Some of these web stats tools have a JavaScript API that you can interface with using External Interface from within Flex code. I've seen this implemented before and worked a treat. But if you are limited to websever logs only, going to have to play the HTTP request game. Just have a small framework setup where you dispatch a LogTrafficEvent of sorts passing a id as a payload. Have a Command handle the http request silently.
DK On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Warning: This may not be the answer you were looking for. > > In order to generate logs on the web server you would have to generate > requests to the web server. You're going to have this problem with > any AJAX, Flash, Flex, or any other client heavy web application. > They don't generate requests to the server for everything they do. > This is one of the advantages of this type of application, and is one > of the reasons programs like Google Analytics have been gaining so > much ground. Google Analytics tracks client activity, not server > activity. > > You can also have this problem if you are using edge caching or > distributed systems like Akami, or even if you are using a cluster of > local servers. Current industry trend is to moving away from server > log processing and towards monitoring client activity. I don't see > this changing anytime soon. > > I'd suggest that this might be a good time to encourage your client to > move towards something like Google Analytics, Omniture, Hitbox, > etc... > > -Cameron > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Justin Nichols > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks a ton for the help, I'll look into that of course, but my main >> question had to do with stats tracking that was outside of any Google API. >> A normal website generates logs on the web server. Those logs are usually >> in a W3C compliant format. They can be imported into stats systems such as >> SmarterStats which would then generate charts/views/etc of the stats for the >> client to see. >> >> Is there any good way to accommodate the same type of stats tracking when a >> site is specifically coded in Flex (i.e. no inherent request/response)? >> (Mainly so a customer who is used to using SmarterStats could continue doing >> so, and keep in mind that SmarterStats parses W3C compliant logs so the main >> issue I have is Flex stats tracking using W3C compliant logging). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Justin Nichols >> Nexteppe Business Solutions >> (877) 572-8892 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.nexteppe.com >> >> Evan Mullins wrote: >> >> Justin, >> >> Here's an article about integrating flash with google analytics, it should >> be pretty simple to port to as3 and flex. >> http://blog.circlecube.com/2008/01/28/integrate-google-analytics-with-flash-tutorial/ >> >> -Evan Mullins >> http://circlecube.com >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Justin Nichols >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been tasked with figuring out what it would take to provide website >>> statistics (such as unique visitors, returning visitors, page accesses, etc) >>> for a Flex-based website. Obviously the entry-point will generate standard >>> logs, but if the Flex app uses view-states which mimic page "loads", then >>> the web server will never see those view-state changes. >>> >>> We have ideas such as when a view-state changes, we would send a blind >>> http call to a page on the server to act as a page "load" so the web server >>> logs will be updated as such, but that seems quite cumbersome and not really >>> the right way of doing it. >>> >>> Can anyone point me to any information on this? I understand that we can >>> tie into Google Analytics, but that's mainly because Google exposes an API >>> for it. What about other stats systems like SmarterStats which handles the >>> standard W3C logging format (usually generated by the web server in a >>> standard request/response setting)? >>> >>> Thanks so much!! >>> >>> -- >>> Justin Nichols >>> Nexteppe Business Solutions >>> (877) 572-8892 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> www.nexteppe.com >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in >>> the subject line >>> >>> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >>> List hosted by FusionLink >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the >> subject line >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> List hosted by FusionLink >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the >> subject line >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> List hosted by FusionLink >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the > subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
