An access log is a text file containing a thorough report on all the files accessed by your website visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script program and a website visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you may find many files in the log. It is because there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, pics, and so on. All of these files shall be listed within the access log, so you're able to get a detailed picture of the way your Internet site performs. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally termed "raw data" too. An access log provides the name of each and every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, along with the user’s IP address, Internet browser and OS. More info, like the referrer website, is usually supplied as well. A log file could be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics created by your website hosting server.
Access Log Manager in Shared Web Hosting
Our custom Hepsia CP includes a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are one of them. When you sign in to your shared web hosting account and take a look at this section, you shall find a list of all the domain names and subdomains you have. All it takes to permit the generation of access logs is to click on a button which will be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. When the option is enabled, you'll see a download link along with the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your computer and look at it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective right away, so if you don't require one, you can stop it with just a mouse click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You will still be able to access the already generated content by simply clicking on the Download link.