An access log is a detailed list of all the files that were accessed by the visitors of a certain site. Every file which was requested for whatever reason shall be listed, so if you have just one page with 3 embedded pictures, one video and one embedded text file, as an example, the access log shall contain a total of six entries - one for any of the six files that were accessed when the visitor opened the page. A log typically contains the file name and path, the date, as well as the visitor’s OS, Internet browser and IP address. Occasionally you may also find the referrer sites that sent the visitors to your site. The information an access log file provides is in human-readable plain text format. It can be processed by special software on a personal computer and used to write reports on the functionality of an Internet site, in addition to the web stats your web hosting server may have created.
Access Log Manager in Shared Web Hosting
When you acquire a shared web hosting from us, you will be able to decide if access logs should be created and for which domains or subdomains in your account this should be done. You may activate this function from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, incorporated with all shared accounts. Each domain name you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to every one of them, so you can quickly enable or deactivate the generation of access logs independently for every website that you have. You may save a log to your laptop or computer by clicking on the Download link you'll see in the very same section of the CP. The link is available even after you deactivate the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data gathered by our system.