Setting Up A Counter Indra's Net supports Count, a flexible CGI counter program by Muhammad A. Muquit. Count is a very powerful program; this document covers its basic use and assumes a fundamental understanding of creating and editing HTML documents. (If you are unfamiliar with creating and editing HTML documents, a good starting point is Part I: Creating Your Page(s) of our "Setting Up Your Personal Web Site" guide.) If you would like more information regarding the program you may visit the Count Web site to learn more about Count's features. Part I: Learning The Basics The counter is just a GIF image that is generated on the fly. All you do is place an <IMG> tag, which calls the counter program, where you want the image to appear. The syntax used is as follows: <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=account-pageID"> account is your account name (or the name of your commercial Web site). pageID is how you identify the page you want counted to the counter program. Each page with a counter should use a different pageID. The pageID can be anything you like, but commonly you just use the name of the HTML file. For example, if your account was jdoe, and you were adding a counter to your index.html file, you would use: <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index"> The resulting counter would look like: Part II: Counter Options There are a number of options which can be used to control how your counter looks. Each option is separated by a "|". For example: <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|ft=6"> Frames: By default the counter will have a frame around it. The thickness of the frame is controlled by the ft option. ft=0 turns off the frame: <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|ft=0"> Frame Color: The color of the frame can be set using the frgb option. This option takes an RGB value, ether in the form R;G;B or as a hex value like Netscape uses. For example: <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|frgb=255;105;180"> and <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|frgb=FF69B4"> both produce a counter with a hot pink border: Transparent Counter: The background of the counter can be made transparent using tr=Y. <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|tr=Y|ft=0"> Digit Styles: Digit style is selected with the dd=style option. The name of the digit style can be found in the table below. <IMG src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=jdoe-index|ft=0|dd=B"> The follow styles are available on Indra's Net: Style Sample Notes A LED B Odometer C Simple D Small LED E Nice when transparent cd   cdr   cdd Score Board bang   We are willing to install other styles, just let us know! Digit Mania has a large collection of counter styles. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us.