Ask your web host (checking its faq first). If all you want is a counter then your host probably supports a simple cgi query that might go something like this:. .. .You are cool blue's <img src = "h t t p ://www.cool_blue_host.uk/cgi-bin/counter.xbm?/rest_of_path_to_cool_blue_page.html">'th visitor.. .. .Spaces added so it won't look like a real URL - HTH.