Hit counter problem

[Susan]

I have inserted the FrontPage hit counter on my index page.
I can see the code in HTML for the counter on my index
page on my local PC.
<p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom
i-image="2" i-resetvalue="0"
PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]&lt;/strong&gt;" i-
digits="0" startspan --><img

However when I Publish the index page out to the website
and then view the source, I cannot see the hit counter and
I cannot view the code in the HTML. It does not seem that
my index page is getting transferred? Yet the dates for
the index page in the publish section for the From and To
files in for the index page match. I have cleared my
browser cache and that does not help. We have paid for FP
server extensions. Even if there were not server
extensions, it seems that the code would still show up. Do
I need to transfer anyother files besides the index page
to get this to work?

Can anyone give me suggestions?


Thanks,
Susan

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

I have inserted the FrontPage hit counter on my index
page.
I can see the code in HTML for the counter on my index
page on my local PC.
<p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom
i-image="2" i-resetvalue="0"
PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]&lt;/strong&gt;" i-
digits="0" startspan --><img

However when I Publish the index page out to the website
and then view the source, I cannot see the hit counter
and I cannot view the code in the HTML. It does not seem
that my index page is getting transferred? Yet the dates
for the index page in the publish section for the From
and To files in for the index page match. I have cleared
my browser cache and that does not help. We have paid for
FP server extensions.

Can you open the remote site in FrontPage, using an
http:// URL?

Can you publish to an http:// location?

If not, the server extensions are absent.

Even if there were not server extensions, it seems that
the code would still show up.

Are you sure it's not off to the right? Here's how a Hit
Counter looks in hte HTML, except that it's all on one
line.

<!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom i-image="4" i-
resetvalue="0" PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]
&lt;/strong&gt;" i-digits="0" startspan --><img
src="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=hitcounter.htm|Image=4"
alt="Hit Counter"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" i-
checksum="30622" endspan -->

Notice, BTW, that to display the counter, the <img> tag
runs a program called _vti_bin/fpcount.exe which is part
of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

Do I need to transfer anyother files besides the index
page to get this to work?

No, except that FrontPage Server Extensions need to be
present.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*

 

[Steve Easton]

The bot information for the hit counter is incomplete.
Try removing and reinstalling the hit counter.

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I have inserted the FrontPage hit counter on my index page.
I can see the code in HTML for the counter on my index
page on my local PC.
<p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom
i-image="2" i-resetvalue="0"
PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]&lt;/strong&gt;" i-
digits="0" startspan --><img

However when I Publish the index page out to the website
and then view the source, I cannot see the hit counter and
I cannot view the code in the HTML. It does not seem that
my index page is getting transferred? Yet the dates for
the index page in the publish section for the From and To
files in for the index page match. I have cleared my
browser cache and that does not help. We have paid for FP
server extensions. Even if there were not server
extensions, it seems that the code would still show up. Do
I need to transfer anyother files besides the index page
to get this to work?

Can anyone give me suggestions?


Thanks,
Susan

 

[Susan]

What is funny is that if I specify the domain qualified
by /index.htm-- I see the Hit Counter. If I just specify
the domain, I do not get the Hit Counter. I have an email
in to my Hosting Company.

-----Original Message-----

-----Original Message-----
I have inserted the FrontPage hit counter on my index
page.
I can see the code in HTML for the counter on my index
page on my local PC.
<p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom
i-image="2" i-resetvalue="0"
PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]&lt;/strong&gt;" i-
digits="0" startspan --><img

However when I Publish the index page out to the website
and then view the source, I cannot see the hit counter
and I cannot view the code in the HTML. It does not seem
that my index page is getting transferred? Yet the dates
for the index page in the publish section for the From
and To files in for the index page match. I have cleared
my browser cache and that does not help. We have paid for
FP server extensions.

Can you open the remote site in FrontPage, using an
http:// URL?

Can you publish to an http:// location?

If not, the server extensions are absent.

Even if there were not server extensions, it seems that
the code would still show up.

Are you sure it's not off to the right? Here's how a Hit
Counter looks in hte HTML, except that it's all on one
line.

<!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom i-image="4" i-
resetvalue="0" PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]
&lt;/strong&gt;" i-digits="0" startspan --><img
src="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=hitcounter.htm|Image=4"
alt="Hit Counter"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" i-
checksum="30622" endspan -->

Notice, BTW, that to display the counter, the <img> tag
runs a program called _vti_bin/fpcount.exe which is part
of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

Do I need to transfer anyother files besides the index
page to get this to work?

No, except that FrontPage Server Extensions need to be
present.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*

.

 

[Susan]

Everything is fine now! Hosting company says that they
detected no problem. It works fine today for me. Hosting
company suspects ISP cache and suggested I try different
browser. Is the ISP cache different from the browser
cache?

-----Original Message-----
What is funny is that if I specify the domain qualified
by /index.htm-- I see the Hit Counter. If I just specify
the domain, I do not get the Hit Counter. I have an email
in to my Hosting Company.

-----Original Message-----

-----Original Message-----
I have inserted the FrontPage hit counter on my index
page.
I can see the code in HTML for the counter on my index
page on my local PC.
<p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom
i-image="2" i-resetvalue="0"
PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]&lt;/strong&gt;" i-
digits="0" startspan --><img

However when I Publish the index page out to the website
and then view the source, I cannot see the hit counter
and I cannot view the code in the HTML. It does not seem
that my index page is getting transferred? Yet the dates
for the index page in the publish section for the From
and To files in for the index page match. I have cleared
my browser cache and that does not help. We have paid for
FP server extensions.

Can you open the remote site in FrontPage, using an
http:// URL?

Can you publish to an http:// location?

If not, the server extensions are absent.

Even if there were not server extensions, it seems that
the code would still show up.

Are you sure it's not off to the right? Here's how a Hit
Counter looks in hte HTML, except that it's all on one
line.

<!--webbot bot="HitCounter" u-custom i-image="4" i-
resetvalue="0" PREVIEW="&lt;strong&gt;[Hit Counter]
&lt;/strong&gt;" i-digits="0" startspan --><img
src="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=hitcounter.htm|Image=4"
alt="Hit Counter"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter" i-
checksum="30622" endspan -->

Notice, BTW, that to display the counter, the <img> tag
runs a program called _vti_bin/fpcount.exe which is part
of the FrontPage Server Extensions.

Do I need to transfer anyother files besides the index
page to get this to work?

No, except that FrontPage Server Extensions need to be
present.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*

.

.

 

[Jim Buyens]

Everything is fine now! Hosting company says that they
detected no problem. It works fine today for me. Hosting
company suspects ISP cache and suggested I try different
browser. Is the ISP cache different from the browser
cache?

"ISP cache" is a rather generic term but it usually means a network
network box that detects duplicate requests before they reach their
final destination and "fakes" a response using previous results.
This cuts down network traffic and/or reduces load on the
Web server.

Your hosting company may be running such a box to cut down load
on their server, or your connectivity provider may be running one
to cut down on WAN traffic.

There are some HTTP headers that the Web server can send to tell
network boxes not to cache the current page. Your hosting company
may have activated these, and that's why the problem went away.

FYI, the following tags can sometimes be successful in preventing
network caching.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">

Either way (HTTP headers or <meta> tags), you're still dependent on
the cache box detecting and honoring the "no-cache" request, and this
can be an iffy proposition.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*