Traffic Log

Traffic Log is a web statistics script. Traffic Log enables you to track hits and unique visitors, hits by page, by date, browser and captures the entry page for each visitor. The log file can be purged of old visits through use of the script.

Traffic Log is not intended to duplicate the use of server logs, log analysis tools, or other tracking scripts that use SSI. Rather, it is intended where use of these methods are simply not possible, but meaningful statistics are desired. Each hit is captured through a standard HTML <IMG> tag, which does not require SSI. All that is required is CGI capability. Because the scripts run on the web server, you can view the statistics on any pc that has a web browser and internet access.

5 files are included

• readme.txt - installation instructions.
• logs.txt - this is the file that each hit will be logged to.
• logs.pl - this is the script that writes the hit to the log.
• pixel.gif - a tiny transparent image.
• stats.pl - this is the script that reads the logs.txt file and compiles the data into meaningful statistics.

Purging
As your logs.txt becomes larger and larger, the script will slow. You can purge old statistics through the stats.pl file. Simply enter the first date that you want to retain stats for, all prior statistics will be purged. This will speed things up again.