bill
msg:967341 | 7:50 am on Nov 28, 2002 (gmt 0) |
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That's probably the best way. There are ways you could possibly run Analog on their server, but I find it works best to have the logs on my machine.
| is it possible to automate the whole process somehow? |
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Sure, you can write a batch file and then schedule it to run whenever you want. I believe there are sample batch file examples given in the help files for Analog.
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madcat
msg:967342 | 12:56 am on Dec 1, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I've asked them for the files- but they directed me to just find them on the server- I can't find any .log files - Is that the correct extension? I've made CuteFTP show all file extensions too. Thanks for your help...
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nancyb
msg:967343 | 1:07 am on Dec 1, 2002 (gmt 0) |
didn't they tell you the name of the file? My experience is that log files don't have any extension, but they should have told you the name and where to look.
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madcat
msg:967344 | 4:54 pm on Dec 1, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, they directed me to a non-existing folder...I did find a folder containing Monthly, Weekly, Yearly, etc...but they are empty?
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Ash
msg:967345 | 4:06 pm on Dec 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Hi Madcat, what happened with your logfiles? Did you find them?
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petertdavis
msg:967346 | 4:13 pm on Dec 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Some web hosting control panels make it very easy for you to get access to logs. I use cpanel, and it has a link you click which downloads the raw log file in .gz format. Couldn't be easier. If your host isn't providing you the service you need, find a better one. ;)
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Mike_O
msg:967347 | 7:30 pm on Dec 10, 2002 (gmt 0) |
(Hi all -- my first post.) :) Once you do get the logs from your hosting service you may find they're a confusing jumble of information. I know mine (from PowWeb) are. Something that might help is a program called "Happy Log". I'm sure a Google search will find it. It runs on Windows machines and organizes the log file you downloaded in various ways for clarity. It certainly could use improving -- it's a pretty bare-bones program. But it's only around $35 and has a 15-day free trial period. I tried it and ended up buying it. I have no financial connection to the Happy Log folks. But it's sure been a real time-saver for me in figuring out what's going on at my site from the log files.
-- Mike
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Robert Charlton
msg:967348 | 9:14 am on Dec 24, 2002 (gmt 0) |
>>I can't find any .log files - Is that the correct extension?<< The default settings on many web servers hide files beginning with a period... I understand for security reasons. I couldn't find .htaccess at first for this reason. To be able to see these files, on WS_FTP Pro, at least, you need to enter "-la" or "-al" (no quotes) in the View option. I'm sure there are others out there who can go into more depth than I can about this... but it sounds like that's what you're running into. If you have a cooperative hosting company, they can also assign a different name to the log file. I've observed that these files can grow incredibly large... and I don't know what needs to be done to refresh them.
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madcat
msg:967349 | 6:53 pm on Dec 24, 2002 (gmt 0) |
In CuteFTP, when I click on the directories to access my log files, a browser window opens up and starts spitting them out- even though I can't actually get into the directories within CuteFTP. Same with my error logs. I am having troubles downloading the files to their own directory. How can I go about simply taking these files and putting them into a directory on my hard drive? Do I need to change the settings to gain access?
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rharri
msg:967350 | 2:39 pm on Dec 25, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Madcap,
Have you found your files yet? If not what OS and server are you using? If, its Apache, do a search for "access_log", "access_log.1"...
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madcat
msg:967351 | 7:04 pm on Dec 26, 2002 (gmt 0) |
windows xp. but i can't download the files off the server without problems so they won't be searchable...
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