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Toasting run Analog to analyse your log files. Analog is most popular logfile analyser in the world and it's home page can be found here.
Where can I access my raw log files.
Your log files are stored in the logs folder in your home directory.
My stats tell me the number of requests my pages have had, but it doesn't correspond to my hit counter. Why not?
A request is made each time your browser requires a page or graphic. So if your main index page has 10 graphics on it and a user downloads the whole page 11 requests will have been made. A hit counter just counts individual hits to a specific page of a web site so will be much lower than the number of requests.
The images on my graphical stats are all showing as broken images.
The images are held in the images directory within public_html, you may have deleted them. Contact Hotchilli support to get them put back for you.
My log files are getting large, are they automatically trimmed back?
Yes, at the end of every month the files are trimmed to just include the previous months data.
What do the results mean?
Here is a summary of what the results mean:-
Successful requests
First, successful requests are those with HTTP status codes in the 200's (where the document was returned) or with code 304 (where the document was requested but was not needed because it had not been recently modified and the user could use a cached copy). Sometimes the logfile line doesn't contain a status code. These lines are also assumed by analog to be successes.
Successful requests for pages
As above but only counts requests for html documents and not graphic files.
Failed requests
Failed requests are those with codes in the 400's (error in request) or 500's (server error). They come about for a variety of reasons, but the most common are when the requested file is not found or is read-protected.
Redirected requests
Redirected requests are those with other codes in the 300's, indicating that the user was directed to a different file instead. The most common cause of these requests is that the user has incorrectly requested a directory name without the trailing slash. The server replies with a redirection ("you probably mean the following") and the user then makes a second connection to get the correct document (although usually the browser does it automatically without the user's intervention or knowledge). The other common cause of redirected requests is their use as "click-thru" advertising banners.
Distinct files requested
The number of separate files that have been requested, i.e. if a file has been requested 1000 times it will only count once in this report.
Distinct hosts served
The number of separator hosts that have requested files, i.e. if someone browses your site 5 times during the report period it will only count once in this report.
Corrupt logfile lines
Corrupt logfile lines are those which analog didn't manage to parse.
Data transferred
This tells you the bandwidth you have used during the report period.
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