From: eldy <> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 22:40:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updated documentation. X-Git-Tag: AWSTATS_6_0_BETA~147 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3814107ce397e3e9fbc8974091f5b13e5fbf4fe2;p=thirdparty%2FAWStats.git Updated documentation. --- diff --git a/docs/awstats.pdf b/docs/awstats.pdf index 7bab3b2d..9af9b644 100644 Binary files a/docs/awstats.pdf and b/docs/awstats.pdf differ diff --git a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt index 931dc4fe..3468ff37 100644 --- a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt +++ b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ New features/improvements: - Added percent column for file types. - Added experimental graphapplet plugin (graph are built by applet). - Webmin module updated to 1.2 +- Better setup error messages for newbie +- configure.pl: A new script to configure AWStats and Apache. - logresolvemerge.pl: can use several threads for reverse DNS lookup with Perl 5.8. - maillogconvert.pl: Allow to process qmail log preprocessed by diff --git a/docs/awstats_setup.html b/docs/awstats_setup.html index 18e622da..bbfa55e1 100644 --- a/docs/awstats_setup.html +++ b/docs/awstats_setup.html @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ AWStats common use is made in 3 steps:

@@ -261,15 +261,19 @@ See Benchmark page for more accurate inform * Step 2-2:

-AWStats statistics can be updated web, to provide real-time statistics, by clicking -the "Update now" link on web page (See next section Read Statistics dynamically).
-However, it is HIGHLY recommanded to run an update process from a scheduler frequently (command -is same than update of first process).
+AWStats statistics can be updated from a browser, to provide real-time statistics, by clicking +the "Update now" link that appears when AWStats is used as a CGI (Next section 'Read Statistics +dynamically' gives you URL to use for that).
+Warning !!
+To enable this link, your parameter AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser +must be set to 1 in your config file (Link is not enabled by default).

-You have two choice:
+Then, using on-line update does not prevent you from running the update process from a scheduler +frequently (command is same than update of first process).
+For this, you have two choices:
- Include the update command in your logrotate process. See FAQ-COM120 for this.
- Or add instructions in your crontab (Unix/Linux) or your task scheduler (for -Windows), to launch frequently this Awstats update process. See FAQ-COM130 for this.

+Windows), to launch frequently the Awstats update process. See FAQ-COM130 for this.

See AWStats Benchmark page for recommanded update/logrotate frequency.

@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ To see results of analyze, you have several solutions depending on your perl awstats.pl -config=myvirtualhostname -output -staticlinks > awstats.myvirtualhostname.html

-You can also use all other output options (each of them give you another report). +You can use all other output options (each of them give you another report). This is how to use all other possible output options(1) :
perl awstats.pl -config=myvirtualhostname -output=allhosts -staticlinks > awstats.myvirtualhostname.allhosts.html
perl awstats.pl -config=myvirtualhostname -output=lasthosts -staticlinks > awstats.myvirtualhostname.lasthosts.html
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ Note (3): If you want to build a report for a particular month, add options < To build a report for full year (warning: This may use a lot of memory and CPU), add options -month=all -year=YYYY.


-* Another solution is to view dynamically your statistics from a browser. For this, use URL:
+* Second solution is to view dynamically your statistics from a browser. For this, use URL:
http://www.myserver.mydomain/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=myvirtualhostname
where myvirtualhostname is used to know which config file to use (AWStats will use awstats.myvirtualhostname.conf file).