Re: cgi bin counter

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From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:26:49 -0500

>> can you point me to a counter you say won't work for you?

> pls go to www.pasofinofinder.com and counter is at bottom of page.

<source>
<img src="/cgi-bin/counter.gif?nueva.vida_01" align="left" width="54"
height="49" style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; color: #FFFFFF">
</source>

That image is cacheable? (Odd). Set Work Offline
(e.g. press Alt-F,W) and enter this URL:
http://home.att.net/cgi-bin/counter.gif?nueva.vida_01

(You could use View Source yourself to verify that this is the same URL
which you should be seeing.)

With that URL showing whatever it shows, press Ctrl-F5 and reconnect.

When I do that the number I had is changed to 0. (That's logical;
the request did not have a Referer with it so the host would not want
to include that request in its statistic.)

Now press Back. I'm seeing zero still; so the host must have sent
an Etag with that 0 which is now being used to refresh the old page.
Press Ctrl-F5 on this page. Now I see the counter again.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle 

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"cgarcia" <cgarcia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0A78D6EF-A8BA-4C4C-B137-E6E4E8184ABA@microsoft.com...
> pls go to www.pasofinofinder.com and counter is at bottom of page.  i had a
> friend access the page and she could see the current number.  i went to my
> counter manager on att.net and confirmed that the counter is moving.  i just
> can't see it on my computer/browser.  thx!
>
> "Jerry McEwen" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:15:03 -0800, "cgarcia"
>> <cgarcia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >i am perplexed...i cannot view the updated counter on webpages that are cgi
>> >bin based.  i only see a "0".  pls advise what i need to do as i previously
>> >had no problem viewing.  i have refreshed pages with no results.  i can view
>> >other types of cgi bin components but not counter!  help!
>>
>> That sounds impossible, can you point me to a counter you say won't
>> work for you?
>>

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