<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?df=handle">
To have a description by your handle on the members page you will need to logon to UNIX shell and edit the file homeidxrc in your public_html directory.
Step-By-Step
- Sign on to UNIX (Click here to telnet)
- Change directory to public_html (cd public_html)
- edit homeidxrc (pico homeidxrc)(hold the Ctrl key and press x to save)
| Parameter | Name | Description | Default |
| display=X | Specifies what to display. | A valid string can be specified with display= parameter to display counter, clock or date. The valid value for the string parameter X is counter,clock or date For counter, this parameter is not need as counter is the default display type. Time and Date use only default digits. | display=counter |
| 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. | dformat=MMDDYY |
| 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=6 |
| frgb=R;G;B | 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 256 seperated by semicolons (;) .or as hex string do not use a # before the hex string. For example, if you want to specify white in hex, use frgb=ffffff. | 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 |
| md=X | Max Digits | Defines maximum number of digits to display. Any value between 5 and 10 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 | Padding with 0's | Turn padding on/off in conjunction with md= setting. 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 |
| dd=A | Digit Directory | Denotes directory of a specific styles of digits. The Default is A, see below for other styles of digits. | dd=A green led digits |
| 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. The only style that has this option is default. | comma=F |
| srgb=R;G;B prgb=R;G;B |
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 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 |
| 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 your handle, if you want more than one counter use your handle followed by a number (like mainaic3). You can use df=random to display a random number. | df=random if no datafile is specified |
<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?df=handle">
<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?df=handle&ft=0">
<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?df=handle&dd=lcd&ft=0">
<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?display=clock">
<img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?display=date&ft=0">
| Style Name | Example |
|---|---|
| Default |  |
| odometer |  |
| lcd |  |
| speckled |  |
| noisy |  |
| cyan |  |
| eggs |  |
| halloween |  |
| curly |  |
| timex |  |
| red |  |
| orange |  |
| chalk |  |
| scoreboard |  |
| neat |  |
| beach |  |
| electric |  |
| fancy |  |
| frozen |  |
| handwriting |  |
| oldstyle |  |
| sf |  |
Q: How can I adjust/reset the counter?
A: Send mail to Mainiac, be sure to include the link name (should be your handle) of the counter and what you want to do with it.
Q: How can I keep track of hits without having a visible counter?
A: Not sure why people want to do this, but anyway:
Use <img src="/cgi/Count.cgi?df=handle&sh=N">.
Q: How accurate is the counter?
A: The counter increments every time it is loaded. It is not loaded when:
FormMail is a universal WWW form to E-mail gateway. There is only one required form input
tag which must be specified in order for this script to work with your existing forms.
Other hidden configuration fields can also be used to enhance the operation of FormMail on
your site. Version 1.6 of FormMail contains a few minor bug fixes, the biggest change in
this version is that by default, form fields are now sorted as they appear in the form.
Error pages were also beautified a little and two new configuration fields were created.
Form Configuration:
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The action of your form needs to point towards this script (/cgi/formmail), and the method
must be POST or GET in capital letters. Like:
<form method="POST" action="/cgi/formmail">
choose fields to include (see below)
</form>
Below is a list of form fields you can use and how to implement them.
Necessary Form Fields:
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There is only one form field that you must have in your form, for FormMail to work
correctly. This is the recipient field.
Field: recipient
Description: This form field allows you to specify to whom you wish for your form results
to be mailed. Most likely you will want to configure this option as a hidden form field
with a value equal to that of your e-mail address.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="email@your.host.com">
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Optional Form Fields:
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Field: subject
Description: The subject field will allow you to specify the subject that you wish to
appear in the e-mail that is sent to you after this form has been filled out. If you do
not have this option turned on, then the script will default to a message subject: WWW
Form
Submission.
Syntax:
If you wish to choose what the subject is:
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Subject">
To allow the user to choose a subject:
<input type=text name="subject">
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Field: email
Description: This form field will allow the user to specify their return e-mail address.
If you want to be able to return e-mail to your user, I strongly suggest that you include
this form field and allow them to fill it in. This will be put into the From:
field of the message you receive. If you want to require an email address with valid
syntax, add this field name to the
'required' field.
Syntax:
<input type=text name="email">
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Field: realname
Description: The realname form field will allow the user to input their real name. This
field is useful for identification purposes and will also be put into the From: line of
your message header.
Syntax:
<input type=text name="realname">
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Field: redirect
Description: If you wish to redirect the user to a different URL, rather than having them
see the default response to the fill-out form, you can use this hidden variable to send
them to a pre-made HTML page.
Syntax:
To choose the URL they will end up at:
<input type=hidden name="redirect"
value="http://your.host.com/to/file.html">
To allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect">
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Field: required
Description: You can now require for certain fields in your form to be filled in before
the user can successfully submit the form. Simply place all field names that you want to
be mandatory into this field. If the required fields are not filled in, the user will
be notified of what they need to fill in, and a link back to the form they just submitted
will be provided.
