Log file analysis

[RicochetPeter]

Hi boarders,

I'm using awstats for Log file analysis, which works quite well but I'm hitting on a problem that has to do with the way the admin URLs are built.

Almost all URLs, including the adminastrative functions look like ...index.php?action=
Now, that's not a bad thing in itself, but it makes separating the admin's traffic from the users' traffic almost impossible.
There's a config option "URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters", which I could set to 'action', so only '?board=' and '?topic=' will be counted in, but that will also hide a lot of the normal users' actions.

Is there the remote hope of any option or even a separate 'admin.php' that is used for carrying out the admin functions? I sure know, there was some reason to only use index.php as the base for ALL requests, but hey, as the need arises

[Midgard]

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[RicochetPeter]

Em, sorry? What do you want to tell me?

[Midgard]

Em, sorry? What do you want to tell me?

Nevermind, i only like it...

[RicochetPeter]

some examples to make it clearer:

- URLs like '/index.php?action=dlattach;id=x;type=avatar' are counted as pages cos they go through index.php, although they are mere hits (for a graphic file in this case)
- URLs like '/index.php?action=admin' is an admin page, which I'd like to keep out of traffic analysis (or have it separate...)
- dito for '/index.php?action=manageboards' (and prolly all the other admin links)

[RicochetPeter]

please give me hint, guys, is this something I will have to cope with forever or is it worth hoping for a solution?

[Trekkie101]

What about search engine friendly URL's do they not work with this a bit better.

[RicochetPeter]

Hmmm, I don't know how those would look in the end, but it's not an option anyway: using IIS.

[RicochetPeter]

please?

[[Unknown]]

I'm afraid this may not be as possible.  I suppose you could, with a lot of work, make admin functions use a separate filename, but it was done this way because it simplifies things and increases security.

-[Unknown]

[RicochetPeter]

I'm afraid this may not be as possible.  I suppose you could, with a lot of work, make admin functions use a separate filename, but it was done this way because it simplifies things and increases security.

-[Unknown]

Thanx Unknown, for the answer. And now what about the avatar files f.e.? Now that my site has been running for a while, it seems that the avatars are really source No. 1 for inaccurate reports. Sure they generate traffic and must be counted, but to me they are mere hits. The fact that they are handled by index.php + handled by a paramater (action) that is also used for a lot of other stuff (posting, moderating...) makes it indistinguishable from real 'pages'.
If only the multimedia files were handled a bit differently, like f.e. exchange "action=dlattach" by "download=attach" -> paramter "download" could be excluded from page counts.

Does that sound reasonable to you? Any chance of these ideas finding their way to the development? I suppose that over time, I might not be the only one to come up with such a 'problem'...