I was trying google for jpeg page counter but could not find any results.
I really dont know what its called so let me explain what I am looking for.
I am sure many of you must have heard of it, I think I just dont know the exact name.
Basically is is a page counter.
It will be in form of a link http://www.pagecounter/pagecounter.jpeg

Normally a page counter will need you to add some javascript or php code into the page.
but on blogs that do not allow that, but allow images I think this can be very effective to get the number of hits on that page.

I had see this long ago in yahoo360(now closed). As yahoo did not allow addition of scripts or javascript to their posts, but allowed images.
Many posters would add a link.
ofcourse if you refreshed the page twice it would show up on the counter.
But a good way to get approximate hits.

Also will this work in emailer/newsletters.
Thanks

<img src="URI_to_image_on_a_site_you_can_see_the_logs_for_and_see_how_mant_times_it_is_requested.jpg" alt="counter"/>

chrishirst, nice joke, I read that twice, you got me on that one :-P
Please someone help.
I tried searching uri to image nothing in first 10 results will be digging deeper

It's not a joke BTW, If all you need to know is the page request count having a remote image works perfectly well.
It's called a "webbug" BTW, often set up as a 1px x 1px image for tracking email reads etc.

However, maybe you are looking for something like http://www.phpjunkyard.com/php-graph...it-counter.php

Originally Posted by chrishirst

It's not a joke BTW, If all you need to know is the page request count having a remote image works perfectly well.
It's called a "webbug" BTW, often set up as a 1px x 1px image for tracking email reads etc.

However, maybe you are looking for something like http://www.phpjunkyard.com/php-graph...it-counter.php

[CODE]<img src="URI_to_image_on_a_site_you_can_see_the_logs_f or_and_see_how_mant_times_it_is_requested.jpg" alt="counter"/>/CODE]

This actually works. Please give me some details on how to use it.

Thanks for the other link from phpjunkyard.
This was the one that I had seen on yahoo 360 blogs.
I would like to know more on the webug. Because that is also what I want to do
thanks again

Ok it is only useful if you can host an image on a site where you can get a count of the times the image has been requested. eg: Your own site separate from the page you are tracking or an image hosting service.

The "webbug" method is to use a transparent gif that is 1px square so it is not visible to the end user but this method is often blocked by browsers or "Internet Security" tools. Using a visible and larger image is a bit "safer"

In this case you could have an image as a "signature" or a logo for your posts.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Ok it is only useful if you can host an image on a site where you can get a count of the times the image has been requested. eg: Your own site separate from the page you are tracking or an image hosting service.

The "webbug" method is to use a transparent gif that is 1px square so it is not visible to the end user but this method is often blocked by browsers or "Internet Security" tools. Using a visible and larger image is a bit "safer"

In this case you could have an image as a "signature" or a logo for your posts.

Ah now I got it, Basically I take any image(preferably a signature) and then just count how many times it has been accessed.
Ok thats very simple.
I thought that code you put in was some language code(like php) What a n00b I am.

Yes thats also a simple way of finding out how many times it has been read. Infact I think even the main image of the mailer can be used to count how many times it has been accessed.
thanks a lot chrishirst
Now I got to login into my cpanel and check my logs to see if I can get any info on the mailers I have sent.
Thanks again

There are of course ways it can be done with scripting.
If you have GD on a PHP server (and know how to code it) you can create images "on the fly" with a count drawn from a database and output this from the script using ContentType headers.