Adding speed meter to my web page

Jim, please look at my webpage and tell me what I did wrong.

I have installed the Applet as indicated on your site. But the Speed test is not showing the picture/buttons that your site says it should.

I have checked and rechecked. I also have reinstalled. Still the same – I shows blank where the control panel should be.

http://gahigolo.com/TexKano/index.html

I put the two .zip files into the root (TexKano) directory where my .html file is. All the gifs and background is in the "home" directory.

thanks

Filed Under: Free Broadband Speed Test

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  1. AMPC says:
    January 14, 2007 at 10:11 am

    Hi TexKano,

    I see that you have the following on your page:

    <APPLET height=120 archive=speedmeter_z.jar width=500 code=speedometer.SpeedometerApplet.class name=speedometerApplet>
    <PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="13229">
    <PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="3175">
    </APPLET>
    <P>

    You should have something like this:

    <applet name="speedometerApplet"
    code="speedometer.SpeedometerApplet.class"
    archive="speedometer.jar" width="390" height="120">
    <param name="downloadUrl" value="ht tp: //gahigolo.com/TexKano/speedtesting.zip"></param>
    <param name="downloadTimeSec" value="10"></param>
    <param name="uploadUrl" value="ht tp: //gahigolo.com"></param>
    <param name="uploadTimeSec" value="10"></param>
    <param name="target" value="_blank"></param>
    <param name="uploadDataLength" value="10000000"></param>
    </applet>

    then, place this zip file:
    ht tp: //adslspeedtest.info/downloads/speedtesting.zip
    in your "home" directory.

    Now, extract (unzip) the .jar file from the speedometer.zip file and place it in your "home" directory.

    That should do it. If the free speed test is still not working, write back and I’ll work with you until it’s up and running!

    Also, you mentioned that you placed the gifs and background in "home" directory – what graphics are your referring to?

    Regards,

    Jim.

  2. TexKano says:
    January 14, 2007 at 11:11 am

    Did that.

    First, by saying .gifs and all is in my "home" directory, I mean that I have created a directory named "home". All the pictures and background and buttons on my "index.html" page is in my "home" directory. The "index.html" page itself is in the root directory – i.e., ht tp: //gahigolo.com/TexKano/

    I copied the html text again and pasted it in as you said. Funny thing is, when I save it and then test it, it all get re-written to what you found on my page. I tried again and again and it always re-writes it the same. Weird.

    Thanks
    Gordy

  3. AMPC says:
    January 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm

    Gordy,

    When you create your webpage with the speed test code, do you save changes using a program? I am guessing that the program you are using to create the webpage (Trellian WebPage?) is somehow modifying the code.

    The speed test code I gave you needs to remain unmodified – you can change settings but the base code needs to be there in order to work.

    I am guessing that if you use FTP (see your control panel at IX) and upload a file to your home directory, it won’t remain unmodified and should work fine.

    Try this…

    Go to the webpage that you want to host the speed test. In your browser, choose view source then copy all the contents and paste them into a text document (Notepad will work fine).

    Then, located the messed up code and replace it with the code in the post above. Save the file out as speedtest.htm

    Log into your IX account, go to control panel, choose FTP and upload speedtest.htm to your home directory.

    Then, type in ht tp: //gahigolo.com/speedtest.htm and you should see the speed test.

    The problem is that somehow the code is being modified and therefore will not work properly.

    Hope that helps!

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