Colors of Your Counter
For more usage information, be sure to visit the Usage Page.
You can specify the colors of the counter with the -b,
-f, and -e options. These set the background,
foreground, and empty color values respectively. The foreground color
is the color of the digits and defaults to bright white
(FFFFFF). The digits are displayed on the background color
which defaults to black (000000). The empty color is for
blank spaces that don't contain a digit. For instance, here is a
lovely shade of purple:
<IMG
SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-c/7/-d/6/-f/A078FF/name"
ALIGN=absmiddle WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=20>
NOTE: The name string at the end of the above
HTML code should be replaced with the name of the counter that you
have created.
In the above example, the -f option is followed by
A078FF. This hexadecimal string sets a color. See our Color Chart for a partial list of the available
colors and their respective hex values. The first 2 positions of the
hex number specify the red value (A0), the next 2 the green
(78), and the final 2 the blue color value (FF).
Each color value goes from 00 (dark) to FF (bright). So FF0000
would be brightest red and 90FF20 would be a mid-red,
brightest green, and dark blue combination. It is just like the
Netscape background color format.
The empty color defaults to a light grey (BEBEBE) and is
flagged as transparent in the gif that is returned. By specifying the
same value for the background and the empty/transparent color, the
background will be flagged as transparent as well and you can have the
digits float on the page. The following example sets the foreground
to be green (00B000) and the background and empty both to a
white (F4F4FF) which I use as my background color.
<IMG
SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-rz/-d/5/-c/1/-f/00B000/-b/F4F4FF/-e/F4F4FF/name"
ALIGN=absmiddle WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0>
NOTE: The name string at the end of the SRC
section in the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of the
counter that you have created.
One final important note. The foreground gets mixed into the
background color so make sure your counter's background color matches
your page's background color or image as closely as possible. This is
important even though your counter's empty color is flagged as
transparent and the background color may match.
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