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Note: This chapter only applies if your web page is stored on a web server, and not on your local hard drive.

Both counters and guestbooks require access to the web server on which your web pages are hosted, and the ability to write CGIs.

However, for those of us who host our web pages at a service provider, and not on our own web server, and do not want to write our own CGIs, there are free services who offer counters and guestbooks.

Counters

A counter is just what you would imagine it to be: a count of how many people have accessed your web site.
This is very useful information, but not necessarily information you would like to display to everyone! If you don't expect your site to get many "hits" (visits), consider displaying the counter on a page that only you know the address for, and not on your main home page.

All Apexity customers get a free counter script included with your hosting account.
Login to your control panel and look in your scripts area for help.



Guestbooks

A guestbook is a page where visitors can enter comments about your site, and especially view the comments left by other people.

All Apexity customers get a free Guestbook script included with your hosting account.
Login to your control panel and look in your scripts area for help.