JavaScript Forum

**lizard dude** · 05-21-2006, 03:47 AM

Hi i would to make a counter that will increase by one every time someone goes on my page

Now here is my code:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>counter</title>
</head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var number=0
function add()
{
number++;
document.f.counter.value=number;
}


</script>

<body onload="add()">
<form name="f">
	<input type="text" name="counter" value="">
</form>



</body>
</html>

But the value will alway be 1, even if i reload. Is there anyway to make the var number keep the new number?

**gumlor** · 05-21-2006, 05:20 AM

it won't work, because this counting number is only remembered by the very browser of the site visitor for that webpage. when the browser is closed or if another page is loaded into it, the number is immediately forgotten. so the visitor will ALWAYS see "1" as the count.

doing a hit counter requires the web server to record the count. (javascript runs on browser, not server). you can use a hitcount plugin:

http://www.statcounter.com/