Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: FN-FORUM: web site struggle...

date posted 1st April 2005 15:14


>>To be honest, I would just bin the StatCounter completely. They are
>>wildly inaccurate at best and just plain annoying otherwise. A half
>>decent web stats package will give you more and better information from
>>your logs than including something like this into your site.
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>Which stats package would you recommend?
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I've used all sorts over the years.
WebTrends (http://www.webtrends.com) has always been a good choice, if a
little expensive.
Funnel Web Analyser (http://www.funnelwebcentral.com/), although a
little buggy and not supported by Quest any more is a damn good bit of
stats software.
I've also used Webalizer (http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/) on *nix
servers. It provides good if somewhat basic reports. Most of the stuff
I create is dynamic, so I need to look at the URL params in site stats -
webalizer doesn't do this, but works well on standard html sites.
I've just changed hosts and as part of the deal I was given licences for
SmarterStats and SmarterMail.
(http://www.smarterstats.com/Products/SmarterStats/Default.aspx) So far
I'm loving both of these products! :oD

These last 2 stats packages are server side, so you will need root/admin
access to the server to set them up. If you're using shared hosting it
probably worth asking your host what they offer in terms of web log
analysis/stats. They are bound to have something.

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>>Regarding the page numbers down the side. They are a little hard to
>>spot, but perhaps, rather than making them more bold, it would be easier
>>to change the colour of the number/box for the visitors current page to
>>something contrasting the grey/white that is the default.
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>I agree, but having sweated blood on this for so long, not sure I'll get
>this done in a hurry... I built the number rollovers in Fireworks. The only
>way I know of addressing the issue as you describe it is to make a new
>rollover 'set' for each page, with the featured page highlighted accordingly
>and the 12 number buttons individually linked in Dreamweaver (144 times...).
>I'm sure this is really clunky and there's probably a much easier/quicker
>way to do this - only I don't know what it is! Any suggestions??
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ummm.... well you'll only need an additional 12 "ON" images. On the
pages that match the appropriate number, in Dreamweaver, just take out
the rollover for that number and replace it with the on image - no need
for the link, because you're on the page already.

>Thanks a lot Steven, much appreciated.
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No worries - hope I haven't created too much more work for you....

Regards

Stephen