AGAIN! I Can't Make A Custom Counter Work

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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

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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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 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

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:53:00 -0500, "Steve Easton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>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

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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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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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"jim evans" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:53:00 -0500, "Steve Easton"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >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

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:24:02 -0500, "Steve Easton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>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...nloadRelay.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

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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

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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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Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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"jim evans" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 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

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:16:44 -0500, "Steve Easton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>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

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

jim

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That page (http://factsfacts.com/geocachingsoft...nloadRelay.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
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"jim evans" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| 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

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