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Access Counter and Clock
This is a CGI program to keep record of the raw hits on a web page.
The cgi stores the number of hits in a file on your web site. When the
page is accessed the program checks that number, increments it by one
and displays a .gif image on your page.
Since this cgi gives the number of raw hits only, it counts each hit
a page receives, including when the page has been loaded and reloaded
by the same user. If you are looking for accurate access statistics
of page hits on the UAF server, see the Web
Server Access Statistics page.
Calling the Counter CGI
Digit Styles
Counter Options
Additional Documentation
Calling the Counter CGI
The tag in your html document should look like this:
<img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=dept2.dat"
align=absmiddle>
What this tag does:
img src begins the image tag
/cgi-bin/Count.cgi gives the location of
the cgi you are calling
df=dept2.dat defines the name of the data
file on your website where the count is stored
Three data files were created for your department when your web account
on the UAF server was created. Their names were assigned by appending
a digit to your account name and adding ".dat". For example,
the Division of Computing and Communications may have a web account
called "dcc". The dcc account would have three data files:
dcc1.dat, dcc2.dat and dcc3.dat. You will need one data file for every
page that has a counter on it. If you need more than three data files,
please email the SysAdmin
and ask that more be created.
align=absmiddle aligns the digit images in
the absolute middle
The counter program has many options; you can
make it work and look the way you desire. The string between ? and "
is called the QUERY_STRING. Make sure there is no new lines in the image
tag and no space in the query_string. Options in the string are separated
by | or &. You can use either one or a combination of both. The
options can be in any order and not case sensitive. Here is an example:
<img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=dcc2.dat&ft=T|frgb=gold"
align=absmiddle>
Digit Styles
Here are the original basic digit styles.
Counter Options
To see some of the counter options displayed, go to the Options
Example page.
| Parameter |
What does it do? |
How does it work? |
Default display |
| df=data_file |
Datafile to store count |
Specifies the name of the file for storing the count in.
If df=RANDOM is used, it will return a random number.
Unlike all other parameters, the data file name is case-sensitive. |
df=random
if no datafile is specified |
| dd=A |
Digit Directory |
Denotes directory of a specific style of digits. 24 styles of
digits are available. |
DD=A
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| md=X |
Max Digits |
Defines maximum number of digits to display. Any value between
5 and 10 inclusive are permitted. Padding with leading zeros is
automatic; longer counts are truncated to the given X. |
MD=6 |
| pad=B |
Padding with 0's |
Turn padding on/off in conjunction with MD= setting. Valid
values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
pad=N
Without specification of a MD=value
pad=Y
With specification of a MD=value
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| comma=B |
Display comma after every 3rd digit from right. |
comma= specifies whether to display a comma after every
3rd digit from right. If you use this parameter as true, the left
padding with zeros will be turned off. |
Comma=F |
| ft=X |
Frame Thickness |
You can wrap the counter in an ornamental frame of X pixels.
Use 0 for no frame.
Values over 5 make a nice 3-D effect. |
ft=6 |
| frgb=R;G;B |
Frame Color |
Specifies the color of the frame in RGB format. Each color component
can be specified as a value between 0 and 256, the RGB hexidecimal
code or a color name can be used.
Do not use a # before the hex string.
If you use ft= without an frgb= the default color
is used.
If you use frgb= without an ft= the frame thickness
defaults to 5.
For hex codes, see Netscape's
216 colors. |
frgb=blue |
srgb=R;G;B
prgb=R;G;B |
Change a color of the image to a target color on the fly. |
Any one color of the image can be changed to a different color
on the fly. srgb stands for source color, that is the color
to change.
prgb stands for pen color, that is the target color.
