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Resetting hit counter doesn't stick!

Dianah

2004-04-26, 5:33 pm

FP2003

I've reset the hit counter and can't get it to stick. When I look at the
code, it's right, but after I publish, it doesn't change. (Frontpage
extensions are enabled.)

Is this a bug, or is there a workaround or am I doing something wrong?

Any ideas or thoughts?
Thanks.

Thomas A. Rowe

2004-04-26, 5:33 pm

Open the live site in FP, then in the _private folder locate the pagename.htm.cnt, open in notepad
and set the number to what you want. Do Not change the number of digits.

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"Dianah" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:eOC1jh8KEHA.3704@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> FP2003
>
> I've reset the hit counter and can't get it to stick. When I look at the
> code, it's right, but after I publish, it doesn't change. (Frontpage
> extensions are enabled.)
>
> Is this a bug, or is there a workaround or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Any ideas or thoughts?
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Dianah

2004-04-27, 4:30 am

Thomas ... this is soooo wierd. It's set to what I want it to be at ... so
I didn't change it. It's not taking effect! This is what it reads, but it
isn't what it reports. FPCountFile 00000001050

"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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Open the live site in FP, then in the _private folder locate the
pagename.htm.cnt, open in notepad
and set the number to what you want. Do Not change the number of digits.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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http://www.ycoln-resources.com
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"Dianah" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> FP2003
>
> I've reset the hit counter and can't get it to stick. When I look at the
> code, it's right, but after I publish, it doesn't change. (Frontpage
> extensions are enabled.)
>
> Is this a bug, or is there a workaround or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Any ideas or thoughts?
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Arnold Gao[MSFT]

2004-04-27, 7:29 am

Hi Dianah,

What is the OS version on the server side? What is the FPSE version then,
FPSE 2000 or 2002?

How do you publish the web page to the server, via http or ftp?

I would suggest you try the following steps:

1. Recalculate the web in IIS,
a. Right-click the virtual server in IIS.
b. Click All Tasks.
c. Click Recalculate Web.

2. Recalculate the Hyperlinks in FrontPage
a. Open the web site in FrontPage.
b. Click the Tools menu, and then click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
c. Click "Yes" when you are prompted to continue.

3. Re-insert the hit counter.
a. Delete all the files under _private folder.
b. delete hit counter.
c. Re-insert the hit counter.

Some more information: 301093 FP2000: Hit Counter Does Not Increment
Properly
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301093

Hope it helps.

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Partner Online Support

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Dianah

2004-04-27, 7:29 am

FP2003, OS=XP Pro
I publish direct to the site. I don't have to use ftp ... I use http://

Gettin' a little sleeping, so I'll give your suggestions a try. I'll
recalculate the links and maybe it's a good idea to remove and reinsert the
hit counter. It's worth trying. I'll delete those files in the private
directory as well.
Thanks.

""Arnold Gao[MSFT]"" <v-agao@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Dianah,

What is the OS version on the server side? What is the FPSE version then,
FPSE 2000 or 2002?

How do you publish the web page to the server, via http or ftp?

I would suggest you try the following steps:

1. Recalculate the web in IIS,
a. Right-click the virtual server in IIS.
b. Click All Tasks.
c. Click Recalculate Web.

2. Recalculate the Hyperlinks in FrontPage
a. Open the web site in FrontPage.
b. Click the Tools menu, and then click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
c. Click "Yes" when you are prompted to continue.

3. Re-insert the hit counter.
a. Delete all the files under _private folder.
b. delete hit counter.
c. Re-insert the hit counter.

Some more information: 301093 FP2000: Hit Counter Does Not Increment
Properly
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301093

Hope it helps.

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Partner Online Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Dianah

2004-04-30, 4:30 am

Well, Arnold. No amount of deleting it would get rid of that value when
reinserted. I tried some of your other steps ... deleting the file in the
_private folder, but that also didn't help. Here's what did work. I
deleted the row it was in - and published it to make sure there was no
counter. I then reinserted the row and reinserted the counter. That did
it. What a painful exercise.

Thanks for your suggestions Arnold.
Diana

""Arnold Gao[MSFT]"" <v-agao@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Dianah,

What is the OS version on the server side? What is the FPSE version then,
FPSE 2000 or 2002?

How do you publish the web page to the server, via http or ftp?

I would suggest you try the following steps:

1. Recalculate the web in IIS,
a. Right-click the virtual server in IIS.
b. Click All Tasks.
c. Click Recalculate Web.

2. Recalculate the Hyperlinks in FrontPage
a. Open the web site in FrontPage.
b. Click the Tools menu, and then click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
c. Click "Yes" when you are prompted to continue.

3. Re-insert the hit counter.
a. Delete all the files under _private folder.
b. delete hit counter.
c. Re-insert the hit counter.

Some more information: 301093 FP2000: Hit Counter Does Not Increment
Properly
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301093

Hope it helps.

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Partner Online Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Arnold Gao[MSFT]

2004-04-30, 4:30 am

Hi Dianah,

It's nice to hear the issue has been fixed. :o)

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Partner Online Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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