Surf-ICI -- WWW Counters

WWW - Counters
(the non-FrontPage way)

Several different types of hit counters are available to web hosting clients on ICI. This page explains how to get a counter of your choice set up and working.

A counter is a dynamic image displayed on a webpage that is loaded by someone's browser each time they visit your web page. Every time someone visits your web page, the number will increase by one. This gives a benchmark and tells you how many people have been coming to your site.

To set up a counter for your web page, all you have to do is insert an image link in your HTML document. It's as simple as that, all you have to do is make sure the syntax is correct!

The Syntax

<img src="http://www.surf-ici.com/cgi-shl/counter.exe?-sStyle+Path/pagename.htm" alt="Hit Counter">

Where:

Style represents one of the codes that will determine the style of the numbers in your counter (see below for a list of styles to choose from)

Path is the directory name relative to c:\website\htdocs\

and pagename.htm is the filename of the HTML document that you want the counter to be in.

All you should have to do is copy the above <IMG SRC... line into your HTML editor, update your page to our server, and watch your counter grow!

Working Example

There have been hits to this page since December 17, 1998.

The above counter was achieved using the following line of code:

<img src="http://www.surf-ici.com/cgi-shl/counter.exe?-sa+help/wwwcntrs.htm" alt="Hit Counter">

In this example, a is the style of the counter (See below), help is the pathname (as c:\website\htdocs\help), and wwwcntrs.htm is the filename of the very document you are reading this very instant.

Styles

There are quite a few options to match your page best when using hit counters. Choose one of the following styles and substitute it as necessary into the HTML code that was given above.

Style Example Description

a White numbers on black background    15x20 pixels

b Black "LCD" numbers on gray background   15x20 pixels

c Yellow "LCD" numbers on black background 15x20 pixels

odw Black numbers on odometer-style blue background 24x28 pixels

web Red numbers on black background    20x24 pixels

Style	Example	Description
a		White numbers on black background 15x20 pixels
b		Black "LCD" numbers on gray background 15x20 pixels
c		Yellow "LCD" numbers on black background 15x20 pixels
odw		Black numbers on odometer-style blue background 24x28 pixels
web		Red numbers on black background 20x24 pixels