The values for srgb and prgb can be colon separated
color components (e.g, srgb=255;0;0), a hex value (e.g. srgb=ff0000)
or a color name (e.g. srgb=red). |
srgb=00ff00 or
srgb=0;255;0 or srgb=green
prgb=00ffff or
prgb=0;255;255 or prgb=cyan
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| chcolor=B |
Change a color in the image. |
change the default green color to cyan. chcolor=T, and
you want to change green to cyan, then you do not need to specify
srgb and prgb parameters. 1x1 GIF is displayed. The
valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0
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chcolor=F |
| negate=B |
Negate the color |
Makes it possible to negate the color of the counter digits. Note
that the Frame is exempted from negating. Valid values for the Boolean
parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
negate=F
Do not negate |
| tr=B |
Transparency On/Off |
You can specify if your counter image will have a transparent
color.
tr=Y means there will be a transparent color. It does not
matter if the GIF files used for the digits are transparent; you
must specify explicitly which color to make transparent.
If you specify a trgb= then you do not need to specify tr=Y.
If you specify tr=Y and do not specify trgb= the default
color black will be transparent. The valid values for B are
Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
tr=F
No Transparency |
| rotate=B |
Rotate On/Off |
The Boolean value B turns on or off rotating. If you use
degrees= , rotate= is not needed. Valid values for
the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
rotate=F
Do not rotate |
| degrees=X |
Rotate X degrees |
Makes it possible to rotate the counter image X degrees.
The possible values are:
degrees=90
degrees=180
degrees=270
degrees=360
Note 360 is meaningless as the counter will come back to the original
0 degree. |
degrees=270
With rotate=Y and without degrees=X
rotate 270 degrees clockwise
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| display=X |
Specifies what to display. |
display=clock if you want the time displayed
display=date if you want the date displayed
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display=counter |
| dformat=X |
Specifies date format. |
use with display=date.
The valid value for X is any combination of MMDDYY
(Month-Day-Year). For example, dformat=ddmmyy, dformat=YYMMDD.
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dformat=MMDDYY |
| tformat=X |
Time format in 12 or 24 hour. |
Display time in 12 or 24 hour format
tformat=24 |
tformat=12 |
| timezone=X |
Display time/date of the specified timezone. |
Use with display=clock or display=date.
Use this parameter if you want to display time or date of another
timezone. The timezone must be specified with a negative or positive
four digit offset from GMT, for example: timezone=GMT-0500
or timezone=GMT+0000 or timezone=GMT+0530.
The routine to display time of various timezones are written in
a generic way. Therefore, the unix machines will not be aware of
daylight saving time because of the way the routine is written.
For example, if daylight saving time is on, to display time of NY,
the timezone will be timezone=GMT-0500 instead of timezone=GMT-0400.
If the clock displays your local time wrong, specify your timezone
with that parameter in order to display the correct time. |
None |
| istrip=B |
Use of image strip On/Off |
istrip specifies whether to use an image strip or not.
If you specify istrip=F, the program will look for the individual
digit image files in the digits/style directory. The valid values
for the Boolean parameter istrip are Y, N, T, F, 1 or 0.
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istrip=T |
| sh=B |
Show digits |
Used to turn display of digits on or off. sh=T means the
counter will be displayed and incremented, this is the default behavior.
With sh=F no digits will show, but the counter will still
increment. Instead of digits a transparent 1x1 GIF is displayed.
The valid values for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1,
or 0 |
sh=Y |
| incr=B |
Increment Count |
Makes it possible to display the current count without incrementing
the count. This can be used to examine the count for reporting or
other purposes without adding to the count. Valid values for the
Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0.
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incr=T
Increment the counter on each invocation |
| lit=X |
Display literal |
Makes it possible to display a given, predetermined string. The
valid values for the string X are: digits, a,p,: ,- |
None
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See Additional Documentation for more
in-depth information about "Counter-Terrorism", Error Messages,
acknowledgments and a note from the author.
Authors:
Muhammad A Muquit
Kevin J. Walsh
Copyright 1995 by Muhammad A Muquit. Permission to use,
copy, modify and sell this program for any purpose is hereby granted
without fee, provided that this copyright notice appear in all copies
and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
in supporting documentation. If the program is included in a book, publication
or in a software distribution media for sale, the author must be notified
about it. No binary only distribution is allowed. All distributions
must include the source and this copyright notice.
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR Muhammad A. Muquit BE LIABLE
FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Note: This program is developed in my own time. My employer
has nothing to do with it. |
