Web FAQ 7.05. Help! The text counter on my home page seems to be stuck on the same number.
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You may encounter this problem when using Netscape Composer, or some other HTML editor with FTP capabilities, to edit and publish Web pages. The HTML editor replaces the SSI tag (your counter tag) with the output of the SSI tag (the number being displayed). This occurs because Netscape Composer is working on the page that it receives from the Web server (and the Web server has already replaced the SSI tag with its output).
In order to fix this problem, you need to check the counter tag in your home
page file. You need to make sure that a number has not been mistakenly embedded
into your counter tag. For example, if the counter is continually displaying the
number 101, then you should see the following tag in your index.html file:
You are the <A HREF="http://www.personal.psu.edu/chilly/comp/count/"> 101th</A>
It is constantly displaying 101 because, as you can see, it is embedded in the tag; therefore you must replace this tag with the following:
You are the <A HREF="http://www.personal.psu.edu/chilly/comp/count/"> <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter_program"--></A>
where counter_program is the name of the counter program that you are using (for example, counter-ord). For more information and a listing of text counter programs, go to text counter.If this same problem is occurring with "This page has been accessed . . .",
follow the same instructions as above.
Important: When you are using a text counter , make sure that your Web page file is set to be parsed by the server before being sent to the browser. For instructions, refer to the IMPORTANT subsection in FAQ 6.2.