Thursday, August 31, 2006

Free Hit Counters (Perl CGI Scripts)

HitMatic HitMatic is a graphical counter (Perl script). It creates an X-Bitmap images for the counter which graphical browsers are supposed to be able to display (it displayed fine on mine). MultiCount This is a text counter that requires you to have SSI. It can handle multiple counters. It is released under the GNU GPL. CounterLog This Perl CGI counter script requires server side includes (SSI) to be enabled. In return, it is able to generate a text-based counter and maintain logs on the the web browsers used to access your page as well as the site the user accessed prior to your page (referring page). Delorie Counter Script This counter requires you to have access to a C compiler as well as Perl. There may be other requirements. It generates a graphical counter for your web page. Dream Catcher's Counter This is a Perl counter which allows you to generate text counters. You need to have server-side includes (SSI) enabled on your web server to use the counter. Matt Wright's Text Counter This text counter can manage multiple pages, but it requires you to have Server Side Includes (SSI).