Counter Woes

[dominic42]

ok i set up a counter on my website and had it working ok, but i accidently deleted the files off the server and i cant get the counter to reinstall. any ideas?

 

thanks Rock Sign

Dom

[Lianna]

What files did you delete? I ask because the counter file is actually stored in /cgi-sys which is at the server level...you can't delete that.

 

Can you take us through the steps you are trying to 'reinstall' it?

[dominic42]

hi lana,

when i first added the counter it placed certain folders in my public folder from what i remember, well one of the times i updated the site dreamweaver asked me if i wanted to remove any files that are not in my local folder and i said yes. since then it hasnt worked and when i go back to add the counter it wont from what i can tell. i still have the html text at the bottom of my webpage by the way.

[Lianna]

Ok. The counter that you added was not from cPanel then right? The counter from cPanel does not create any folders or need any in the public_html dir.

 

It sounds like you were using a third-party counter?

Dom, if you will post the html from the bottom of your page here (hiding any private info) then we can help more.

[dominic42]

hi lana,

yes it was the one from cpanel.

 

here is the text

 

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0

width=32 height=32 id="_x0000_i1040"

src="../../../../../cgi-sys/Count.cgi%3fdf=dominic.dat|display=Counter|ft=0|md=5|frgb=100;138;200|dd=Q"></p>

 

i do think something got deleted but dont know what exactly.

 

thanks

Dom

[Lianna]

Dom,

 

Has your domain name recently propagated and now you aren't seeing the counter? Here's what to do:

 

Edit the line of code from cPanel to exclude the ".dat" after your username.

 

Save the page.

 

Should work. Let me know.

(If something else in public_html directory was deleted, it doesn't impact this counter.)