Website
Statistics Tools
Log Files
Information about the operation of your site is critical
for decision-making. To obtain this information, you need
to analyze statistics data that is written to log files in
your home directory on the server:
- Error log - stores data about errors generated by the
server (e.g. Page Not Found error) or by your CGI scripts;
- Transfer log - stores combined data about every visit
to your site, including:
- Remote host IP (i.e. visitor's IP);
- Time of request (i.e. when visitor requested the page);
- First line of request;
- Error generated by request, if any;
- Size of message sent in response to the request;
- Referrer (i.e. from which page visitor was directed);
- Agent ID (i.e. type of browser or another agent and related
information, such as user's OS, etc.) ;
- Referrer log - stores the list of URLs from which visitors
are referred to your site; and
- Agent log - stores data about agents used to enter the
site -- such as browsers or any other Internet-based software
-- and all related data.
Enabling /
Disabling Log Files
- Click the Web Options icon on your control panel
home page
- Select the Domain name you need
- On the page that shows, scroll down to the Settings
section and click the ON/OFF icon next to the log
files.
Viewing Raw Log Files
To view the log files records, do the following:
- Click the Web Options icon on your control panel
home page.
- Choose the necessary domain
- Scroll down to Log files and click the View icon
next to it.
- List of log files shows.
- Click the necessary file and all its records will show.
Note: Entering
end in the Line Number field will show a list
of records from the tail of a logfile.
The statistics data in the log files is difficult to read.
Web analyzers will read log files to produce visual reports
in HTML format for viewing through a browser.
Enabling / Disabling
Webalizer & Modlogan
- Click the Stats icon to go to the Statistics
page.
- Enable ModLogAn or Analyzer for this domain.
- Click the Apply link on the right of this domain.
- Click the View icon to see your statistics report.
Enabling /
Disabling Urchin
- Click the Web Options icon.
- Scroll to to the Urchin 4 statistics line.
- Click the OFF button on the right.
- Click the View icon (magnifying glass) to see your
statistics report.
- Note: Urchin is available for an additional $2.95/mo.
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