Web access counter ?

[SkiBore]

I'm an html newbie and am trying to incorporate a webpage access counter into my index.htm - most of the ones I've found have "Server Side Includes" - is there any counter software on ntl servers that is accessable from users html code ?

[Stalker]

Hey 'SkiBore' & welcome to Nthellworld.co.uk! :wavey:

Counters unfortunatly don't use HTML. They use other Website Languages such as PHP.

There are some free java counters (if you google it you'll find them) out there that i suggest you try as these don't require much HTML knowledge to get working.

As far as i know NTL dont support PHP anyway :rolleyes:

Hope this helps...

§talker

[Enterian]

Originally posted by Stalker
As far as i know NTL dont support PHP anyway :rolleyes:




They don't:(

The problem is that the counter needs somewhere to keep a running total. This needs to be accessed by a server-side script, NTL do not support these.

In order to do it client-side all internet users would need write-access to your website (not a good idea!:eek: )

I think you might be able to find some third-party providers, though you might have to pay for them

[philip.j.fry]

Originally posted by Stalker

There are some free java counters

How do these work? Don't they need write access to the ntl webspace?

[MikeyB]

There are loads of free counters available out there, you just get a small bit of HTML to copy & paste onto your page and their server takes care of the rest.

Some to try:
http://www.bravenet.com/
http://www.statcounter.com/
http://www.counted.com/

You will fine tons if you do a Google search.

[SkiBore]

Thanks for all the input - I had a good look round & the one at http://yaxy.hypermart.net seems to work. Most of the others seem to want your email address minimum to sign up, so they'll inevitably try and sell you a full web site stats package.

MikeyB - like the ZX Spectrum pics, I still have an Apple ][ in the loft ! no idea if it still works - remember paying £500 for it - for a 1mhz 6502 . . .