| Parameter |
Name |
Description |
Default |
| display=X |
Specifies What to Display. |
A valid string can be specified with the 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 needed
as counter is the default display type. |
display=counter |
| timezone=X |
Display Time/Date of the Specified Timezone. |
The parameter timezone= is only significant with
display=clock or display=date. Use this parameter
if you want to display the time or date of another timezone.
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 the time of various timezones is
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 the time in NY, the timezone will
be timezone=GMT-0500 instead of timezone=GMT-0400.
If the clock displays your local time incorrectly, specify
your timezone with that parameter in order to display the
correct time. |
None. |
| tformat=X
[new in this release] |
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 are
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 colour |
Specifies the colour of the frame in RGB (red/green/blue)
format. Each colour component, R, G, and B is specified
as a value between 0 and 256. If you use ft= without a frgb=
param, the default colour is used.
If you specify a frgb= without a ft=, then the frame thickness
defaults to 5. All the examples show ft=5. The colour can
be specified as a hex string or a name. Do not use a
# before the hex string as in Netscape. For example,
if you want to specify white in hex, use frgb=ffffff.
You also can use a colour name (e.g. frgb=blue) if the counter
is configured to do so (look at the cfg file). Look at the
colour name mapping database
for some hints about colour 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
colour with the Boolean B. So tr=Y means there will be a
transparent colour. It does not matter if the GIF files
used for the digits are "transparent"; you must specify
explicitly which colour 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
colour 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 the maximum number of digits to display. Any
value between 5 and 10 inclusive is 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
With specification of a md=value |
| dd=A |
Digit Directory |
Denotes directory of a specific styles of digits. Five
styles of digits are supplied. They are kept at the directories
A,B,C,D and E respectively. More will be supplied later.
|
dd=A
My green LED digits |
| image=gif_file
[new in this release] |
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. All attributes of the counter apply to the image.
|
None |
| comma=B
[new in this release] |
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
prgb=R;G;B
[new in this release] |
Change a colour of the image to a target colour on the
fly. |
Any one colour of the image can be changed to a different
colour on the fly. srgb stands for source colour,
that is the colour to change. prgb stands for pen
colour, that is the target colour. The values for srgb
and prgb can be colon separated colour components
(e.g, srgb=255;0;0), a hex value (e.g. srgb=ff0000) or a
colour name (e.g. srgb=red). The colour 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 chcolour=T |
| chcolour=B |
Change a colour of the image. |
This parameter is usually used to change the default
green colour to cyan. That is if you specify chcolour=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. |
chcolour=F |
| st=X |
Start Count |
This parameter is used to set the initial value of the
counter to some number X. Note that this parameter has
no effect if the datafile already exists. If you want
to change the counter value in a existing datafile, use
a new file name. |
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, the 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 name MUST start with your login ID.
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 on each invocation |
| 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 Colour |
Makes it possible to negate the colour 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 |
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. |
degrees=270
With rotate=Y and without degrees=X
rotate 270 degrees clockwise |
| rotate=B |
Rotate On/Off |
The Boolean value B turns rotating on or off. 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 |
