Posting Web counters in your registry sets----------Detailed Instructions with medium sized images!!

zkcoins · November 23, 2005 9:21AM

Since I have been asked by enough people how to create a web counter in your registry sets I have decidied to create a thread that just give instructions on how to do this, complete with screenshots.

First you need to choose a site that has web counters, I choose Andale and will give instructions for that site although there are many others.

After choosing a site like www.andale.com, you create an account on their mainpage. After creating an account, they will probably offer you some of their products since that is how they make their money. Just answer no thanks and go to your account home (unless you need some of thee products).

Once at your account home page, click on a button at the top called "auction tools." This will bring up another tool bar below the main one that has more choices. Choose "counters," Then click on " View my counter hits." Once you have done that you will come to a page that looks like this:

In the orange you can see where I have clicked on auctions tools and counters.

In the green, you need to select the button called "Andale web counters" This will bring up a menu that will show you all of your web counters and not your auction counters. After selecting this button you will see a page like this:

This is what my menu looks like when I created this thread. I have blocked out all of the numbers of my counters so you guys don't accidentally use them. This screen is your web counters detailed page. You can edit, delete, create new counters, change the style of your counter, etc all from here. In the Purple you see a button that says "create new." Click it and it will ask you for the specifics of your new counter. Enter a counter name like "joe's Lincoln set" or whatever you like. Then click "continue" when you are finished editing. It will take you to a page with code on it that look like this:

Copy this code and put it into the "description" section of your PCGS registry set. Now go to the page and you will see your new counter!

If anyone has any troubles with this site or instructions please feel free to PM me at any time and I will be glad to help you out. Good luck and happy counting!

Zach

onlyroosies · November 23, 2005 12:28PM

LeeG · November 23, 2005 12:41PM

Thanks for the help!

XXX · November 23, 2005 4:38PM

Zach........Thanks, See related posts. Walt

zkcoins · November 23, 2005 6:00PM

<< <i>Zach........Thanks, See related posts. Walt >>

Walt,

Anytime! I see everyone's counters and they are looking great so far!

Zach

Atlantic · November 24, 2005 3:38AM

Thanks ZK,
Atlantic Indian Cents

Numismatics · November 25, 2005 12:15AM

Thanks alot for the useful infomation.

jpkinla · November 25, 2005 5:58AM

So far so good.....How would I change the counter to a different image or picture? Thanks!

zkcoins · November 25, 2005 6:58AM

<< <i>So far so good.....How would I change the counter to a different image or picture? Thanks! >>

In the second screenshot that I posted, there is a button below all of your counters that says "edit counter style"
Choose the counter you want to edit by checking the box next to it on the left and then select that button. It will take you to a menu to edit that counter style. The options to edit the counter are under a section called
"Digit Style." Once finished editing the counter select "edit counters" and you are finished.

zkcoins · December 2, 2005 8:51PM

I have seen quite a few of these counters pop up in various sets. They all look very nice.

zach

docday2003 · December 3, 2005 6:42AM

If I take the same code, and enter it in all my registry sets, will they be independent of each other? or will they all show the same number. ie if you look at one of my sets, will it register on all the sets, since the code is the same.

zkcoins · December 3, 2005 9:21AM

<< <i>If I take the same code, and enter it in all my registry sets, will they be independent of each other? or will they all show the same number. ie if you look at one of my sets, will it register on all the sets, since the code is the same. >>

If the code is the same, it will be the same counter. You must create a different counter for each set if you want them to be count independently. If you want to count the number of times someone visits any of your sets, then you could use the same code to accomplish that.

DickyBetz · December 3, 2005 10:49AM

jcping · December 4, 2005 1:43PM

TTT

saintguru · December 7, 2005 1:40AM

Very cool!! I now have ONE hit!

jpkinla · December 7, 2005 2:13AM

SG,

I just gave you a hit! How many more would you like?

saintguru · December 7, 2005 2:27AM

I set it up so that any one person counts ONE time...no reloads. You do have the option to count every hit, but if I chose that I would have to fun it up to 500 just for yucks.

