| Parameter |
Name |
Description |
Default |
cache=B
expires=X |
These parameters can be used to change the
image caching behavior of certain web browsers. |
The boolean value of cache tells the
browser whether to cache the image or not. The integer value of expires
specifies the cache expiration duration time in seconds. If you specify
cache=F, the browser will be hinted to cache the image for the amount of
seconds specified with expires parameter. if cache=F and expires=0, then
the browser should not cache the image, that is whenever you come back
to the page, the counter or clock will be refreshed. Use this feature
with discretion as it may increase load on your system. The expires
parameter is meaningless without cache=F, that means, if cache=T
is specified, expires parameter is ignored and the counter will not
generate any HTTP Expires header. This is the default behavior. The
valid values for the boolean parameter cache is Y,N,F,T 1 or 0. 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.
|
cache=T
expires=0
|
| 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
(Added on: Dec-13-1998) |
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
(Added on: Jul-17-1999) |
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 |
| istrip=B |
Use of image strip On/Off |
The boolean value of istrip specifies whether to use
image strip or not. If you specify istrip=F, the program will look for
the individual digit image files in the digits/style directory. The
valid values for the Boolean parameter istrip are Y, N, T, F, 1 or 0. |
istrip=T |
| 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
|
| dd=A |
Digit Directory |
Denotes directory of a specific styles of digits. Four
styles of digits are supplied. They are kept at the directories A,B,C
and D respectively. Visit the digit
mania page for other styles of digits. |
dd=A
My green LED digits |
| image=gif_file |
Display this GIF file |
You can display any GIF image specified with this
parameter. The location of this file is determined by the dd= parameter.
Note that no path in the GIF file is allowed. All attributes of the
counter apply to the image. This parameter is used for compositing
counter image with the GIF image. The default alignment is top-center
and the default offset is 2 pixels from the top of the GIF image. If you
want to composite clock, date or contdown, specify so with the display
paramter. |
None |
| 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 |
| xy=x;y |
composite the counter image to a base image at the
location x,y |
When a base image is specified with image
parameter, the parameter xy can be used to composite the counter image
on the base image at location x,y. x is positive towards right and y is
positive downward. The co-ordinate of the upper left corner of the base
image is 0,0). See also: align. |
xy=1;1 |
| align=X |
composite the counter/clock/countdown image with a base
image and align the counter image. |
This option can be used to composite the counter on a
base image (specified with image
with known width and height. This way, you will be able specify the
width and height of the counter image in the <img src= tag while
calling the counter. The implication is, if the counter is the first
thing in a large table, the browser will not have to wait to calculate
the width and height of the counter image before loading the rest. The
valid value for the parameter align is topleft, topcenter,
topright, midleft, midright, midcenter, bottomleft,
bottomcenter and bottomright. The parameter offset
can be used to specify the offset in pixels from the edge of the base
image. Note: xy
parameter has higher precedence than align. Therefore, if both xy and
align is specified xy will take the precedence. See also: xy. |
align=bottomcenter |
| offset=N |
Offset of the counter image in pixels from the edge of
the base image while compositing the counter with an image. |
The parameter offset is used with parameter align
to specify the offset of the counter image in pixels from the edge of
the base image while compositing the counter/clock image with an base
image. If align=topleft, the the offset is counted from the top and left
edge of the base image. If align=topcenter, the offset is counted from
the top edge of the base image. If align=topright, the offset is counted
from the top and right edge of the base image. If align=midleft, offset
is counted from the left edge of the base image. If align=midcenter,
offset is ignored. If align=midright, offset is counted from the right
edge of the base image. If align=bottomleft, offset is counted from the
left and bottom edge of the base image. If align=bottomcenter, offset is
counted from bottom edge of the base image. If align=bottomright, offset
is counted from the right and bottom edge of the base image. The valid
value for the paramter N is a positive integer. See also: xy. |
offset=2 |
