[Tutor] Hit Counter

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

Hmm cgi is not my strongest area but I'll hazard a guess...

> <form action="cgi-bin/counter.pyw">
> <input type="hidden" name="Stats" value="Hit Counter">
> </form>

> but I suspect this is where the problem is. Why doesn't the script
> run each time the page loads?

How is the form submitted? AFAIK the action will only 
be activated by a submit?

I think you need some Javascript or something in there 
to force the action.

Now just a quick comment on the script:

> 	x = int(Hits) + 1
> 	h = str(x)
> OutFile = open("count.dat", "w")
> OutFile.write(str(x))

you can miss out the 
h=str(x) 
line coz you dson't use h 
or alternatively 
Outfile.write(h)....

> print "<P><H2>Jon Cosby's web page - Total hits:</H2><br><br> "
> for i in h:
> 	print "<img src='images/" + i + "silver.gif'>"

No ALT tags - AAARGH! bad. bad.

But OK you use h here so in that case use h in the write()...

Alan g.