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Joe Wolf

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Jul 21, 2004, 6:38:52 PM7/21/04
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I host several web sites for a few customers. I would like to offer them
some kind of online graphic log representation of who is accessing their web
sites, and other basic information. Must be very simple.

All I can seem to find are overly complicated log analyzers that require the
customer to download their logs, etc. I want something simple where they
can just go to a web page on their site and see real time log information.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance,
-Joe


Dave

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Jul 21, 2004, 6:50:46 PM7/21/04
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i like Analog from http://www.analog.cx/. it creates a web based report
that you can give someone a link to so they can just view it on their web
site. and best of all, its FREE!

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Joe Wolf

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Jul 21, 2004, 7:11:43 PM7/21/04
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Dave,

Thanks for the info. I looked at Analog before, but I never could figure
out how to get it installed to be "automatic" for the various web sites
(about 20 on the server... all different customers).

Will look again... maybe just me but I wanted something simpler.

Thanks again,
Joe

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Ken Schaefer

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Jul 21, 2004, 8:48:26 PM7/21/04
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How much work do you want to do yourself? If you just want something simple,
and automatic, buy one of the "hosting control panels" out there that
hosting companies use.

On the other hand, if you'd prefer to spend your own time (and save money)
getting this to work, then you'll need to rig something up yourself using
whatever free/cheap software you can get your hands on.

Analog isn't automatic - none of the web log analysers are. Instead they
need to be "on-demand" - ie when you want/request a summary report, they
take the supplied log file (that contains all the raw data about each
request that came in), and they summarise it according to the parameters you
supply.

Cheers
Ken


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Russell Stevens

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Jul 21, 2004, 9:17:05 PM7/21/04
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Joe,

I use WebLog Expert to do exactly what you describe - very simple to use -
I set it up to generate new reports each night. I just analyze the last 7
days - extensive charts etc for the user to look at - all they need to do is
point their browser to a url (a page on their web where you have the reports
generated). I do not need live reports (or the extra complexity they add).
It can do reverse lookups, etc.

If you prefer you can update more than once daily (every hour or
whatever). Unless your users really need to know who is on NOW, knowing who
has been on over a preceding time period is much more useful.

www.weblogexpert.com

Russ Stevens


Kristofer Gafvert

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Jul 22, 2004, 1:33:01 AM7/22/04
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Hello,

You can schedule (using Scheduled Tasks) analog to run at a specified intervall.

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Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
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doug

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Jul 22, 2004, 8:10:31 AM7/22/04
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Best one I have ever found...LiveStats. www.deepmetrix.com

doug

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John Cesta

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Jul 22, 2004, 10:46:57 AM7/22/04
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I have a program called logfilemanager. It can run at defined intervals via a scheduler and total your logfiles datatransfer it also creates an analog.exe (analog.cx) html logfile report and copies it to the client's web root. They can then review it. You can have the program run every hour or so (whatever your needs). It's very fast even with large logfiles.

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Jeff Cochran

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Jul 22, 2004, 11:48:05 AM7/22/04
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:11:43 -0500, "Joe Wolf" <j...@nospam.csgo.com>
wrote:

>Dave,
>
>Thanks for the info. I looked at Analog before, but I never could figure
>out how to get it installed to be "automatic" for the various web sites
>(about 20 on the server... all different customers).
>
>Will look again... maybe just me but I wanted something simpler.

I configured Analog for multiple sites years ago and produce a stats
page nightly. For a look at the format (about a month old) try:

http://logs.naplesgov.com/

If you contact me offline I'd be happy to provide some settings and
scripts to get you started. Though I may have to do some digging to
find/remember them all, I haven't touched the process in probably
three years. I guess that's pretty automatic... :)

Otherwise, the suggestion about using a control panel is a good one if
you're doing web hosting and want full functionality for clients.

Jeff

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