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John I use a program called Fastats Mach5 Analyzer, which is very good for seeing exactly how many hits, visits etc you get. It breaks it down so you can see where people are accessing your site from, which search engines they are using and what search phrase they used, how long they are spending on the site, which pages they look at etc. It helps work out which parts of the site are the most popular or least accessed - not that I have much time to dwell on the stats. but it is useful to know for when I update the site. I am getting an average of 200+ visitors a day. At the moment my hit counter is set to only record unique visitors on a daily basis (it is almost up to 20,000 after three years), but if people access the site other than via the home page it doesn't record them. So the counter misses quite a few. I also have a problem with the frames design of the site. Often people get trapped on the site because not all the frames load. I have had to add pop-up boxes which are triggered in such instances and redirect people to the home page. Not ideal, as they don't get to visit the page they really want to see. So I am ditching the frames and going ASP, and the hits counter will work for every page. I am also getting my guestbook reworked so that messages will only get posted once I have approved them. At the moment I have a list of banned words which will not allow messages to be posted if people use them, and I also get an email every time someone posts a message. But I am getting so much spam that I am having to add at least hlf a dozen words or phrases every day. Let me know if you want more info on Mach5 Analyzer. I can't remember the exact cost, but I think the regular program is about £50 and the all-singing-and-dancing M5 Gold is double that. Cheers Peter

I think there is a slight problem with your local forecasts on the home page. Either that, or we are heading for the biggest freeze in history! This is what it came up with for the next couple of days for my area (I can't get the columns to line up, but you get the idea of what it is saying): Quickcast for Shoeburyness (change location) Max temp | Min temp | Max ave wind | Snow chance next 24 hrs | next 24 hrs | next 24 hrs | next 24 hrs -273°C | 0°C | 9mph | 0% Max temp | Min temp | Max ave wind | Snow chance 24-48 hrs | 24-48 hrs | 24-48 hrs | 24-48 hrs -273°C | -273°C | 9mph | 0% PS - how do I add an image into the post itself without it also showing as an attached imaged, as below? I'm sure I have done it before but can't remember the correct procedure now.

Thanks Paul, and Karl - sorted now http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif And it has just started snowing, well a light shower of graupel. So I can track it once more on the radar

Paul, or any other mod who may be monitoring this - is the N-W Extra 15 minute radar down at the moment? Each time I try and access it all I get is white space. Now, while I'd love to think it indicates we are in for an imminent white-out across the country, I have a feeling it just means that the radar is out of action. In case it is just my system, what I am getting is a small box in the top left with a red X and no radar image at all, no matter if I try the normal or precipitation options and whether I click on the static or animated buttons. When I click on the place names button it brings those up, but on a blank background. So I guess it means it isn't my system. Over to you...

The seaweed was right. It has stopped snowing and is now sleety rain. About 2 hours of wet snow in all. Oh well, roll on the next cold snap.

Snowing for the last hour, and quite heavy now. But laying snow is melting and nothing is settling on the roads or pavements. Too wet. Can't give temps or dewpoint as I haven't yet set up my weather station (Christmas pressie ). In layman's terms it's cold, but not as cold as it was and it's getting warmer. Oh, and my bit of seaweed says it's going to start raining very soon!!

Got a new weather station for Christmas but not set up yet, so no detailed info or accurates temps etc yet. Overnight got an inch or so of lying snow, I think from heavy showers after 7am. Mostly melted now from the roads after no snow for a couple of hours, but still a covering on grass, trees and shed roofs. We seemed to have more than in the centre of Southend, as my wife said conditions were easier there when she had to drive our daughter to work an hour ago.