| Parameter |
Name |
Description |
Default |
| expires=X |
This parameter can be used to change the image
caching behavior of certain web browsers. |
The integer value of expires specifies
the cache expiration duration time in seconds. If you do not want the browser
to cache the image, specify 0. If you want the browser to cache image for
5 minues, specify the value as 300. The valid integer range of the expires
parameter is between 0 and 604800 (7 days).
Note, these parameters will work with browsers that support the HTTP
Expires header as specified in HTTP specification. By default, most
web browsers cache the image received from the counter. That means,
if someone visits your page and comes back after a while, the counter
or clock does not get refreshed. |
None |
| reload=B |
Count page reload if the site admin configured the counter
to support it.
(Added on: Dec-05-1998) |
If the site admin configured the counter to count reload,
users can choose to count reload (default) or ignore reload. The site admin
allows count reloading by yes, 1 or true in the [options] section of the configuration
file with the keyword count_reload. Note, if the admin decided to ignore
reload count (count_reload=No), user preference is ignored. The valid values
for the Boolean parameter reload are Y, N, T, F, 1 or 0. |
reload=T
Count reload if site admin configured to so. |
cdt=year;month;
day;hr;min;sec |
Show the countdown time to this target date. |
The parameter cdt specifies the countdown target date.
The valid values for this parameter is 6 integers separated by semicolon.
The first integer specifies the year, for example: 2000. The month starts
at 1 (January). The first day is 1. Note: in Unix systems, the year can
not be less than 1970 as Unix epoch starts starts at 00:00:00 on January
1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The range of hr is 0 to 23.
The range of min is 0 to 59 and the range of sec is 0 to 59. To count down
to Year 2000, the parameter will be: cdt=2000;1;1;0;0;0. If you do not
specify any Timezone with the parameter timezone,
the countdown will be calculated from the web server time. For example
if you like to show the countdown from GMT, specify timezone as: timezone=GMT+0000. |
None |
cdf=year;month;
day;hr;min;sec |
Show the countdown time from this date. |
The parameter cdf specifies the countdown from date.
The default is to calculate from the current local time or local time of
a specific timezone if the parameter timezone is specified. The valid values for
this parameter is 6 integers separated by semicolon. The first integer
specifies the year, for example: 1999. The month starts at 1 (January).
The first day is 1. Note: in Unix systems, the year can not be less than
1970 as Unix epoch starts starts at 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970, Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC). The range of hr is 0 to 23. The range of min is 0
to 59 and the range of sec is 0 to 59. |
The local web server time. |
| sdhms=B |
Show the day, hr, min, sec in countdown or not. |
This parameter affects how the countdown is displayed.
The valid values for the Boolean parameter sdhms are Y, N, T, F, 1 or 0.
By defualt, the value for this parameter is True, that means the countdown
is shows as Day, Hour, Min and Sec. If you just want to show the countdown
days, specify F as the value. |
sdhms=T |
| sfd=B |
Show from date (sfd) below the countdown. |
The parameter sfd shows the from date below the countdown.
The from date is the time when the program is executed. The time in date
is always in 24 hr format. If you use the parameter timezone,
the timezone offset will be shown at the end of time. It may be necessary
to see this date to make sure that the Counter program actually ran and
the browser is not loading the image from cache. Use cache=F&expires=0 to
make sure that browser does not cache the image. The valid values for the
Boolean parameter sfd are Y, N, T, F, 1 or 0. |
sfd=F |
| display=X |
Specifies what to display. |
The valid values for X is: counter, clock, date, countdown, image or
version. If the value is countdown and if the countdown time is not specified
with parameter cdt, the countdown to year 2000 is assumed.
