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How do I configure URL security?


How do I configure URL security?	Print

URL security makes use of a text file containing username/password pairs to control access to a website. The entries in the text file must be in the form: Username=password e.g. /john=johnpass* The entries are not case sensitive. You can use any text editor you like to create the text file, which must be saved with a '.txt' extension. Note: URL security is not compatible with FrontPage extensions. Procedure --------------- To configure basic URL security: Create the text file containing the username/password pairs. Use FTP to upload the text file to the private area of your website. E.g. private/users.txt where users.txt is the database file name. In your control panel on the 'Password Protection' screen: Enter the name of the folder that you want secured in the Secured URL field. Leave this field empty if you want to secure the whole of the website. Enter the URL Master password that you, the administrator, will use to access the secure area, and confirm the password in the Confirm URL Master password field. In the Text file path field enter the full path name of your username/password text file (e.g. private\users.txt). Click on the Continue button to complete the secure URL setup. The Add New Secured URL page reappears showing the secured area you have just setup. Visitors to the secured part of your website will now be presented with a login dialog box.

How do I publish my site with FrontPage?

How do I set up a website?


How do I set up a website?	Print

BetterHosts provide you with a virtual web server to host a fully functional professional web site. To get started you will need to learn the basics of web design and web publishing if you don't already have experience in this area. Although it may seem complicated and 'technical' at first you will soon pick up the basics and have enough knowledge to create a basic website. The process consists of two phases: 1> Design and build of your site 2> Publishing your site Designing a site: ---------------------------------- Web site pages are in fact plain text files that contain special code that tells the Internet browser software how to display the page. This code is called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and consists of simple 'tags' that define how each element of the page is presented (Text/Images/Formatting). You already have all the software you need to create a site on your PC, a plain text editor such as Windows Notepad will create HTML pages, however the quickest way to get started is to use a WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get). Click the link below for a selection of free HTML editors. Free HTML Editors The front page of your site should be called index.html or default.html this will then appear when people visit your site by typing http://www.yoursite.co.uk into their web browser address bar. You should save all your web site pages and images in the same folder ready for publishing. Publishing your site: --------------------------------------- Web site publishing is in fact very easy but is often confusing if you haven't done it before. Your files should be transferred to your website via a process called FTP (File Transfer Protocol) your FTP settings appear in the members area. You will have an ftp server address like the one below: > ftp.yoursite.co.uk > a username of: yoursite.co.uk > and a password You should use an FTP client such as SmartFTP You can also use Microsoft Internet Explorer by typing ftp://ftp.yoursite.com into the address bar, you will be prompted for a username and password. You can then simply 'drag and drop' your website files into the htdocs folder. When you connect to your FTP server you will see a list of three folders: htdocs private logfiles The htdocs folder is where you need to put your web site files so they can be seen. The front page should be called index.html or default.html. You should upload all your website files into the htdocs folder, including images and any other content for your site. That's all there is to it.

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How do I use Visitor tracking (MatrixStats)?


