[thelist] server log software recs

[Chris George]

Hi kyra,

We used to use WebTrends.  Fed up with reports that took 8+ hours to
generate (and no warning when it produces errors), we moved to Webalyzer.
It was OK, mostly to provide a transition between WebTrends and another
product.  One of the features Management liked to use was the #'s for 'User
Sessions' - which both products have (but named differently).  The down side
was that it was extremely ugly.  Easy to set up and maintain - but ugly.  Or
is that butt ugly.

We set up Analog and Report Magic at the beginning of the month and so far
we're loving it.  Of course, there's a little more setup to do because it's
2 separate packages, but once it's set up the configuration is sooper easy
to do.  The reports it produces are absolutely spectacular with gobs of info
- but no 'user sessions'.

Small price to pay though, especially when you read about the (lack of)
reliability of the definition of a 'user session'.

Anyway. HTH.

Chris.

on 10/10/2001 12:01 PM, narrator at narrator at idiom.com wrote:

> 
> Hi listers,
> I've just taken over maintenance for a non-profit and they currently have
> no way to read their server logs. Recommendations? I've been checking out
> Analog and have looked at WWWStat.  It's their marketing person who will
> be looking at these so preferably it would be something I could load on to
> their server (running Apache/1.3.14 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 on Linux) and give
> her a url to check once a week. I'm not sure I can do this with
> Analog. I'm looking for free or inexpensive.
> 
> tia,
> kyra