Re: [cobalt-users] about visitor statistics

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carrie Bartkowiak wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:57:01 +0800, Chan YS mumbled something like:
> > I tried http://www.mydomain.com/stats but its not the one...
> 
> It's actually http://www.domain.com/~stats
> With a tilde mark before stats. It's set up as a user's directory, so
> you need the tilde (little squiggly mark). You'll also need that
> siteadmin's username and password, as it is .htaccess protected.

I think that whether it's "/stats" or "/~stats" depends on where you got
the package, Carrie.  My copy of the package, from Taco's site, uses
"/stats".

> One change I made immediately was to change the .htaccess file that
> Webalizer writes so that it would accept *any* valid user on any
> domain. I did this right through the webalizer file itself. It has
> pros and cons, though:

Good idea.  Most hosting companies allow anyone to see the stats; I'd
ask each client how they want it (but then of course you couldn't set it
up automatically).

Jeff
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