See also: cdt. Note: If you specify display=image and
if you specify a datafile with df parameter and if incr is
true, then counter will be incremented in the datafile. This will help
some people who do not like to show the counter, instead they can show
an image. You can use incr=F from another page to monitor
the counter. |
display=counter |
| timezone=X |
Display time/date of the specified timezone. |
The parameter timezone= is only significant with display=clock, display=date
or display=countdown Use this parameter if you want
to display time or date of another timezone or calculate countdown in reference
to a timezone to a target date. The timezone must be specified with a negative
or positive four digit offset from GMT, for example: timezone=GMT-0500
or timezone=GMT+0000 or timezone=GMT+0530. The routine to display time
of various timezones are written in a generic way. Therefore, the unix
machines will not be aware of daylight saving time because of the way the
routine is written. For example, if daylight saving time is on, to display
time of NY, the timezone will be timezone=GMT-0500 instead of timezone=GMT-0400.
If the clock displays your local time wrong, specify your timezone
with that parameter in order to display the correct time. |
None. |
| tformat=X
|
Time format in 12 or 24 hour. |
This parameter can be used to display time in 12 or 24 hour
format. The valid values for the parameter X is 12 or 24. |
tformat=12 |
| dformat=X |
Specifies date format. |
This parameter is only significant with display=date. The
valid value for the string parameter X is any combination of MMDDYY (Month-Day-Year).
For example, dformat=ddmmyy, dformat=YYMMDD. To show the full year in the
display instead of two digit year specify YYYY instead of YY, for example
dformat=MMDDYYYY. To show full year you can also use the parameter fy. |
dformat=MMDDYY |
| fy=B |
Show the full year (fy) in the date instead of only two digit
year. |
This boolean parameter indicates whether to show all the
year digits instead of default two digits in the date. By the way the program
will display all the year digits by default from Year 2000. The valid values
for the boolean parameter fy are Y,N,T,F,1 or 0. See also: dformat. |
fy=F |
| ft=X |
Frame Thickness |
You can wrap the counter in an ornamental frame of X pixels
thick. Use 0 for no frame. Values over 5 make a nice 3-D effect. |
ft=4 |
frgb=R;G;B
or
frgb=RRGGBB (in hex) |
Frame Color |
Specifies the color of the frame in RGB (red/green/blue)
format. Each color component, R, G, and B is specified as a value between
0 and 255. If you use ft= without a frgb= param, the default color is used.
If you specify a frgb= without a ft=, then the frame thickness defaults
to 5. All the examples show ft=5. The color can be specified as hex
string or a name. Do not use a # before the hex string as Netscape.
For example, if you want to specify white in hex, use frgb=ffffff.
You also can use a color name (e.g. frgb=blue) if the counter is configured
to do so (look at the cfg file). Look at the color
name mapping database for some hints about color name database. |
frgb=100;139;216 or
frgb=648bd8 |
| tr=B |
Transparency On/Off |
You can specify if your counter image will have a transparent
color with the Boolean B. So tr=Y means there will be a transparent color.
It does not matter if the GIF files used for the digits are "transparent";
you must specify explicitly which color to make transparent. If you specify
a trgb=, then you do not need to specify tr=Y. If you specify tr=Y and
do not specify trgb=, then the default color black will be transparent.
The valid values for B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
tr=F
No Transparency |
trgb=R;G;B
or
trgb=RRGGBB (in hex) |
Transparency Color |
Specifies the color to be made transparent in RGB (red/green/blue)
format. Each color component, R, G, and B is specified as a value between
0 and 255. If you use tr= without a trgb= param, the default color is used.
The color can be specified as hex string or a name. Do not use a # before
the hex string as Netscape. For example, if you want to specify white in
hex, use trgb=ffffff. You also can use a color name (e.g. trgb=blue) if
the counter is configured to do so (look at the cfg file). Look at the color
name mapping database for some hints about color name database. If
you use trgb= then tr=Y is not needed. |
trgb=0;0;0 or
trgb=000000 |
| md=X |
Max Digits |
Defines maximum number of digits to display. Any value between
5 and 80 inclusive are permitted. Padding with leading zeros is automatically
done for you; longer counts are truncated to the given X. |
md=6
Without padding |
| pad=B |
Left padding with 0s |
Turn padding on/off in conjunction with md= setting. It also
affects padding hour in clock. Valid values for the Boolean parameter B
are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
pad=N
Without specification of a md=value
pad=Y
With specification of a md=value |
| comma=B |
Display comma after every 3rd digit from right. |
The boolean value of parameter comma specifies whether to
display comma after every 3rd digit from right. If you use this parameter
as true, the left padding with zeros will be turned off. |
comma=F |
srgb=R;G;B
or
srgb=RRGGBB (in hex)
prgb=R;G;B
or
prgb=RRGGBB (in hex) |
Change a color of the image to a target color on the fly. |
Any one color of the image can be changed to a different
color on the fly. srgb stands for source color, that is the color to change.
