With any of our accounts, you have the ability to put counters on any of your pages. These are those "we have had 18273 visits since 1 October 1990" type messages you sometimes see on certain pages. If you would like visitors to know how popular your site is, this is a good way to do it.

To put a counter on your page, use the following code in your .html or .htm file:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=domain-xxxx">

where domain is your domain name and xxxx is a unique number corresponding to the page on which you have the counter (just make up any 4-digit number). For example:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468">

When the web server encounters this line in your file, it will replace it with a graphic image showing the count. For example, the following lines:

We have had <IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468"> hits since yesterday.

will appear like this to browsers: We have had hits since yesterday.

Starting at a number higher than 1

If you want to start a counter at a certain number, use the st option. Here is an example that will start the counter at 5000:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=domain-xxxx&st=5000">

Using different styles

There are several different styles of counters available. You can use the one that most suits your fancy by using the df option. Use a letter from A to F. If you don't supply the df option, the counter defaults to style A. For example:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&dd=B">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&dd=C">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&dd=D">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&dd=E">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&dd=E">

shows:

Other settings

You can change the characteristic of counters by using these options: ft (frame thickness), frgb (frame color in rgb), md (maximum digits from 5 to 80), pad (turn padding with zeroes on or off), comma (display commas), or degrees (rotate counter by 90, 180, or 270 degrees). Examples:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10&frgb=ff00ff">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10&frgb=ff00ff&md=8">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10&frgb=ff00ff&md=8&pad=0">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10&frgb=ff00ff&md=8&pad=0&comma=1">

shows:

<IMG SRC="/Count.cgi?df=seagull.net-2468&ft=10&frgb=ff00ff&md=8&pad=0&comma=1°rees=270">

shows:

That's it. Now, you're off and running with counters!