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Note: this page applies to old account types we no longer offer. We have left it up since it may be helpful for someone, since they get a decent amount of search traffic. All current hosting plans with a control panel use Plesk.

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Introduction

With our web hosting service, you can place an odometer style counter on one or more of your web pages. Although many vital statistics can be reviewed via the stats programs in your Control Panel, sometimes you may want to advertise the number of "hits" to a specific web page.

Sample: This page has been accessed times.

How to use

Add the following line of code to an HTML document to display a counter:

<img src="/cgi-bin/newcount?key&width=5&font=digital">

The key should begin with the userid of the account being updated. For example, if the userid entered is "xyzcom", the counter key should begin with the same character string (e.g. xyzcom3, xyzcom100). If you would like to add a counter to more than one page, be sure to use a different key to distinguish between each of them (e.g. userid1, userid2). Please note: while we do have the capability to reset your counter to a certain value, it requires a specific configuration. Only counters named as above (userid + number) are resettable.

The newcount script resides in the server's cgi-bin directory and can be referenced from your HTML as if it were within your own account. The script does NOT reside in your cgi-local directory and is preinstalled for your convenience.

To change the number of digits displayed in the counter, adjust the value of the width attribute. To display an odometer style counter, change the value of font from "digital" to "odometer".

To make the counter invisible to visitors, add &noshow to the end of the tag. Then add a second copy of the same counter to a secret page to see what the value of the counter is. Add &noinc to the counter tag to prevent the counter from incrementing when you view it on this second page. This is an easy way to track hits to a page without having to look at your usage statistics in your Control Panel.

To prevent unwanted use or the "borrowing" of a counter at a domain hosted under your account, can be discouraged by resetting counter keys to negative values. Doing so will cause the following image to be displayed instead of the counter value:

Please note: the information on this page applies to ITS web hosting plans. It may or may not apply to other environments. If you are looking for a feature described here, or better support from your hosting provider, please consider hosting your site with ITS!

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