Brookes webstats

Webpage statistics

Introduction
The Form
Automatically generated statistics - access is protected by a password.

The below form allows you to generate statistics for a particular page, or pages, stored on the Brookes Web server. The statistics are obtained from the server log file, which keeps a record of every visit made to the Brookes Web site.

Using this form you are able to determine the exact number of times a particular page(s) has been visited and from where it has been viewed (e.g. Academic, commercial or network sites and even from which country). The General Statistics section is a useful option, since it produces a graphical summary of the statistics associated with a particular page(s). You can limit the search to specific dates, files, or even countries. So you could determine, for example, the number of Japanese visitors that have viewed the "Research Home Page" during the period from 1st November to 6th November. You can also specify whether you wish to limit the statistics generation process to report only visitors from outside of the University (this is the default).

Note that the log file is archived and then deleted at the end of each month. If you wish to obtain a full monthly report you should generate your statistics on the last working day of the month, although it might be an idea to try and do it one day before that.

The Form

You can set any options you like below. However they are all set to sensible default values, so you can ignore those that you do not wish to explicitly specify.

Analysing only part of the logfile

Only certain dates

You can analyse only the requests from certain dates. Enter the range of dates below in the from yymmdd; e.g., 950701 for 1st July 1995 (or fill in just one box to limit the range of dates on just one side).

From to (Remember that only dates within the current month may be specified).

Only certain files

Only look at the following files (list, separated by commas; can contain wild character *, e.g. "/schools/engineering/*" will report on all pages located under the "/school/engineering/" directory and sub-directories), or

Ignore the following files (e.g. "/schools/temp/*" will ignore any pages located in the "/schools/temp/" directory).

Specifying Domains

Ignore the Brookes Domain

Check to ignore the Brookes domain. This will report only references to a page(s) made from outside of the University.

Look at a Specific Domains

Enter a specific domain, e.g. "*.jp" to look for Japanese visits to the Brookes Web site. A list of Domains is available.

Report Options

The Title of your Home Page

The URL of your Home Page

Which reports do you want to see?

General statistics?
Monthly report?
Weekly report?
Daily summary?
Daily report? (NB: Can be long)
Domain report?
Host report? (NB: Can be long)
Directory report?
File type report?
Request report?
Referer report?
Browser summary?
Browser report?

Advanced Report Options

These options an be used to tailor the statistic generation process to your own specific requirements. Suitable default values have been specified so you can ignore these options if you wish.

Domain report options

Sort the Domain report
(*) Include all domains with at least requests/page requests or the top domains.
(+) Include all domains with at least bytes transferred or the top domains.

Host report options

Sort the Host report
(*) Include all hosts with at least requests/page requests or the top hosts.
(+) Include all hosts with at least bytes transferred or the top hosts.

Directory report options

Sort the Directory report
(*) Include all directories with at least requests/page requests or the top directories.
(+) Include all directories with at least bytes transferred or the top directories.
Print directories to depth

File type report options

Sort the File type report
(*) Include all extensions with at least requests/page requests or the top extensions.
(+) Include all extensions with at least bytes transferred or the top extensions.

Request report options

Sort the Request report
(*) Include all requests with at least requests/page requests or the top requests.
(+) Include all requests with at least bytes transferred or the top requests.
Show ; include links to

Referer report options

Sort the Referrer report
(*) Include all referring URLs with at least requests/page requests or the top referring URLs.
(+) Include all referring URLs with at least bytes transferred or the top referring URLs.

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Last Modified: Thursday, 30-Sep-99 14:41:15 BST.