To use a customized error page, see 'missing_fields_redirect'
Syntax:
If you want to require that they fill in the email and phone fields in your form, so that
you can reach them once you have
received the mail, use a syntax like:
<input type=hidden name="required" value="email,phone">
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Field: env_report
Description: Allows you to have Environment variables included in the e-mail message you
receive after a user has filled out your
form. Useful if you wish to know what browser they were using, what domain they were
coming from or any other attributes associated with environment variables. The following
is a short list of valid environment variables that might be useful:
REMOTE_HOST - Sends the hostname making a request.
REMOTE_ADDR - Sends the IP address of the remote host making the request.
REMOTE_USER - If server supports authentication and script is protected, this is the
username they have authenticated as. *This is not usually set.*
HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the client is using to send the request.
There are others, but these are a few of the most useful. For more information on
environment variables, see:
http://www.cgi-resources.com/Documentation/Environment_Variables/
Syntax:
If you wanted to find the remote host and browser sending the request, you would put the
following into your form:
<input type=hidden name="env_report"
value="REMOTE_HOST,HTTP_USER_AGENT">
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Field: sort
Description: This field allows you to choose the order in which you wish for your
variables to appear in the e-mail that FormMail
generates. You can choose to have the field sorted alphabetically or specify a set order
in which you want the fields to appear in your mail message. By leaving this field out,
the order will simply default to the order in which the browsers sends the information to
the script (which is usually the exact same order as they appeared in the form.) When
sorting by a set order of fields, you should include the phrase "order:" as the
first part of your value for the sort field, and then follow that with the field names you
want to be listed in the e-mail message, separated by commas. Version 1.6 allows a little
more flexibility in the listing of ordered fields, in that you can include spaces and line
breaks in the field without it messing up the sort. This is helpful when you have many
form fields and need to insert a line wrap.
Syntax:
To sort alphabetically:
<input type=hidden name="sort" value="alphabetic">
To sort by a set field order:
<input type=hidden name="sort"
value="order:name1,name2,name3,etc...">
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Field: print_config
Description: print_config allows you to specify which of the config variables you would
like to have printed in your e-mail message. By default, no config fields are
printed to your e-mail. This is because the important form fields, like email, subject,
etc.
are included in the header of the message. However some users have asked for this option
so they can have these fields printed in the body of the message. The config fields that
you wish to have printed should be in the value attribute of your input tag separated by
commas.
Syntax:
If you want to print the email and subject fields in the body of your message, you would
place the following form tag:
<input type=hidden name="print_config" value="email,subject">
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Field: print_blank_fields
Description: print_blank_fields allows you to request that all form fields are printed in
the return HTML, regardless of whether or not they were filled in. FormMail defaults to
turning this off, so that unused form fields aren't e-mailed.
Syntax:
If you want to print all blank fields:
<input type=hidden name="print_blank_fields" value="1">
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Field: title
Description: This form field allows you to specify the title and header that will appear
on the resulting page if you do not specify a
redirect URL.
Syntax:
If you wanted a title of 'Feedback Form Results':
<input type=hidden name="title" value="Feedback Form Results">
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Field: return_link_url
Description: This field allows you to specify a URL that will appear, as
return_link_title, on the following report page. This field
will not be used if you have the redirect field set, but it is useful if you allow the
user to receive the report on the following page, but want to offer them a way to get back
to your main page.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="return_link_url"
value="http://your.host.com/main.html">
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Field: return_link_title
Description: This is the title that will be used to link the user back to the page you
specify with return_link_url. The two fields will be shown on the resulting form page as:
<ul>
<li><a href="return_link_url">return_link_title</a>
</ul>
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back to Main
Page">
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Field: missing_fields_redirect
Description: This form field allows you to specify a URL that users will be redirected to
if there are fields listed in the required form field that are not filled in. This is so
you can customize an error page instead of displaying the default.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect"
value="http://your.host.com/error.html">
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Field: background
Description: This form field allow you to specify a background image that will appear if
you do not have the redirect field set. This
image will appear as the background to the form results page.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="background"
value="http://your.host.com/image.gif">
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Field: bgcolor
Description: This form field allow you to specify a bgcolor for the form results page in
much the way you specify a background image. This field should not be set if the
redirect field is.
Syntax:
For a background color of White:
<input type=hidden name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
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Field: text_color
Description: This field works in the same way as bgcolor, except that it will change the
color of your text.
Syntax:
For a text color of Black:
<input type=hidden name="text_color" value="#000000">
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Field: link_color
Description: Changes the color of links on the resulting page. Works in the same way as
text_color. Should not be defined if redirect is.
Syntax:
For a link color of Red:
<input type=hidden name="link_color" value="#FF0000">
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Field: vlink_color
Description: Changes the color of visited links on the resulting page. Works exactly the
same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is.
Syntax:
For a visited link color of Blue:
<input type=hidden name="vlink_color" value="#0000FF">
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Field: alink_color
Description: Changes the color of active links on the resulting page. Works exactly the
same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is.
Syntax:
For a visited link color of Blue:
<input type=hidden name="alink_color" value="#0000FF">
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Any other form fields that appear in your script will be mailed back to you and displayed
on the resulting page if you do not have the redirect field set. There is no limit as to
how many other form fields you can use with this form, except the limits imposed by
browsers and your server.
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Written and Copyright by:
Matt Wright - mattw@worldwidemart.com - http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/