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Re: [Clint] [PLUG-IN] REMOTE COUNTER V2.0.1
Hi Clint,

I am sure this might be possible - I have not tried it yet. But any method which make the page active and easily able to load the cgi should work.

This does not involve any code changes for the counter, you could play around with the included template file for displaying the counter and see what works. I too will have a look at this.

Thanks!


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On another note: Since going to bed last night - and I am writing this just on my way to breakfast, I have received another load of great suggestions. Some are more difficult than others, so I will put these on hold till I know how to do them (and have some time).

One I am going to look at fairly soon is:

  • The ability to turn off the remote counting function for busy sites. As you can imaging, if a site is getting a thousand plus hits an hour, things are going to start adding up on your server resources! (thanks for this suggestion). The problem I see with this, is you can't stop someone visiting your site normally, so you can't stop them placing your counter onto their site (even if it is not functional). You could just change the rc_code for the associated link in your links table (easily done), and this would stop the counter working all together. What could be programmed in, is that you have the ability to simply stop the cgi from incrementing the hits, even wall a call is made to it to do so. But I still don't see the need to program this, as you can still do this by changing the code, so the site owner does not know what it is. Anyways, I need some input on this before going any further with this idea.




Just to recap: Each link is given a code by RC you can assign. By default, all codes are 0 initially, allowing anyone to place the code onto their site, as long as they know their link number and the method for which to call the file. Simple enough. For increased secuirty, you can place up to a 10 digit code with each link, which will stop code/link# mismatches from doing anything. This is already built into RC.


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Ian: Jun 23, 2002, 9:17 AM

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