Version 2.1


NetCloak

User's Guide


"Dynamic Web Sites...

...No Programming Required"


Editing Counters

Counters are automatically created as they are used in your HTML pages, but NetCloak also provides a way to create counters manually and to adjust their values. You can also remove counters that are no longer used, which is recommended to maximize the efficiency of the counter database.

Here is what the counters dialog, accessible from the "Edit Counters..." menu option in the "Configuration" menu, looks like:

To add a new counter, type its name into the "Name" field, enter a starting value into the "Value" field, and click the "Set Counter" button. To remove a counter, select it in the Counter List and click the "Remove Counter" button. The entire counter database can be cleared by clicking "Remove All", and then clicking "OK" in the warning dialog box that follows.

Clicking on a counter name in the counter list will cause the "Name" and "Value" fields to be filled in with that counter's name and current value. To change the value of a counter, click on the counter in the counter list, change the value in the "Value" field, and click the "Set Counter" button.

When using the plug-in version of NetCloak, use the NetCloak CGI to edit counters as described above. To ensure that your updates take effect, quit WebSTAR while you are editing the counters with the CGI. After your edits are complete, quit the NetCloak CGI and re-launch WebSTAR.

Additional notes:

1. NetCloak can handle up to 512 individual counters.

2. Counter names are not case sensitive, so NetCloak displays the counter names as uppercase automatically.

3. For information on using counters within your HTML pages, see the "Counter Command" description in the "Commands" section of this guide.


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