An access log is a text file which contains a full list of all the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script application and a website visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you may find many files inside the log. The reason is that there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, graphics, and so forth. All of these files shall be listed in the access log, so that you can get a detailed picture of the way your Internet site works. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are often described as "raw data" too. An access log contains the name of each and every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, plus the user’s IP address, browser and OS. More info, like the referrer website, is sometimes included as well. A log file may be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats provided by your web server.
Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall have the option to enable or disable the generation of access logs with just several mouse clicks inside your Hepsia hosting CP. You shall find this feature in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access as soon as you sign in. All it takes for our system to start producing logs is a single click on the On button that you will see there. The function can be enabled independently for any Internet site regardless of whether it uses a domain or a subdomain and you will find the complete list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you may then view it manually or use some software on your personal computer. The log generation may be deactivated by simply changing the On option to Off inside the Logs section of your Control Panel.