Two user interfaces exists for access to the statistics report: a
conventional interface suitable for any browser and a frames-based
interface which requires JavaScript.
The conventional interface
The conventional interface appears as in version 1.9 if JavaScript is
disabled in your browser or the option -g was specified at
invocation of http-analyze.
If JavaScript is enabled, the following separate windows are used for
different parts of the report to allow for easy navigation:
- The Main window
- This window is used for most parts of the report such as the yearly,
monthly, daily and weekly summaries, the Top N lists and the
overviews. Hotlinks in the Top N most often point to the
corresponding page, which is then displayed in the Viewer window
if the link is followed, while hotlinks in the overviews point to the
detailed lists, which show up in the List window.
- The Navigation window
- If JavaScript is enabled in your browser and a summary for a year
or a month is loaded into the Main window, a small window containing
a navigation panel will pop up. If JavaScript is disabled, the navigation
links appear at the bottom of the monthly summary pages. In the latter
case, use the Back button of your browser for navigation.
- The List window
- This window is used for the detailed lists of URLs, sites, browser
types and referrer URLs. A separate window for those (often large) lists
causes them to be loaded only once if you follow any link in the
Main window while the List window is still open.
- The Viewer window
- This window is used for external pages which are loaded by following
the hotlinks in the statistics report. This way, you can visit the pages
referred to in the report without having to go forth and back between
the report itself and the pages listed there.
- The 3D window
- This window is used for the 3D (VRML) model of the statistics.
If you have JavaScript enabled, the window's size will be set to the smallest
possible size so that the 3D model fits onto the screen or to the dimensions
given in the 3DWinSize directive.
The frames-based interface
The frames-based interface requires a JavaScript-enabled browser.
It contains the following frames and windows:
- The Navigation frame
- This frame contains navigation buttons and text. You can specify
its width using the NavigFrame
directive in the configuration file.
- The Main frame
- This frame is used for most parts of the report such as the yearly,
monthly, daily and weekly summaries, the Top N lists and the
overviews. Hotlinks in the Top N lists point most often to the
corresponding page, which is displayed in the Viewer window if
the link is followed, while hotlinks in the overviews point to the
detailed lists, which show up in the List window.
- The List window
- This window is used for the detailed lists of URLs,
sites, browser types and referrer URLs. A separate window for those
(often large) lists causes them to be loaded only once if the links
in the Main window are followed and the List window is
still open.
- The Viewer window
- This (separate) window is used for external pages which are loaded
by following the hotlinks in the statistics report. This way, you can
visit the pages referred to in the report without having to go forth
and back between the report and the pages listed there.
- The 3D window
- This window is used for the 3D (VRML) model of the statistics.
Depending on the setting of the 3DWindow
directive in the configuration file, this is either a separate window
(external) or a new frame (internal) inside the Main frame
(actually, two frames are created which replace the former Main frame
when the 3D model is being displayed). In case of a separate (external)
3D window, you can specify it's dimensions using the
3DWinSize directive.
The 3D model
The 3D model requires a VRML 2.0 plug-in such as CosmoPlayer
from Cosmo Software.
Using this plug-in, which is available for Silicon Graphics, Windows and
Macintosh platforms, you can "walk" or "fly" through
the model and view the scene from all sides. If you look at the models,
don't forget to touch the Buddha appearing in our 3D logo on top of the
statistics report in the yearly summary page!
The 3D model contains two scenes (models): one shows the hits,
files, cached files, sites and the amount of data sent by day and the
other one shows the server's access load by weekday and hour.
To view the second click on the scene switch on the right top
of the model.
To navigate through the 3D space, use the pre-defined Viewpoints
(camera positions) and CosmoPlayer's Navigation panel.
For customization use the CosmoPlayer pop-up menu.
The 3D representation of hits by weekday and hour in the second scene
allow easy identification of the time your server has been most busy
serving requests.