is there a way to make a hit counter w/o the third party?

si. through php.

ill find you the link in a sec, ok?

http://www.stealthdesignz.com/index2.php?p...p/simplecounter

fastwebcounter works fine though.

what is chmod?

A chomd is UNIX command that changes the mode of a file. There are three modes a file can have turned on or off: read ability, write ability, and execute ability. Each mode can be set for either the owner, the members of the owner's group, or all users.

so i need Linux to use the hits counter that michelle supplied?