An access log includes a record of all the files which have been requested by the visitors while surfing around your website. The list is comprehensive, so in case you have a web page with two embedded images, for example, all of the three files will be in the log, not only the page. An access log typically includes the date, the OS, the browser and the IP address for every single file in human-readable form, so you can get a good idea about the most popular files on your website. The log, that's also commonly called "raw data", is an addition to the web stats which you usually get with a hosting account, not a replacement. A good example why you could need this kind of a log is if you intend to use some software on your computer system to prepare a report about the website’s efficiency, but you do not want to use the standard graphs and tables which come with the server-generated website stats.
Access Log Manager in Website Hosting
When you buy a website hosting from our company, you shall be able to determine if access logs must be created and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this must be done. You may activate this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, incorporated with all shared accounts. Every domain name you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you'll see an On/Off option next to each one of them, so you can easily enable or deactivate the generation of access logs individually for each website that you have. You could save a log to your personal computer by clicking on the Download link that you'll see inside the same section of the Control Panel. The link shall be available even if you stop the log generation, so you shall still have access to the data compiled by our system.