Do logfiles automatically track referrer info?

[Joellyn]

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to logfiles and hope someone here can help me out. I'm trying to run a referrer report and it just isn't working. I wonder if it is because our logfiles are not tracking referrer information.

Do logfiles default to tracking this information or does it have to be turned on somewhere - and where? Thanks for any help you could provide...

Joellyn

[amoore]

If it's apache, you probably need to add a "CustomLog" command to your server setup. See [httpd.apache.org] for more information, but I bet you can get away with using the "combined" type log. This puts the referer information in your regular log. Most analysis tools can figure this out with little or no configuration difficulties.

[Joellyn]

Actually, I'm running on IIS 5.0 and think I may have found the answer (I hope?) Looks like you can set all the logging info through the IIS Manager. Am giving it a shot...if I'm completely off-base feel free to correct me!

[oilman]

Here's the setup for IIS for getting logs working fully:

1. Select a Web or FTP site, and click Properties.
2. On the Web Site property sheet, select the Enable Logging check box.
3. Choose W3C Extended Log File Format as the Active log format.
4. Click the Properties button.
5. The Extended Logging Properties dialog box appears. Click Extended Properties (may be called Advanced Properties). Select all the detail you want by checking the boxes.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click OK until you have closed all dialog boxes.