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# Cookies Graph Counter                        Version 1.0                     #
# Copyright 2000 Frederic TYNDIUK (FTLS)       All Rights Reserved.            #
# E-Mail: tyndiuk@ftls.org                     Script License: GPL             #
# Created  02/28/2000                          Last Modified 02/28/2000        #
# Scripts Archive at:                          http://www.ftls.org/php/        #
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1. What is it ?
===============

	This script is a visitor counter using cookies method. It create a gif
graph to display a access counter on your Web page.


2. System Requirements:
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	- A web server, with PHP3 or newer; and GD lib installed


3. What this archive contains ?
===============================

	This archive comes with 5 files:
	    1) COPYING:     	Copyright informations (GPL).
	    2) README:      	This file.
	    3) LISEZMOI:    	French doc...
	    4) count.php:	    The PHP script.
	    5) count_data.txt:  File contain data.


4. Installation and Configuration:
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	It's a PHP script, so installation is pretty easy.

	Copy 'count.php' and 'count_data.txt' in your good directory.

	Change permissions to 'count_data.txt' for be writing by nobody (chmod a+rw)

	Edit 'count.php', you will have to do some configuration:

		$COUNT_FILE = "count_data.txt";
			// En: Absolute path and name to count data file.

		$NB_DIGITS = 8;
			// En: Minimum number of digits to display (0, to not use 0 left).

		$EXPIRE_DATE = 86400;
		   // En: Cookies Expiration date (second).


5. How to run it ?
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	Add <IMG SRC="count.php" BORDER="0"> code into your web page.


6. Version history:
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	Version 1.0         02/28/2000  - Script Created.


7. Copyright:
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	This software is copyright (C) 1999 Frederic TYNDIUK. It is distributed
under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Because it is licensed
free of charge, there is NO WARRANTY, it is provided AS IS. The author can not
be held liable for any damage that might arise from the use of this software.
Use it at your own risk. 
	See the file COPYING for more details (or http://www.gnu.org/).

	Warning: This script is a free software so, but you should not remove copyright...


8. Updates ?
============

	Latest version and New Scripts can be found at:
	
			http://www.ftls.org/en/


9. Contact:
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	Please feel free to contact me with any comments, suggestions, bug fixes
criticism, or just a happiness messages.

	If you run into any problems while trying to configure these scripts
first read this file carefully, if you don't find any solution, send me a Mail.

	E-Mail: tyndiuk@ftls.org
	Web: http://www.ftls.org/

                                                  Frederic TYNDIUK
