AGAIN! I Can't Make A Custom Counter Work

jim evans · Jan 17, 2005

The page counter must be the finickest aspect of FP. Somehow it's at
least a year between times it want to set up a counter. I always use
this same custom counter. But, I can never make it work without a LOT
of fussing around. Can somebody help?

I install the counter and add the complete url to the "custom" GIF. A
square box with a red X (missing image) and the words Hit Counter show
when the page loads. I've moved the image (it's the same image I
always use) to the same directory as the page and removed the path,
but I get the same result. (I go through this every time.)

jim

Steve Easton · Jan 17, 2005

Place the image in the same location as the page.
The path in the web bot code would then be:
u-custom="imagename.gif"

If the image is in the images folder then path would be:
u-custom="images/imagename.gif"

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jim evans · Jan 17, 2005

Place the image in the same location as the page.
The path in the web bot code would then be:
u-custom="imagename.gif"

If the image is in the images folder then path would be:
u-custom="images/imagename.gif"

Originally I used: u-custom="images/imagename.gif"

Then I tried :
u-custom="http://www.thedomain.com/images/imagename.gif"

Right now it's: u-custom="imagename.gif"
because the image is in the same directory with the page.

jim

Steve Easton · Jan 17, 2005

Ok, you can't use: u-custom="http://www.thedomain.com/images/imagename.gif"

It must be a relative path like the other two examples.

Is it working?
Can you post a link so we can take a peek at the page??

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jim evans · Jan 18, 2005

Is it working?
No.

Can you post a link so we can take a peek at the page??

Here's the link, but it's forwards to a download, so unless you can
stop it it will send you on to the diownload file.

http://factsfacts.com/geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm

Here's the HTML

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=CacheClusters.exe">
</head>

<body>

If the download doesn't start in 10
seconds<a href="CacheClusters.exe">Click Here</a>


<img
src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Custom=/../images/BlankWhiteCounter.gif"
alt="Hit Counter">

</body>

</html>

jim

jim evans · Jan 18, 2005

Correction:

This is the HTML for the current page:

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=CacheClusters.exe">
</head>

<body>

If the download doesn't start in 10
seconds
<a href="CacheClusters.exe">Click Here</a>


<img
src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Custom=BlankWhiteCounter.gif"
alt="Hit Counter">

</body>

</html>

The earlier one was one of many trys to make it work.

jim

Steve Easton · Jan 18, 2005

Try opening the live page in FrontPage and then remove the hit counter, save the page, reinstall the
hit counter and save the page.

Also, is the width of the hit counter image evenly divisible by 10 ??

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jim evans · Jan 18, 2005

Try opening the live page in FrontPage and then remove the hit counter, save the page, reinstall the
hit counter and save the page.

Folloing your suggestion, I deleted the entire page and recreated it.
It didn't help.

Also, is the width of the hit counter image evenly divisible by 10 ??

Yes.

jim

jim evans · Jan 18, 2005

I intended to mention in my original post, if I use one of the
default/included counter styles everything works.

jim

Stefan B Rusynko · Jan 18, 2005

That page (http://factsfacts.com/geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm)
Has no custom image link (u-custom="")
<img src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Image=2" alt="Hit
Counter">

Trust you are aware that hit counters are just page refresh counters
- I could sit there and refresh the page forever to increase the hit count (w/o ever downloading your file)

IMHO
Don't use them
Check w/ your host for any web stats they provide (a true count of downloads)
Or since the site is running the FP 2002 SE, check if they support FP Usage Reports

| Correction:
|
| This is the HTML for the current page:
|
|
| <html>
|
| <head>
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
| <META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=CacheClusters.exe">
| </head>
|
| <body>
|
| If the download doesn't start in 10
| seconds
| <a href="CacheClusters.exe">Click Here</a>
|
| 
| <img
| src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Custom=BlankWhiteCounter.gif"
| alt="Hit Counter">
|
| </body>
|
| </html>
|
|
| The earlier one was one of many trys to make it work.
|
| jim

jim evans · Jan 18, 2005

That page (http://factsfacts.com/geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm)
Has no custom image link (u-custom="")
<img src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Image=2" alt="Hit
Counter">

I'm sorry I don't understand. Did you see the code I posted. Here's
a copy:


<img

src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Custom=BlankWhiteCounter.gif"
alt="Hit Counter">

As you can see is has "u-custom="BlankWhiteCounter.gif" i-image="5"

If you are going to the actual URL, I have had to remove the custom
counter because I can't get it to work. I couldn't leave the page
with the failing counter up. Also, until I get the custom counter
working I have disabled the forwarding.

Please look at the code I posted not the code at the URL. It was
copied directly from the page that was online when I posted that
message.

Here it is again:

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=CacheClusters.exe">
</head>

<body>

If the download doesn't start in 10
seconds<a href="CacheClusters.exe">Click Here</a>


<img
src="../_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=geocachingsoft/ClustersDownloadRelay.htm|Custom=/../images/BlankWhiteCounter.gif"
alt="Hit Counter">

</body>

</html>

jim

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