What WebTrans does

This Utility reads in Logfiles from your Web-Server and displays the collected Informations in a Tree-View. The primary Attempt was to retrieve Download-Statistics for specific Files and calculate the total Bandwith used over Time.

WebTrans creates several hierarchical Views into the collected Data:

• Path-View
  You get an Explorer-like View of all retrieved Files.
• Client-View
  In this view you'll get a Domain-sorted View into the Data.
• Agent-View
  This View can be used to detect Robots, which came to your Website.

In each View invalid Requests are flagged and additional Informations are displayed.

WebTrans accepts three Types of Logfiles:

• Standard Format
  This Format consists of seven Space separated Fields: The Client-Address (IP oder DNS-Name), Authenticated Realm (mostly -), Authenticated Username (mostly -), Date and Time in Brackets, Request-String including Method, URL, Parameters and Protocol, Server-Status and the Number of transmitted Bytes.
• Combined Format
  The Combined Format extends the seven Fields from the standard Format with the Referrer Name and an User-Agent-Descriptor.
• Extended Format
  The Extended Format uses a Header which describes the Fields in the following Lines. The Header contains Lines beginning with a #.

Usage

Just drop one or more Log-Files into the WebTrans Window and the File(s) are instantly parsed. The Statistics will then be displayed beyond the Results-Node.

As you can see from the above Screenshot, WebTrans uses different Icons to visualize the Results:

	This Node represents a Folder in your File-Hierarchy. If this Folder contains any invalid Requests it is flagged like this:
	This Node represents Requests inside a Folder. Errors requesting this file are flagged in two ways: is used for Files, which had Errors but are transferred correctly last. these Files had Errors during the last Requests.
	The World-Node represents the Client-View. In the first Level you have a List of the Top-Level-Domains (i.e. .com, .org or .de) referring your Site. The next Level contains the requesting Domain, deeper Levels specific Servers within that Domain. Invalid Transfers from any Domain are marked .
	This Icon is used inside the World-Node and represents specific Machines. Beyond the Machine-Node you can see, what Agent-Software runs there. If a Machine produced errors it is flagged and you'll find more Informations there too.
	In this Tree all detected User-Agents are categorized. They represent the Software used to visit your Web-Site. Web-Browsers are mostly accumulated beyond the Mozilla-, Opera- or Lynx-Nodes. Other Entries are used from Robots and specific Download-Software (like GetRight, GoZilla, WebZip etc.). Invalid Entries are flagged
	Here you will find Sites which the User visited before looking at your Content. This Node contains Search-Queries and Hyperlinks from referring Sites. But don't worry if you find something here which do not directly Link, these Entries are also produced, when the User manually enters a URL or recalls one of his Favorites. Right-Clicking on a Referrer opens a Context-Menu which enables you to open the URL in a Browser or copy it into the Windows-Clipboard. Normal Referrers will be displayed with this Icon: When a Referrer could be identifed as a Search-Engine, then it is marked with Glasses and the Query is inserted into the Queries-Tree.
	The Queries-Tree contains identified Queries in alphabetical Order. Each Query contains the retrieved File, the referring URL and the requesting Client.
	Beyond the WebTrans-Icon you'll find this Entry, which displays some internal Statistics for the Application.

Copyright

This Software is Copyright-Protected and distributed as is. You can download and use this Software without Fee for any Purpose (FreeWare) but you do that on your own Risk. I accept no responsibility whatsoever arising from the use or application of this tool.
This Software may not be distributed over any media without permission of the Author.
If you have Suggestions to enhance this Software feel free to use the Contact-Section and submit them to the Author.
I also would be happy to hear from any successful deployment of that Software.

Contact

Andreas Tofahrn
Software-Entwicklung und Beratung
Hessenring 107
D-61184 Karben
e-mail: andreas@tofahrn.de
Web-Site: http://www.tofahrn.de

Copyright (c) 2001-2004 by A. Tofahrn