Hit counter on .pdf pages

[Guest]

We have some documents on our website in .pdf format. One of our directors
wants to know how many time these documents are viewed. Is it possible to
put a hit counter on a .pdf document? I couldn't figure out how to do it
since they are not "real" web pages. Thanks in advance.

 

[Steve Easton]

No.

However, the server logs should have a count of how many times they are "requested" from the server.
Also, you can use a cgi redirect script to keep track.
There's a free one at AnalogX here:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/cgirdir.htm

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Not the FP hit counter, anyway.
--
===
Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
===
| We have some documents on our website in .pdf format. One of our
directors
| wants to know how many time these documents are viewed. Is it possible to
| put a hit counter on a .pdf document? I couldn't figure out how to do it
| since they are not "real" web pages. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Sorry...using FP 2000. I searched this newsgroup but didn't find anything
like this questions.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to both of you for your quick replies. I'll have to take a look at
the redirect script you mentioned.

 

[Andrew Murray]

no, but you can count how many times the *link* to the PDF file is clicked
(comes down to the same thing).

Search for "Download counters" or similar in Google.