Viewing Usage Statistics for Your Site

To choose the statistical program you want (Webalizer or AWStats):

  1. On your Home page, click Web Hosting Settings.
  2. Select the statistical package you need from the Web statistics menu (AWStats is recommended), and select the accessible via password protected directory /plesk-stat/webstat check box.

    This will install the statistical software of your choice, which will generate reports and place them into the password protected directory. You will then be able to access Web statistics at the URL: https://your-domain.com/plesk-stat/webstat using your FTP account login and password.

  3. Click OK.

Note: When you switch from one statistical program to another, all reports generated by the previously used statistical program are removed from the server.

To find out how many people visited a site, from what countries, and what pages of the site they viewed:

  1. Go to Home > Web Statistics.
  2. View the statistics for the web pages or files downloaded from or uploaded to specific areas of your site:

Alternately, you can view the Web statistics for a site by visiting the following URL: https://your-domain.com/plesk-stat/webstat. When prompted for username and password, specify the credentials for your FTP account.

Common operations on reports:

In this chapter:

Adjusting Preferences for Web Statistics Presentation by Webalizer

Automating Report Generation and Delivery by E-mail

Viewing Log Files and Configuring Recycling of Log Files