If your counter displays the above image you have left out the style that you want displayed and/or it does not exist?

1. In the string:
http://www.free-counter.co.uk/count-XXX.pl?count=countername&type=counterstyle

the type=counterstyle is an instruction to our server to include the style you have chosen and/or want! this must be an existing style we support and cannot be an empty instruction. BTW… by changing this to a supported Type you can change the style of your counter manually in the HTML of your page.