---- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Pearce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This creates a logfile (output eg); > > clt56-121-099.carolina.rr.com - - [12/Nov/2001:14:02:47 +0000] > "GET /images/ntbuttoff.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 1648 > "http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/ale/contact/howtofindus.asp"; > "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)" > "clt56-121-099.carolina.rr.com.125411005573762938" > > Just as i wanted! But now I would like to compute & display info > about user "sessions", or movements around my site from this logfile > - the simple thing i cant find an answer to is "can Analog even do > this?" If this is obvious to you I apologise - but i just cant find > an answer in the documentation. http://www.analog.cx/docs/faq.html#faq186 Make sure you read an understand "How the web works" http://www.analog.cx/docs/webworks.html. There is no such thing as a "session" in a connectionless environment like the web - a user can read your whole site without ever connecting to your server if he accesses your site through a caching proxy server, or he might use 10 different IP addresses to visit 10 different pages on your site. A home user will almost certainly use a different IP address every time he visits your site. Your usertrack module may or may not deal adequately with some or none or all of these issues. And, as a UK site, you should also be aware of the provisions of EU Data Protection legislation, and the use of personally identifying information <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22435.html>. Having said all that, you can use Analog to examine the specific activities of one user by using the USERINCLUDE directive. If you pick a few users at random, and examine their usage patterns, you may get some idea of general trends that you are looking for. Aengus +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