How do I use Visitor tracking (MatrixStats)?	Print

MatrixStats (Visitor Tracking) is the web site statistics software system we provide to our customers. It provides a full suite of tools for analysing who your visitors are, where they go, and where they come from. Once installed you access it using the URL provided in the control panel matrixstats.yourdomain.tld (where yourdomain.tld is your domain The default page for MatrixStats is the usage summary for the previous day. Server Activity Totals Total Sessions Served - The total number of unique visits to the site Total Hits - The total number of requests made to the site Total Page Hits - The total number of requests for pages Total Non-Page Hits - The number of requests for files other than pages (e.g. downloads, images etc.) Total Session Duration - The sum of the amount of time between the first and last hits of all sessions in the time range Server Activity Averages Total Sessions Served: This provides an average of the total sessions from the time period which is selected Average Hits Per Session:- Page views per session breakdown Average Page Hits Per Session:- A count of the amount of page requests made during each session. A session may have made no page requests if the visitor only requested an image, or downloaded a file from the site. Check the 'spongers' report for other sites that may be using such images if there are a large number of 0-page-requested sessions. Average Session Duration:- Time spent per session breakdown Average Transfer/Session:- A categorised count of the amount of time spent during each visit to the site (rounded down to the nearest section). The duration of a session is the amount of time between the first and last request made. The date range of reports can be altered by using the calendar to the top left of the MatrixStats site. Who's On The Who’s On report shows a detailed view of sessions that are currently in progress (i.e. current visitors) including each session’s geographic location, IP address, hit count, and bandwidth usage. Click on the magnifying glass next to each entry for more information such as a complete log of requests for each session. Note: Geographic information may not always be available, as MatrixStats has to retrieve this information from databases around the Internet. Sessions are timed-out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Referrers Another often used feature is the view showing who has directed visitors to your site This can be accessed in the "Referrers" section of the menu - choose the "Search Engines" option: You can also use the features within Referrers to determine which key words and phrases visitors are entering into search engines to find your site. This section shows specific web site pages visited and helps you find broken links to your site. The Tracking section provides the "Who's On" facility Administrators can set up such watches in Admin->Watches. Watched URL: MatrixStats can be configured to ‘watch’ for access to specific pages (URLs) within a site. A MatrixStats site administrator can use a wildcard to match a specific page (or set of pages), and henceforth when such pages are accessed, a log will be made of time and IP address of the visit. Watched IP: MatrixStats can be configured to ‘watch’ for visitors with specific IPs. When a match is made, information about the visitor is stored in addition to the time and date. Watched Link: MatrixStats can be configured to ‘watch’ for visitors who follow links both into and out of the site. Clicking the magnifying glass next to a particular watch will show a chart of hits. If the ‘log…’ option is selected at the top of the chart page, then a detailed log of all hits is displayed. Summaries The Summaries section provides an overview of the statistics for either yesterday, last week or last month. It shows the analysis reports for each section and can be very useful if you just want to check the sites stats at a glance. Usage Usage has several sub sections, which are: Analysis Usage Analysis shows an overview of the activity on the site over the selected time range. Kilobytes The bytes transferred report details the number of bytes sent and received from the site. Hits Usage by hits shows the number of files served by the site within the specified time range. The hits report details all files, not just those with a defined type. Pages The 'Page hits' report details the number of requests for documents recognised as pages rather than other files such as images or downloads. Session Bytes The bytes per session report shows how many bytes were transferred on average per session. This value gives a rough indication as to how much information is gathered from the site per visitor. Session Hits The hits per session report shows how many hits were recorded on average per session. Session Time The time per session report shows the average amount of time between the first and last requests from a single session. The higher the time per session, the longer visitors are spending on the site. Sessions The Sessions report details the number of visitors to the site. Pages The Pages section has the following features:- Analysis Page Analysis shows an overview of the page activity on the site over the selected time range. For more information about any of the tables in this report, select the 'Pages' menu items in the left hand menu. Map The usage maps report displays a user-customisable hierarchy of the site. Sessions are filtered into the groups based on page filters. Page Views The most popular pages report details the most commonly requested pages on the site. Page Errors The Most Common Errors report details the pages which generated an error when requested. The most common reason for this is that the page is not on the site. Downloads The Most Popular Downloads report details the requests for files which are recognized as downloads (rather than pages) Download Errors The Most Common Download Errors report details the downloads which generated an error when requested. The most common reason for this is that the download is not on the site.Least Viewed The Least Viewed report details those pages which were viewed the least. This report does not include those pages which have not been requested during the selected period. Entry Point The Session entry points report shows which pages were the first to be requested by visitors to the site. Exit Point The Session exit points report shows which pages were the last to be requested by visitors to the site. Viewed Once The only page viewed report details sessions which only requested one page during their navigation of the site. Directory The directory report groups page requests into their web directories. This report can be a very useful way to view the popularity of sections of a site, if a suitable directory structure has been chosen. Browsers Analysis Browser Analysis shows an overview of the web browsers used to access the site over the selected time range. For more information about any of the tables in this report, select the 'Browsers' menu items in the left hand menu. Agent Type The agent type report details the web browsers used to connect to the site. The browsers are grouped by brand and by version User OS The Browser Operating System report details the operating system which each visitor's browser was running on. The report is grouped by brand and by version Browser Tags The Browser Tags report details the information sent by the web browser to the web site when a request is made. From the browser tag it is often possible to work out which OS and browser the client is using. Robot Tags The Robot Tags report details the information sent by the web browser to the web site when a request is made. From the browser tag it is often possible to work out which search engine or web directory the client is supporting. Referrers Analysis Referrer Analysis shows an overview of the other internet locations which have referred clients to the site over the selected time range. For more information about any of the tables in this report, select the 'Referrers' menu items in the left hand menu. URLs The Referring URLs report details the referrals to this site from locations not matching the descriptions of any known search engines. Broken Links The broken link report details all pages requested which returned a 404 'Not found' error message from the site. Use this report to spot any internal broken links between pages, or to inform 3rd parties of bad links from external sites. Spongers The Spongers report details referrals from external pages to non-page files on the site. Entries in this report are likely to be caused by other sites sponging graphics or downloads from the site. Domains The Referring Domains report summarises all non-search engine referrals into their domains. Search Eng. The Search Engine report details all referrals from sites recognised as Internet search engines. Keywords The Search Engine Keywords report details individual words used to find the site from a recognised search engine during the selected time period. Phrases The Search Engine Keywords report details phrases used, or groups of words used together, to find the site from a recognised search engine during the selected time period. Sessions Analysis Sessions Analysis shows an overview of the origins of recorded sessions over the selected time range. For more information about any of the tables in this report, select the 'Sessions' menu items in the left hand menu. Network The network report details sessions by the cat-C network of the client request. Host Names The Sessions by Hostname report shows the resolved host names for clients to the site. TLDs The Sessions by Host Domain report groups all resolved client IP addresses into their top level domains. LocationThe Sessions by Network Location report details sessions by their physical location.