prgb stands for pen color, that is the target color. The values for srgb
and prgb can be colon separated color components (e.g, srgb=255;0;0), a
hex value (e.g. srgb=ff0000) or a color name (e.g. srgb=red). The color
name can be used if you configured the counter to do so (look at the cfg
file). |
srgb=00ff00
(0;255;0 green)
prgb=00ffff
(0;255;255 cyan)
With chcolor=T |
| chcolor=B |
Change a color of the image. |
This parameter is usually used to change the default green
color to cyan. That is if you specify chcolor=T, and you want to change
green to cyan, then you do not need to specify srgb and prgb parameters.
1x1 GIF is displayed. The valid values for the Boolean parameter B are
Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0 |
chcolor=F |
| st=X |
Start Count |
This parameter is used to set the initial value of the counter
to some number X. This is only valid if you decided to allow automatic
datafile creation. It is a bad practice to allow automatic datafile creation,
however it makes site maintaining easier. The automatic datafile creation
option is specified in configuration file and can be changed at run time.
Note that this parameter has no effect if the datafile already exists.
If you want to change the counter value in a existing datafile, hand edit
the file. The minimum value for st is 1. |
st=1
Count starts at 1 |
| sh=B |
Show digits |
Used to turn display of digits on or off according to the
Boolean B. When sh=T, counter will be displayed and incremented, this is
the default behavior.
If sh=F no digits will show, but the counter will still increment;
instead of digits a transparent 1x1 GIF is displayed. The valid values
for the Boolean parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0 |
sh=Y |
| df=data_file |
Datafile to store count |
Specifies the name of the file for storing the count in.
The file must be allocated to you as was mentioned in the "Authorizations" section
above. You can use df=random to display a random number.
One special use of the parameter is df=RANDOM. This returns
a random number using the fractional portion of the host's
time of day clock as a seed for the generator. Unlike all
other WWWcounter parameters, the file name provided is case-sensitive,
except for the value random. Or Random, or rANDOM, etc. |
df=random
if no datafile is specified |
| incr=B |
Increment Count |
Makes it possible to display the current count without incrementing
the count. This can be used to examine the count for reporting or other
purposes without adding to the count. Valid values for the Boolean parameter
B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0.
|
incr=T
Increment the counter |
| lit=X |
Display literal |
Makes it possible to display a given, predetermined string.
The valid values for the string X are digits, a,p,: and - |
None |
| negate=B |
Negate the color |
Makes it possible to negate the color of the counter digits.
Note that the Frame is exempted from negating. Valid values for the Boolean
parameter B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
negate=F
Do not negate |
degrees=X
or
angle=X |
Rotate X degrees |
Makes it possible to rotate the counter image X degrees.
The possible values of X are 90, 180, 270 and 360. Note 360 is meaningless
as the counter will come back to the original 0 degrees. Note: Microsoft
MS Explorer interprets °rees as the degree character (it's gotta
be a bug in IE), so use angle to be safe. |
degrees=270
With rotate=Y and without degrees=X
rotate 270 degrees clockwise |
| rotate=B |
Rotate On/Off |
The Boolean value B turns on or off rotating. If you use
degrees= setting, rotate is not needed. Valid values for the Boolean parameter
B are Y, N, T, F, 1, or 0. |
rotate=F
Do not rotate |
