COUNTER DIRECTIONS

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below are my examples

examples

old

white on black

black on white

blue on white

blue on white script

red on white machine + border

green on black

yellow on black

yellow on red

code for each:

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How to Use Your Counter

This file contains information which should help you use your counter. If you have more questions, see the FAQ Page. If you are
having problems with your counter, please see our Troubleshooting Page.

Basic

To install a counter into your page you first must create a counter with the form on the creation page. Afterwards, you can insert
something like the following into your HTML code:

This is the basic way to use your counter. The name string at the end of the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of
the counter that you have created.

NOTE: If you are using our free counter servers, we ask you to credit the WebCounter system somewhere on your home-page by
using its name or logo. Please also put a link to the following URL.

http://www.digits.com/

For instance, you might use the following:

The page's WebCounter count says that you are visitor number

Or, feel free to use something a bit more inventive like the following:

Mr. Web Counter says you're only visitor ... Keep trying!

The WebCounter transporter logs indicate that you are life-form number to beam aboard this page.

Option Usage

There are many other options which control the look of the resulting counter number. To use these additional options, you insert them
into your IMG SRC entry by separating them from your counter-name and from each other with the / or ``forward slash'' character.
Some options are accompanied by values -- these values are also separated with the / character. For instance, the -d option requires
a number argument -- in our example this argument is 4. So your HTML code will go from:

To:

NOTE: The name string at the end of the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of the counter that you have created.

Notice that the name string is separated from the -d option with a / and that the -d is separated from its argument 4 by another /.

Now that we are using the -d/4 option and argument, we might wish to add the -r and -z options as well. Neither of these two
options require arguments so your HTML code will go from:

To:

NOTE: The name string at the end of the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of the counter that you have created.

Notice that the / character separates each of the options as well as any of their required arguments. Also, see that the 4 argument is
still right next to the -d option (still separated by a /). This should be true for all options which have an argument.

Available Options

The following is a list of the available options that can be used with your counter.

-d/number
Returns an image with a certainly specific number of digits. The number string here should be replaced by a decimal number
such as 4 or 6. See the Image Size section below for more details.

You may also want to use the -r (right-face) and -z (zero-fill) options below depending on how you want your counter to
display.

-c/number
Selects a different character set for your digits. The number string here should be replaced by a decimal number from 0 to 27
(currently). See the Character Set Page for more details.

-R
Selects a random character set for your digits. See the Character Set Page for more details.

-f/color
Specifies the foreground color of your image. The color string here should be replaced with a 6 position hexadecimal value.
See the Colors Page below for more details.

-b/color
Specifies the background color of your image. The color string here should be replaced with a 6 position hexadecimal value.
See the Colors Page for more details.

-e/color
Specifies the empty space color of your image. The color string here should be replaced with a 6 position hexadecimal
value. See the Colors Page for more details.

-h
Hides the digits and only return a blank image. This is useful if you want to count the number of hits on your page but not
show this count to others.

-n
Only return your count -- your count is not incremented. This should only be used in special circumstances.

-r
Specifies that the digits returned will be right-face. If your counter value is 12 and you request 4 digits with the -d/4 option,
then the system will by default return 12__ (12 followed by 2 transparent spaces). Use this option if you want it to be __12
(2 spaces then the number.

-z
Fills any empty spaces with zeros. If your counter value is 12 and you request 4 digits with the -d/4 option, then the system
will by default return 12__ (12 followed by 2 transparent spaces). Use this option if you want it to be 0012 (2 zeroes then
the number). Note that for any zeros to be seen, you must specify a larger number of digits than in your counter value.

Please see the above Option Usage section for more information about the proper usage of these options.

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Image Size

By specifying the number of digits with the -d/number option you know the size of the image that will be returned. With this
information, you can specify WIDTH and HEIGHT information in the IMG entry. These values allow Netscape Enhanced clients to
reserve space for the image while drawing the page so you don't have to wait for the image to be loaded before seeing all of page's
text. All of your image entries should contain these options.

The HEIGHT of the returned image is always 20 (pixels). The WIDTH is calculated as 15 times the number of digits specified. So if
you are using the d/4 option, the WIDTH should be set to 4 * 15 or 60 (pixels).

10 digits will have a WIDTH of 10 * 15 or 150, etc.. The HEIGHT is always 20.

NOTE: If you wish your counter to be a different size, you can certainly tune the HEIGHT and WIDTH of the IMG and the
browsers should scale the image appropriately. The image may look better if the WIDTH and HEIGHT values are scaled evenly. For
instance, instead of a 4 digit image having a WIDTH of 60 and a HEIGHT of 20 you can set it to a WIDTH of 120, HEIGHT 40.
This should double the size of your counter. Understand that some character sets will scale better than others.

Additional Information

Our Character Sets Page lists the available fonts for your counter.
You can set the colors of your counter with the help of the Colors Page.

examples
old	white on black	black on white
blue on white	blue on white script	red on white machine + border
green on black	yellow on black	yellow on red