# SurfStats Log Analyzer Release History

## Please note that the File_id.diz file contains the latest version and release date information.

## New in SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer V8.4

- Added an option to track large log files. The program stores less IP Addresses when this option is turned on. The parsing speed is about the same with or without this setting but the reporting speed is much faster. Some visitor reports are not available with this setting. Tick the High Volume box (Edit Site Profile) before processing the site profile.
- The parameter reporting has been improved.
- Improved external click tracking - see attached tracking.zip
- Added option to track Google external clicks - see attached tracking.zip
- Added data macros - wy (week of year), wm (week of month) and dow (day of week)
- Improved error reporting (blank reports and ftp)
- Fixed the DEP problem which occurred on some 64 bit machines. On 64bit Windows 2003 Server, you might have to add surfstats.exe in the second option "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select:" Do this in Control Panel - System - Advanced - Then select the second option and add surfstats.exe
- Fixed the problem in Last Visitor and Last Spider Click Path
- Fixed Bandwidth bug in Enterprise Clip Request report
- Fixed Parameter bug in Top pages and Parameter report
- Fixed Last day of "period" bug when scheduled reports
- Fixed bandwidth discrepancy between Summary Report and Top Visitors Countries report
- Added more directory paths to show in Most Accessed Directory Path report (Only in Pro and Ent versions)
- Added link to DEP solution when it occurs
- Fixed Top Pages and Parameters report (did not show parameters)
- Added usage per protocol and clip length in streaming media reports - - Enterprise edition
- Changed program not to zip PDF files when output to email
- Changes in reporting statistics: Prior to 8.4, a new visitor was counted only if a page request was done from an IP Address. Other file requests without any page requests from an IP Address meant that a visitor was not counted. In 8.4 we changed the program to log a visitor if other files than pages were requested. This would increase the visitor count if for instance, if there are other sites linking directly to files not defined as page type (like image files) on your website.
- Added option to track requests for images as visitors or not. If another site has a link to your site with an image located on your site, only the image is requested but no visitor actually came to your site. This can make your visitor and referrer count seem much higher. Most log analyzers track requests for images as visitors.
- Added more page types.
- Fixed page parameters not showing in reports
- Added option to track spiders as visitors or not. If a spider is tracked as a visitor it can make your visitor and page count seem much higher. Most log analyzers track spiders as visitors.
- Various minor bug fixes

## New in SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer V8.3

- Proxy reports (and authenticated visits) fixed and improved
- Last visitor click path and Last spider path reports fixed
- PDF output number increased to 50
- Logo customization improved and added to Pro version.
- Added Windows Media Server support (Enterprise Edition) for the latest format
- Added Data Mining Reporting
- Improved Visitor Navigation and trend reporting.
- Improved parsing to accommodate larger log files.
- Improved Ads, Clicks and Click Outs Tracking. See the tracking.zip file in the downloaded file to see how to track Ads, Clicks and Click Outs with SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer.
- Improved Streaming Media Reporting (Only available in the Enterprise Edition).
- Updated the manual.
- Added save and restore site profiles in Standard Edition.
- Added City and State reporting when using the program with the optional Visitor Origin database.
- Added option to set number of records when output to PDF in View set editor.
- Various bug fixes.

## New in SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer V8.2

- Improved looks and functionality
- Added more reports
- Improved Page Rank Tool
- Added bandwidth tracking of streaming media logs in the Enterprise Edition.
- Improved the scheduled FTP log file retrieving and report posting.
- Improved the emailing of reports
- The PDF report output can unbranded or branded with the client's logo in the Enterprise Edition.
- Reports can now be posted/emailed in Html or Pdf format. The Doc (MS Word) export format is now only available on demand for single reports as the Pdf generation is much faster, smaller and portable.
- Increased the Output path length when writing to a folder
- Added split views for comparing statistics from different time ranges
- RSS feeds can be added and is now used to inform clients when a new version is available
- Fixed PDF output bug which occurred on some computers
- Fixed email authentication sending bug
- Fixed gif detected as html bug
- Fixed File Browse bug when specifying files
- Fixed file filter bug when output to Pdf format
- Minor bugs fixes

## New in SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer V8.1

- Changed the name to SurfStats Website Traffic Analyzer
- Improved log file viewer/editor
- Improved FTP client
- Added tips
- Added favorite reports group - drag and drop often used reports to favorites group
- Fixed Windows XP/2003 empty reports problem when parsing zip folders (specified with *.*)
- Fixed images not displayed in Word reports (path incorrect)
- Fixed Browse and Viewer button (Edit Profile-Input) not showing when using large fonts
- Added Overview section reports to other output options (was only available when output to screen)
- Added option to switch off Help on reports
- Added option to switch off Graph Images on reports
- Improved Filter settings
- Increased Link field size - See Lotus Domino 6.5.3 log file from tomas.widin@generic.se
- Increased Output Folder field size from 80 characters to 255 characters retobeer@2sic.com
- Added Trend View in the Length of Visit report
- Added better German report phrases - Thanks to I-Tec from www.surfstats.de
- Added better Spanish report phrases - Thanks to Toni Dueñas from http://www.cyberland.es
- Increased memo editor search field size of the Rank Tool (avoids wrapping of long words)
- Fixed Rank Tool to show first occurrence of search phrase
- Updated optional extra IP Visitor database
- Improved media reports in Enterprise edition
- Added Quicktime media log file format support in Enterprise edition

