Any format data for log files (Abyss)

[williambaugh]

Can any one point me in a direction to get imformation on the formating of Abyss log files, what each entry means.

Yes, like a silly question, but I'm new at this and would like to know.

Also any possible way to enable a chime to sound when a visitor pops in ?

Simple is best until I learn my way around better with php, perl, asp.

Thank you.

[Anonymoose]

For the log file format :

http://www.bacuslabs.com/WsvlCLF.html

Would you really want a chime sounding once your site gets popular ? ;)

Dingdingdingdingdingding!

[williambaugh]

After it starts to hop , no, then I would remove the chime coding. :)

Or maybe a smallish bar showing the hits/errors without having to use my browser to watch the access stats :)


Thanks for the link !

[Anonymoose]

For the sound when someone visits your site, you can use Tail For Win32.

http://tailforwin32.sourceforge.net/

Download and unzip the file, use it to open your Abyss access.log file. Once the file is open, go to Settings and select "Beep On Changes" from the menu. When someone visits the site, and the log file is updated, Tail will beep. This may be slightly behind real time, but it is the best solution you will get without including server side code on your pages.

[TRUSTAbyss]

I think he meant a Log Analyzer to view the data of his logs , I recommend
to use the following programs , I use Weblog Expert for mine and get good
results each time , I hope these are what your looking for. LateR!

Funnel Web Analyzer: Free
http://www.quest.com

Weblog Expert Lite: Free
http://www.weblogexpert.com

[williambaugh]

Actually, the first one was correct.

I needed to know what data and where.

Althrough, I will download and check these programs out (Thank you)

I am attempping to run my website from my home system and wanted a quick way to access the log data and pull the errors out and check them against my site.

My problem was mainly using ssi pages.
my online site at Ipowerweb has to have my ssi links like this
../../../../xxx/sss.inc or .htm
whereas my drive site can use the same ssi links but without
../../../../

root
css sheets
images
papers
other stuff

I use html index sheets with css links ../../../../css sheets/ the one I need
image links ../../../../page.htm or .inc

the html will contain the styles and tables ect.
the ssi image sheets contain the actual image links
<tr>
<td> link downloadable link show thumb </td>
ect
ect
</tr>

I have multiple index sheets for some of the images (theme I guess you would call them)

like for example
actress would include Shania Twain and Jennifer Love Hewitt
artist (musican) would also have both of the above

so instead of having to update (ect) 2 different sheets for each name, by using ssi includes I can get by with just 1 sheet each (much easier to keep updated).

I am learning Visual Basic (still cheat a lot by using the msdn libary)
Also am acquiring any downloadable documenation that I come across on php, asp, jsp, and so forth, and reading (studing) as fast as I can but the going is slow.

I have Abyss setup with php and perl cgi support even thro I'm not (yet) using either php or perl.

I am not a graphical interface programmer, I prefer console (like the old style DOS)

Don't know the first thing about sql, but my VB website program will use serveral flat files as a database.

Give me time, in about 50 years I may know as much as you all currently do :) course by then I'll still be 50 years behind on the current ways of doing things :(

Thanks much for the links and I will download and check them out.

William