Page of Hit-Counters, or Hit-Counter Data Base

[John Howell]

I would like to create a Hit-Counter Index -- a page (for
internal use only) which would list the current hit-
counter "counts" for about 15 key pages.

I know I can look at the numbers by going to each page,
but that artificially increments the number each time I
do it -- and besides, it also takes time.

I can also view the .cnt files using notepad, so I know
the data can be read.

The question is, how could I "reference" those ".cnt"
files in a table all on one page?

Alternately, is there a way to generate a Data Base from
the values in those ".cnt" files to track the numbers
over time (either automatically or by manually running a
script each day).

Appreciate your help.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Have you checked with your host to see if they offer access to the server stats which will provide
you with much better detail of actual visitors, since you already know that each access to a page is
counted, which mean that if a single keeps going back to the page or refresh the page, then the
count is increased, where as the server stats would only count the user once.

You can try creating a frameset with 15 frames, and then setting each page to be displayed in a
frame.

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[John Howell]

I do understand that by accessing the page or refreshing
a page the counters would be incremented.

But my question is whether it is possible to display the
value of the .cnt files in some way on a web page, which
would be simply pulling the value and displaying it,
rather than activating the webbot to display the value
graphically as it is done on the usual hit counter
display.

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Have you checked with your host to see if they offer

access to the server stats which will provide

you with much better detail of actual visitors, since

you already know that each access to a page is

counted, which mean that if a single keeps going back to

the page or refresh the page, then the

count is increased, where as the server stats would only count the user once.

You can try creating a frameset with 15 frames, and then

setting each page to be displayed in a

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Yes, create a frameset page with a frame for each .cnt page, then set the .cnt page as the initial
page to load in the specific frame.

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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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[Steve Easton]

The only way I have found to do it is via the fpcount.exe file path ( without
the bot info ) which increases the count each time it's viewed.

It can't be done with a javascript because the count isn't a value or variable
that can be read.

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[Jim Buyens]

The following books both come with sample ASP pages that
do what you describe.

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out

To see some typical results, browse:

http://www.interlacken.com/fp11extras/hitreport/hitreport.a
sp

Otherwise, have you checked to see if your host runs
WebTreands or some other Web statistics program? And if
the server is running the FrontPage Server Extensions,
have you considered activating FrontPage Usage Analysis?


Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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