Webstats Prog

[nottigurl]

Hi

I was wondering if someone could recommend me a webstats program for my server / site or online service whichever works.. prefably free LoL

Basically I wana know which sites are referring to my site, user IPs and what browsers their using..

Thanks

[NoHassleSteve]

Hi

I was wondering if someone could recommend me a webstats program for my server / site or online service whichever works.. prefably free LoL

Basically I wana know which sites are referring to my site, user IPs and what browsers their using..

Thanks

Since you're on IIS right now, I'd suggest using one that will work with standard W3X so it can analyze either IIS or Apache. That way you'll be comfortable with it if you every switch.

Analog, AWstats and Nihuo come to mind as being for either.
Not sure about Webalizer

(I'm assuming you are not willing or able to pay for something like Webtrends software or service right now.)

[matt1biz]

AW Stats is awesome, not cheap though!

[Radiate]

AW Stats is awesome, not cheap though!

you're joking right?

AWStats is free, and a very good program too

[jsp123]

AW Stats is awesome, not cheap though!

Not cheap but Free... http://awstats.sourceforge.net/

[aidantrent]

AWStats is probably the best open-source stats package available, but be carefull; it's very CPU-intensive, and I've crashed servers by running it only once a day on high-traffic sites. If you're getting 10k or more visits each day, try to run it hourly.

[duavoilua2k]

Try shinystat.com

[nottigurl]

I've installed AWStats...

but it isn't exactly Real time is it?

I have to keep updating it.. i mean the onni way to keep it updated is like updating it once a day through scheduled task on my server...

and my umm update now button doesn't really work I still have a little edges to fix.. but it seems like i got the gyst of it unless I'm doing something wrong.. I was hoping for something real time... and reads the info immediately instead of having to update it constantly...

Thanks for the recommendations so far thou =D

[aidantrent]

I have to keep updating it.. i mean the onni way to keep it updated is like updating it once a day through scheduled task on my server...

Any stats program that works in "real-time" is going to be a huge CPU burden because it will be parsing your log file on a constant basis. Unless you have a dedicated server, this is a sure way to get your account closed :P

If your host offers an easy interface to cron or scheduled tasks, I'd recommend using that. If not, you can always ssh (I'm assuming a UNIX server here) and run the command "crontab -e". Enter something like the following in the editor:

0 3,9,15,21 * * *       $HOME/cutegirlsdaily.com/awstats/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=www >> /dev/null

Of course, edit the path to point to your local awstats.pl file and change "-config=www" to whatever the name of your configuration file is. This will run AWstats automatically every 6 hours (at 3:00am, 9:00am, etc). You can also set the variable AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser to 1 in your AWstats config file, which will let you update anytime you choose.

Good luck!

[aidantrent]

Also, there's a pretty good article on gettings AWStats setup at http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Awstats_Alt. Some of the path details are specific to Dreamhost, it may help clarify some of the update options you have.

[directfiesta]

Any stats program that works in "real-time" is going to be a huge CPU burden because it will be parsing your log file on a constant basis. Unless you have a dedicated server, this is a sure way to get your account closed :P

If your host offers an easy interface to cron or scheduled tasks, I'd recommend using that. If not, you can always ssh (I'm assuming a UNIX server here) and run the command "crontab -e". Enter something like the following in the editor:

0 3,9,15,21 * * *       $HOME/cutegirlsdaily.com/awstats/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=www >> /dev/null

Of course, edit the path to point to your local awstats.pl file and change "-config=www" to whatever the name of your configuration file is. This will run AWstats automatically every 6 hours (at 3:00am, 9:00am, etc). You can also set the variable AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser to 1 in your AWstats config file, which will let you update anytime you choose.

Good luck!

cron is the way to go

[Jimmy C]

Download your logs and use Summary.net. Super fast and complete stats.

[dstaff]

Keep an eye on AWESTATS as they have had a naughty history of remote exploits. But it is a great package. I really like extremetracking.com. Its free and does a good job.

Good luck !

[nottigurl]

Thanks for all your recommendations so far..

I'm running a win 2003 server.. and pretty much umm yea don't know what "cron" is only blardy scheduled tasks.

But i'm having discrepencies between reports for some odd reason.

I'm using http://www.free-web-statistics.com and also AWSTATS..
funny thing is they report different things.

I think its cuz i'm not updating it frequent enuff...

[nottigurl]

Oh and another thing... the time recorded on the W3C IIS logs... doesn't match my server's time... anybody know why?

Thanks