Numisnewb · December 7, 2005 2:30AM

Is there a way to see a list of which sets have the most hits like the other registry?

saintguru · December 12, 2005 1:43AM

I have a LOT of trouble in the last step...'Andale web counters". It takes a few minutes to load and then I get "thanks for looking"

jcping · December 12, 2005 2:52AM

> I have a LOT of trouble in the last step...'Andale web counters". It takes a few minutes to load and then I get "thanks for looking"

I also faced the same issue last Friday. I gave up

Update: Thx for Saintguru's help. Simply close all the windows and keep on clicking. The best time to click is after the mid-night (or 3am). When traffic is light, you will be able to get in.

BECOKA · December 12, 2005 4:29AM

I just gave Saintguru another hit. It is already upto 54. Nice set and great photos. I am glad you took the time to do a proper job on this set.

Side note, I created a seperate counter for each registry set. When you go look at the counters it the Andale site you can see which one has the most hits. i.e. you can see them all with one glance and do not need to go visit your own registries to find out.

BECOKA · December 12, 2005 4:31AM

A note on the time lag and then the nice thanks for looking message. Mornings are impossible as everyone and their mother are checking for business purposes. It is accessible after dinner time everyday. I gave up looking in the morning or early afternoon.

saintguru · December 12, 2005 4:50AM

Thanks BECOKA. I taught JPK everything he knows.

zkcoins · June 12, 2006 7:30AM

ttt

Swampboy · October 9, 2006 8:43AM

Just a note to thank Zach for his original post.
A search for "counters" turned up this post and I was able to get a counter for my new (first) Registry Set.

Thanks Zach

edited spl

zkcoins · October 9, 2006 8:50AM

You are very welcome and I would like to add, great choice for a registry set. I am working on the lincolns as well but I am only focusing on the memorials and then I will work my way back to the wheats.

Good luck on your set.

LeeG · September 10, 2007 1:14AM

Great Info!!

Swampboy · October 29, 2008 6:04AM

Bump.
In case anyone's interested.
Mine just reset to 001 today for some unknown reason.

robec · October 29, 2008 6:10AM

Mine reset to 0001 on the MPL registry, but didn't change on the Buffalo. Glad I'm not alone.

RegistryNut · October 30, 2008 5:06AM

All 12 of my Registry sets had the Andale counters. I loved them and I had a count of 1090 on my Memorial set. Today, they were all reset to 1. I deleted them all. What a shame.

RegistryNut

RegistryNut · October 30, 2008 11:27AM

I have informed Andale that some of their counters have reset to zero, while others have been deleted. They did respond and said their engineering department is working to correct the problem.

RegistryNut

robec · October 30, 2008 12:38PM

<< <i>I have informed Andale that some of their counters have reset to zero, while others have been deleted. They did respond and said their engineering department is working to correct the problem.

RegistryNut

>>

Are they able to set the counters were they were?

Swampboy · October 30, 2008 1:18PM

Michael,
If you know you were at 1090 you can start a new counter and enter that as the start number.
I only know this because after I got over the frustration of losing my counters on three sets I'm working I went
to the Andale (vendio) site and checked it out. Let me know if I can help. Gil

RegistryNut · October 30, 2008 5:39PM

<<Are they able to set the counters were they were? >>

robec,
They have not indicated to me yet that they will be able to reinstall our counters with accurate hit counts. But, I sure hope they can. If not, we'll have to reinstall the counters and start with a number that you feel is accurate.

Gil,
Nice to hear from you. I actually have started to reinstall the counters on all 12 of my sets. However, to insure accuracy, I'd like Andale to retrieve the actual counts. My memory is exact on 4 of them, but the other 8, I really can't remember.

RegistryNut

LeeBone · November 1, 2008 3:56AM

And I thought that I was being singled out by the Andale f***up...

RegistryNut · November 1, 2008 6:07PM

Well, we can all see the Registry sets have gone mad. Maybe the counter problem we have is related to PCGS and not Andale.

RegistryNut

RegistryNut · December 8, 2008 4:50PM

Well, I finally received an explanation from Andale. They did experience a technical giltch in their system. It affected some counters, but not all of them. The only solution is to reinstall every counter yourself. And,
they could not provide a starting count number. You would have to use a starting count from memory. Sorry for the long delay, but Andale was very slow providing answers. I hope everyone's counters are accurately working now.

RegistryNut

illini420 · June 15, 2009 6:52PM

Earlycoin · June 15, 2009 10:00PM

Thanks

Bcsican · June 16, 2009 9:50AM

THANK YOU!!!! Will apply it now..

Posting Web counters in your registry sets----------Detailed Instructions with medium sized images!!

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