TextCounter requires Server Side Includes and will display a text count of the number of visitors to a page in your web site. TextCounter includes options such as 0 padding numbers, file locking, linking from the count, displaying the date from when the count began and more. There is also a Perl version. It works on multiple pages and allows you to restrict accesses to certain parts of your server. This program is both easy to use and configure. There are several downloading options available below and more information on this script can be found in the Readme file.
The Readme files at Matt's Script Archive contain detailed installation, configuration and usage instructions that will take you step by step from putting the scripts on your system to using them in your web pages. You should read these through and keep them by you when setting up or installing any MSA script. It is probably not a bad idea to print them out. Each compressed script package contains a plain text version of the Readme file, however the links below will take you to their HTML counterparts.
TextCounter can be downloaded in several different formats, or you can even have it mailed to you as a uuencoded file. Click on one of the links below to the appropriately compressed file and download options will appear.
The above distributions contain the following files you may wish to view:
tcounter.cpp - The C++ source code to the TextCounter program. convert.pl - Perl script to convert 1.3 filenames to v1.3.1 format. README - Includes installation instructions and a detailed description of use.
data/ - A directory for count files to be stored in. You must create the directory.
Several scripts at Matt's Script Archive lend themselves well to local working demonstrations. TextCounter is one of these and the demo is available below.
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The Frequently Asked Questions Archive at MSA is the easiest and fastest way to get help. It contains a list of the most commonly asked questions as well as their answers. Check these out before you seek other means of help, as your question may be answered here already.
