Quickstrike — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 23:48:00 +0000

I saw this at tweakfiles.com forum (fusetalk)

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There are currently 17 <a href="whoson.cfm">users</a> logged in.

Then i go to: http://tweak3d.pcstats.com/whoson.cfm
Because in the code it says it got the current number from whoson.cfm script!
Anyway i don't think it is java applet

werehere — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:16:00 +0000

I have seen it done written in TCL, so you'd have to have a TCL interpreter installed on your server.

Also I have seen it done using PHP and cookies just so you know.

I have never done it personally so I could not tell you how exactely to go about it.

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Jaiem — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:29:00 +0000

Mav - how do I do that?

Thanks.

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Maverick — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:22:00 +0000

Justin, that's what led me to believe it's java, at least on the front end. The back end could be CGI and the front end is perhaps a Java applet that repeatedly refreshes the CGI back-end. That sounds a bit server-intensive, but it could be done.

Jaiem, obviously the thing is getting parsed at server level to return the X value. So instead of viewing the file in your browser, download it without the view. That will by-pass whatever the server is doing to it and will show you the real source code.

Justin S — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:42:00 +0000

Hmm- It HAS to be a Java Applet. I've seen something like that before and it was java. I doubt any CGI script could do that w/o refreshing. And the page would have to be updated somehow for the CGI to work.

Post a URL maybe?

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Jaiem — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:41:00 +0000

Mav - Already checked the source code.

Nope, not Java. It just appears as a line of HTML code with the text "You are one of N visitors currently viewing this page"

That's why I think it's a CGI called via SSI.

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RC — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:08:00 +0000

Here is an article on how to accomplish this with ASP. Not sure if it works as I've never tried it, but...
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/061399-2.shtml

Maverick — Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:53:00 +0000

I'd be willing to bet it's a Java applet, not a Perl script. Take a peek at the source code and see how it's implemented. If it's an applet do a search for something similar at your favorite Java archive. If it's CGI search your favorite Perl sites.

Jaiem — Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:47:00 +0000

Thanks, but that's just a counter. I have that already.

This site actually says how many different people are looking at the page at that moment. I suppose it could be a trick but don't think so.

I'd rather not ask the web owner, he's a competitor.

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minton — Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:10:00 +0000

Jaiem, try www.livecounter.com It is not exactly what you want but it will update the counter when someone else views the page without a refresh. Worth a look.

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