If you
use this parameter, left padding with zeros will be turned off. |
comma=F |
srgb=R;G;B
prgb=R;G;B |
Change a color of the image to a target color on the
fly. |
Any one color of the image can be changed to a
different color on the fly. srgb stands for source color -- this
is the color to change. prgb stands for pen color -- this is the
target color. The values for srgb and prgb can be colon
separated color components (e.g, srgb=255;0;0), or a hex value (e.g.
srgb=ff0000). |
srgb=00ff0 0
(0;255;0 green)
prgb=00ffff
(0;255;255 cyan)
With chcolor=T |
| chcolor=B |
Change a color of the image. |
This parameter enables the srgb and prgb
parameters. |
chcolor=F |
| sh=B |
Show digits |
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 |
sh=Y |
| incr=B |
Increment Count |
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. |
incr=T
Increment the counter on each invocation |
| lit=X |
Display literal |
Makes it possible to display a given, predetermined
string. The valid values for the string X are digits, a,p,: and - |
None |
| negate=B |
Negate the color |
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. |
negate=F
Do not negate |
| degrees=X |
Rotate X degrees |
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. |
degrees=2 70
With rotate=Y and without degrees=X
rotate 270 degrees clockwise |
| rotate=B |
Rotate On/Off |
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. |
rotate=F
Do not rotate |
Advanced Counter
If our complete statistics package and access to raw log files aren\\\\'t enough,
we provide the ability to define advanced, directed, hit-logging. Advanced
counters are intended for intermediate and advanced users.
Sample
Below is a sample of the of the output of this script. [Date] [URL] [Remote IP]
[Referred By]
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-------------------------- Sat Nov 1 2:20:58 1997 my_index_1 143.178.243.5 http://www.yahoo.com/ Sat Nov 1 2:22:05 1997 my_index_2 143.178.243.5
http://www.k9-webdesign.com/index.html Sat Nov 1 3:44:09 1997 my_index_1 193.145.189.97 http://www.webhostlist.com/ Sat Nov 1 7:55:05 1997 my_index_1 206.153.71.72 http://www.infoseek.com/ Sat Nov 1 8:11:36 1997 my_index_1 206.27.209.19
http://www.k9-webdesign.com/index.html Sat Nov 1 8:50:16 1997 my_index_1 209.16.220.10 http://www.yahoo.com/ Sat Nov 1 9:07:17 1997 my_index_2 194.44.136.11
http://www.k9-webdesign.com/index.html Sat Nov 1 9:36:17 1997 my_count_3 157.182.81.93
http://www.k9-webdesign.com/services/ Sat Nov 1 9:40:38 1997 my_index_1 195.5.138.245 http://www.yahoo.com/ Sat Nov 1 10:43:02 1997 my_index_1 207.34.79.111 http://www.yahoo.com/
How to use Advanced Counters
To setup, simply add the following code to the page/pages you are
interested in watching: 
where anyname.html is a name which you give to identify the HTML
file you are logging to.
The script creates a log file, called count.txt in your /_private directory.
FrontPage users will have a /_private directory already installed on their
account, non-frontpage users will need to create this directory.
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