I didn't know AOL users could come in on different IP's.
Paul Kroll is probably right, but here's a test rig anyway.
It uses a small image with src="...php" to force a refresh of the image, not the whole page. You were right about the caching, so that's why I'm using a PHP script, but a light one. PERL would be heavier.
After you get the rig running, and sorry about the arcane names, you can telnet into your account,
cd ../logs
grep 456 access.today
to see the results.
With this setup, you could have the php script write log files of its own instead.
Files required: 3
1. test456_7.gif in your www/ directory.
2. 00456b.php, same directory:
<?php // nothing at all above here
// script to display an image
// unneccessarily compliant web address of the image:
$st= "http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']."/test456_7.gif";
// only one of the following lines should be uncommented
// echo "test <pre>[$st]</pre>"; // uncomment this line for text
header("Location: $st"); // this one shows the image
exit; // good to have
?>
3. 00456b.htm
A web page with Javascript that reloads the image every so often, up to a max number of times:
<html><head>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--
totalreloads= -1
max= 4 // for testing, then make it higher
asrc= 'test456e.php'
function afunction() {
if (document.images) {
if (++totalreloads < max) {
setTimeout('bfunction()', 6000)
// 6 seconds, for testing, then make it higher
}
}
}
function bfunction() {
st= asrc + '?' + totalreloads
document.test.tst.value= st // you can comment this out
document.aimg.src= st
}
// -->
</script>
</head><body>
<form name=test>Test: <input name=tst size=40></form><hr>
<img src="test456e.php" width=185 height=44 name="aimg" onLoad="afunction();"><br>
<a href="00456b.htm">again</a><br>
</body></html>
<edit>Corrected the file name of #3.</edit>