Web Page Help Tracent Technologies


This page demonstrates a Hit Counter available for your Tracent Technologies web site.

Usage Instructions

The counter is called like this in your HTML:

<IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/counter.exe?arg1=value1&arg2=value2&...&argN=valueN">

where the available arguments are:

Argument
(* means required) 		Possible Values Meaning
link* anything that doesn't contain a space Uniquely identifies the page calling the counter. This is case-sensitive and shoule be in the format:
yourdomain.com/index.htm.
See examples below.
width 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 or 9 The width of the resulting image in digits. Extra zeros will be added to the beginning. If the width is too short for the number to be displayed, it is lengthened so that all digits may be displayed. Default is 4.
style* any of the available styles for the digits (see list above), for example, led, or simple. Should not contain spaces Specifies the set of digits to use in constructing the counter image. Should be all lower-case.
bgcolour RRGGBB or trans This argument only applies to the simple style. It specifies the background colour of the image, or if trans is used, specifies a transparent background. RRGGBB should be 3 2-digit hex values in one string, similar to the HTML command
<BODY BGCOLOR="#RRGGBB">
but without the # sign. The default is 000000 (black).
Note the European spelling of colour
fgcolour RRGGBB When using the simple style, specifies the foreground colour of the image. Same format as bgcolour. The default is FFFFFF (white).
inc 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Determines how much to increment the counter. Using 0 means the counter will not increment. Using a value less than 0 will result in no increment. Using a value greater than 5 will result in an increment of 5.



Available Styles
Below are the styles currently available. If you would like a different style, please contact webmaster@tracent.net with a copy of the digits you would like to use. Please be aware that you may need copyright clearance to use digits designed and created by others.

Style Example
simple
balls Balls Style
beach Beach Style
blocks Blocks Style
electric Electric Style
fire Fire Style
greenspace GreenSpace Style
lcd LCD Style
led LED Style
neat Neat Style
odometer Odometer Style
party Party Style
rainbow RainBow Style
redfloat RedFloat Style
scorebd ScoreBd Style
scream Scream Style
segment Segment Style
shadblk ShadBlk Style
steel Steel Style
timex Timex Style
visslant VisSlant Style
wood Wood Style
write Write Style


Examples
Here are some examples of using the counter.
<IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/counter.exe?link=mydomain.com/myhomepage&style=led">


<IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/counter.exe?link=mydomain.com/page2&style=odometer&width=7">


<IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/counter.exe?link=mydomain.com/page3&style=simple&bgcolour=00FFFF&fgcolour=FF0000">


FAQ

Q: How can I keep track of hits without having a visible counter?
A: In your <IMG SRC="...">, use the default simple style and put height=1 width=1. You could also create this effect by setting the fgcolour and bgcolour to the same value.
To View the counter, place another counter on a different page which uses the same link value and an inc=0 argument.
 
Q: I'm using the simple style, but I can't change the background/foreground colour?
A:
  1. Did you spell bgcolour and fgcolour correctly? (Americans note the U).
  2. If it uses the default colour (black for background, white for foreground) then you didn't specify 3 two-digit hex numbers. Remember that it goes RRGGBB (Read, Green, Blue).
 
Q: How accurate is the counter?
A: The counter increments everytime it is loaded. It is not loaded when:
  • People with non-graphical browsers see your page.
  • People are not autoloading images
  • People hit "Stop" before it gets loaded.
  • People look at your page with certain browsers that do not like .exe files in img tags.


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