On May 1, 9:07 pm, CJB <
[email protected]>
wrote:
On May 1, 8:30 pm, CJB
On May 1, 4:47 pm, CJB
On May 1, 2:32 pm, Ronx
The _private folder is the one you found
in the root of the site, there should NOT
be a _private folder in the canals folder
- unless this is a subweb. Try opening the
remote site, remove the hit counter on
pamela.htm Save the page, then insert a
new counter. If this does not create the
.cnt file in the _private folder (in the
root of the web), then there are other
problems that your host will have to
solve. Go
tohttp://
www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htmanddownloadtheprogramdescribed
there. This will generate a custom hit
counter image based on your own settings
(font, size colours, etc.) -- Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression
Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/wf-menu.aspx
on 01/05/2010, CJB supposed :
Thank you again. Yes I do have a folder
_private in the root of the web on the
server. BUT is has only one file in it =
something.txt - it is empty. There is no
.cnt file there. And the folder /canals
does not have a _private folder either. I
am quite happy to create such a folder
and .cnt file by hand - since FP doesn't
seem to want to - but I don't know the
format. I'd also like to change the
graphic of the counter to something more
resembling the default font for the page
(aka FP Theme). Cheers - Chris B. Ronx
wrote:
The _private folder should be located at
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/_private
I can see nothing wrong with the code on
the page, but cannot access the _private
folder - this is NOT a problem, I should
not be able to access the _private
folder. As I said, I have found the hit
counter to be unreliable.
To set the initial count - open
http://chrisbrady.itgo.cominFrontPage,
then either: 1) Open the _private
folder, open the .cnt file in FrontPage
and change the number shown - do NOT
change the quantity of digits - then
save the file. Or 2) Open the page and
right click the hit counter. Choose
"FrontPAge Component Properties" Tick
the box "Reset counter to" and type in
the number to start at. Save the page.
If the counter does not increment - it
should every time you refresh the page -
then you may have to ask your host to
investigate. --
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/wf-menu.aspx
It happens that CJB formulated :
On Apr 22, 9:25 am, CJB
On Apr 22, 8:52 am, Ronx
The FrontPage hitcounter can be
placed on every page - it creates a
unique counter file in the _private
folder for each page, and each can be
set to start at any number you wish.
However, my experience of the FP hit
counter is that it is not reliable,
and in my opinion hit counters are so
last century. The hit counter
requires FrontPage extensions on the
server. Open a page in FrontPage,
then Insert->Hit Counter To set the
counter, open the _remote_ site in
FrontPage (not the site on your PC),
then open the _private folder. Open
the appropriate .cnt file and edit
the number shown - do NOT change the
number of digits. Save and close the
file. If you are looking for
statistics, then try Google Analytics
- this will tell more than you want
to know about your site and visitors.
But it will start at 0. -- Ron
Symonds Microsoft MVP (Expression
Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/wf-menu.aspx
CJB expressed precisely :
I have a large web site hosted on
http://www.freeservers.comTheyallowhit
counters on every page - the stats
being stored in one file -
fpcount.js My site is over 10 years
old, and many pages have hits in the
thousands. However recently I've
noticed that some counters have been
reset to zero. I investigated and
found that over the years the
fpcount.js file has become corrupt.
Although I pay Freeservers to host
the site all enquiries to their
Customer Service about the
corruption of the hit counter
feature are ignored. Therefore I am
seeking a commensurate service. I
have tried FP Hit Counters but it
seems that I can only have one - say
on the home page. Also it doesn't
seem possible to set the cointer to
say start at 5000 (which is where
the previous counter got reset to
zero). Is there a service somewhere
on the web - perhaps provide dby MS
or maybe supported by a server
running FP Extensions etc. Many
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Aha - thank you guys for the help and
ideas. I didn't know how the FP
counters work. Its a big('ish) site so
I need something quick and effective.
Also thanks for the tips on freee.com
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AND the FP hit counter does not seem to
change from '1' -
See:
http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/canals/pamela.htm
This page also does not seem to have
any _private folder associated with it,
and certainly no cnt file.
What am I doing wrong please?
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Just downloaded HitMeFP as an exe file, ran
it and got the following. I'm using Win 7
on an Acer netbook. Run-time error: 339:
Comp[onent CMDLG32.OCX or one of its
dependenties not correctly registered; a
file is missing or invalid. I'll try it on
my main XP laptop tonight. Chris B.- Hide
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I have now found a 'canal' folder in the
_private folder with a .cnt file in it. So
far so good!!
And I've made a gif file and put it into
_private. Then embedded it into my page,
then uploaded the page and gif file to my
website. But it doesn't work for some
reason. I used relative addressing too. Am
getting there.
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Ok - final problem is where does the
custom.gif file go please? Wherever I put it
all I get is a red cross and 'Hit Counter'
Thanks - CJB.- Hide quoted text -
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The code in the page with the counter is:
<!--webbot bot="HitCounter" i-image="5"
i-digits="0" PREVIEW="<strong>[Hit
Counter]</strong>" u-custom="images/
counter.gif" i-resetvalue="0" startspan
--><img SRC="_vti_bin/
fpcount.exe/chrisjbrady/?Page=TestPage.htm|Custom=images/counter.gif"
ALT="Hit Counter"><!--webbot bot="HitCounter"
endspan i- checksum="54260" -->
Additonally the file fpcount.exe is in the
folder _vti_bin
The above pertains to the client side running
FP, and web server side.
But the counter doesn't work. The contents of
the file TestPage.htm.cnt never changes.
It seems that the file fpcounter.exe does not
action anything.
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