ROCKCI DIY HELP

Server Side Include Counter

A server side include type counter script has been included in your cgi-bin directory. This is a very simple text type counter. It has some advantages over the typical www.digits.com graphical type counter used on a lot of pages on the web.

WWW user doesn't have to wait forever to get a reply from www.digits.com

WWW user will never see the word BUSY instead of a count.

You won't loose counts because user didn't wait for a reply from digits.

Counter is text and doesn't take time to load like graphical counters.

To use the server side include counter installed in your cgi-bin directory:
1. Add the following to your home page html where the count should appear:

2. Change the filename extension to .shtml (ie. index.shtml )
3. Counter works.

Note: the counter has the following options:

-nd won't display just count 

-ord displays ordered count 1st2nd3rd..etc 

It will work for any page you want as long as the extension is .shtml

An example can be found in your user directory. You can type http://www.Yourname.com/count.shtml in your browser to try it out. You can download this file if you want to help you include counters on your pages. Delete it from your directory (to save space) after you have tried it out.

-nd	won't display just count	<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter.cgi-nd"-->
-ord	displays ordered count 1st2nd3rd..etc	<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter.cgi-ord"-->