maximizing the info about the users (anon)

like screen resolution, javascript or not etc.

[walkman]

How do I find out all that stuff? Is there a site that lists how to turn on tracking for cookies off /on (might be a paradox), javascript, java, screen resolution and so on. If I had a choice, apache logs would be best, this way I have them all in one report

any help will be appreciated

[cfx211]

Most information about users like OS, browser, and IP are pulled from the http header. To get into some of the more advanced stuff like connection speed and js you probably would need to modify your site to put a little code onto your pages to test for this.

Do you need to know this extra info for your site's functionality or is this just a like to know? If its the latter then its probably not worth the extra work.

[larryn]

Walkman,

In order to turn on Apache's cookie tracking and insert that information into your log, you need to add these directives into your conf:

CookieTracking On 
CookieExpires "35 days" 
CustomLog xreferer.log "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %{Cookie}n" 

The first two lines (from mod_usertrack) enable the automatic apache cookie, and the CustomLog extends the combined format with a trailing field that contains the unique user session identifier (without the cookie name, etc).

Hope this helps,

Larry

[walkman]

Hi larryn,
I guess I have to turn that module on. Time to upgrade apache anyway...

thanks,

[sidyadav]

You can always use site statistical programs like Analog - no need to configure your httpd.conf files etc. - just install and done.

No need to put the code in all web pages also.

Sid