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ReadMe -- Still_Counting

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This is the ReadMe file for Still_Counting beta0.20

Release Date: November 7, 2001

Visit http://www.faketp.com for further information

** Please give feedback on how it works for you **

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DESCRIPTION:

Still_Counting is little more than an ASP function that tracks
visits to specified web pages, then stores information about
those visits in a database. It can track visitors on multiple
web servers and, so long as those web servers all have access
to the same database, it can deliver results on all those 
servers through the same results interface. It can easily be 
used on multiple pages on the same web site.

COMPATIBILITY:

This is written to run on WinNT and Win2000 servers with the 
MS SQL Server 7.0 database. Whether it works on other systems
has not been tested by FakeTP.com.

DISTRIBUTION CONTENTS:

This tool is distributed in a .zip file from FakeTP.com. It 
should include:

SQL Scripts
		
		- SC_create_db.sql
		- SC_create_table.sql
	
	ASP Files
	
		- SC_config.asp
		- SC_example.asp
		- SC_counter.asp
		- SC_results.asp

INSTRUCTIONS:

Unzip the files of Still_Counting to a directory on your web
server such as http://www.you.com/still_counting/

* Prepare DB Table
Before you can configure the ASP pages of this tool, you must
decide what database you'll store these results in. If you have
an existing database, it is probably best to use that database.
If you decide to create a new database for this purpose, then
run SC_create_db.sql in SQL Server Query Analyzer to create a 
database named "faketp", otherwise, move on.

In SQL Server Query Analyzer, select the database you want to 
keep Still_Counting's results in. This is probably either 
"faketp" or "yourOwnDB". Run SC_create_table.sql.

At this point, your database should be ready for business.

* Configure ASP Pages
All configuration occurs in SC_config.asp. That file describes
what needs to be set.

This tool's results are set to display stats for a prinicple
web page such as what is at http://www.you.com/index.asp. Set
this main page with the main_page variable and the main_server
variable.

Make sure to specify your web server's name in the server_list
array. It is recommended that you use "you.com" rather than
"www.you.com" because your visitors in some cases do not use
the triple-w prefix.

Be sure to set the correct server name and database in the 
datasource variable.

If Still_Counting encounters errors, it will try to email them
to you. Set the variables for this email.

TESTING:

You should now be able to browse to the directory where you 
unpacked and configured Still_Counting. Visit
http://www.you.com/still_counting/SC_example.asp. This page
is set to be counted. Because Still_Counting quietly handles
errors, you cannot immediately see whether your configuration
was successful. Open the HTML source of the page. If you see
at its bottom  or , then you were
successful. If you see  or  (or 
nothing) then your count failed.

If your configuration failed, then confirm that the still_counting
table exists in the database you think it does. Then check that 
your SC_config.asp has the correct setting.

IMPLEMENTING:

The SC_example.asp file uses "include file" syntax because it 
doesn't know where in your directory structure you'll put
SC_counter.asp.  You probably should use "include virtual" 
syntax such that you would call Still_Counting with something
like "".
You should probably test this on your SC_example.asp page.

Paste the "include virtual" into whichever pages on your site(s)
you want to track. Make sure to include it in the page you set 
for the main_page variable.

OBTAINING RESULTS:

Go to http://www.you.com/still_counting/SC_results.asp to see
the results of your count and to make custom queries of your 
results.

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