An access log is a comprehensive list of all the files which were accessed by the visitors of a particular website. Any file which was requested for whatever reason will be listed, so if you have one page with three embedded graphics, one video and one embedded text file, for instance, the access log shall contain a total of 6 entries - one for any of the six files which were accessed when the visitor opened the webpage. A log typically contains the file name and path, the date, in addition to the visitor’s Operating System, web browser and IP address. Oftentimes you may also find the referrer websites that sent the visitors to your Internet site. The information that an access log file features is in human-readable plain text format. It can also be processed by special software on a PC and used to prepare reports on the overall performance of a site, aside from the web stats your hosting server may have generated.
Access Log Manager in Shared Web Hosting
Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel has 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 navigate to this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains which you have. All it takes to permit the generation of access logs is to press a button which will be available next to each domain/subdomain. In case the option is enabled, you will see a download link and also the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your personal computer and look at it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective immediately, so if you no longer need one, you can stop it with simply a click from the very same section of the CP. You'll still be able to access the already developed content by simply clicking on the Download link.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to check out comprehensive access logs for any site that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account created on our groundbreaking web hosting platform. Our cutting-edge Hepsia hosting CP will permit you to enable the feature for each and every domain name or subdomain within the account separately, which means that you can get logs exclusively for the sites that you need. After you sign in, you can go to the Access/Error Logs section where you will discover a list of all the domains and subdomains that you've added or created and an On/Off button on the right side of each of them. Activating or disabling the generation of access logs is as elementary as pressing that button and the change will take effect straight away. You can save the logs in .txt format by clicking on the Download link in the very same section. The latter will be available all the time, even if you disable the feature for a particular domain address or subdomain.