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V8.0.0.3

- Modified the program to parse the latest NetCache log format
- Modified the program not to show upgrade from version 8.x.x.x If a previous version 8 is installed, it must be uninstalled first using the Add/Remove programs from the Windows Control Panel.
- Modified the Language Editor to sort the phrases alphabetically
- Minor bug fixes

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V8.0.0.2

- Fixed FTP Password not correctly cloned bug.
- Fixed FTP timeout bug that resulted in locked site profiles
- Improved Search Engine Ranking tool
- Added Visitor and Spider browsing detail in Who-is-on report
- Fixed Googlebot not detected on first hit
- Increase Page Title length for Top Pages report
- Added more log file formats support
- Various enhancements and bug fixes

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V8.0.0.1

- Fixed disappearing images in overview reports
- Fixed conversion tracking backup
- Original referrer now shown correctly when visitor requests other files.
- Parsing problem with [ ] brackets in log files corrected

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V8.0.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Added new ranking tool
- Added support for NetCache NetApp proxy files Enterprise Edition
- Improved the Language Editor
- Improved parameterized queries reporting with new reports
- Detail daily errors reports only 20 days of errors.
- Added option to remove Old Data from Database
- Added option to remove help from reports
- Added support for Squid proxy log files in Enterprise Edition
- Added a drilldown on the "Errors - Requests causing Errors" to show who and when for the errors generated. You can see who is attempting 401 Unauthorised Access and when, etc.
- Added a drilldown on the "Most Downloaded Files" page to show who has downloaded the file.
- Added FireFox browser detection
- Added more search engine detection
- Added support to read .z compressed files.
- Added report export facility to Excel, PDF, Text and Word format.
- Improved sorting of columns in generated reports.
- Various minor bug fixes and enhancements.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.6.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Fixed field bug when using the IP Database - "Error opening ..\IPMain.DBF . (-61)"
- Modified report menu to use dynamic html instead of Javascript
- Increased Length of Visit report to show 1 hour
- Modified the program to keep site profile column setting layout
- Fixed blank first line entry when cloning a site profile.
- Fixed e-Commerce Reports
- Added Domino 6 log file support
- Fixed Requests Causing Errors report
- Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.5.0.7

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Fixed lock-up problem when analyzing some large log files.
- Fixed profile lock problem
- Fixed problem when Linux log files had a carriage return and line feed in some lines.
- Added backup/restore to/from XML files (only in Professional and Enterprise Edition)
- Fixed error: -50 that happens when some scheduled tasks ran
- Fixed squid log parsing error in Enterprise edition.
- Fixed media reporting error in Enterprise edition
- Fixed display of extended characters in Page Title lookups
- Removed spaces between displayed fields on reports
- Added report to show only converted page views
- Fixed installation bug that creates incorrect links to the Startup program
- Added Average Unique Visitors per day in Summary Statistics report
- Fixed ? display in Bandwidth columns that occurred with double byte language displays.
- Added URL parameter query
- Fixed error popup after cloning site profile
- Fixed incorrect parsing of default NT4 IIS log file - extra space before () caused the problem
- Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.4.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Added Click Fraud Detection reports in Professional and Enterprise Edition.
- Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.3.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Fixed the duplicate scheduling service.
- Added new browser types in reports.
- Improved parsing speed.
- Changed report menus structure
- Added domain name filters
- Fixed incorrect IP Address and URL links on reports
- Totals in Length of Visit report (under Visitors) corrected.
- Various minor bug fixes and enhancements

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.2.1.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Better log parsing from Scheduler.
- Multiple filters on single line allowed.
- Incorrect date on summary page statistics report fixed.

If you get missing links on the left frame when publishing your web reports to the web (we noticed this with the Dutch language), please do the following:

Run the "Language Editor" from the "Tools" category on the left. Then click "Browse" and select your SurfStats Installation folder. The list of languages should appear on the left. Select Dutch and on the "Report Heading" tab, in the "Translated string" column scroll and correct all values (there should be 4) where double-quotes (") are used (around the word spider). To save select a different language and close. Then regenerate reports.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.2.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- e-Commerce reports added. Please see www.surfstats.com/eCommerce.
- Fixed FTP password bug when specifying output to folder on task edit screen.
- Filters fixed. Note that every filter should be on a separate line when using multiple filters.
- Period setting now saved when creating a new task.
- Limitation of 80 characters for the length of output folder path name changed to 100 on scheduled tasks.
- I/O Error 123 when clicking the button to lookup page titles fixed.
- Removed the change directory to root folder command when using Auto-FTP to retrieve log files.
- Individual Conversion Tracking reports per page are now generated when outputting folder, email and FTP.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.1.0.2

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Fixed FTP password bug when using the Add Profile wizard.
- Site profile now locked when trying to edit a site profile while the scheduler is processing the site profile.
- Fixed incorrect number of items in tables (views) when writing to a folder.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.1.0.1

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Schedules not running fixed (logged error about surffox class).
- Blank conversion tracking setup screen fixed.
- Fixed "MYCONINDEX not found" bug when adding new goal page.
- Fixed empty entry bug when entering a new site profile.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.1.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

- New improved set up application.
- Default installation in version specific folder (for instance c:\Program Files\Surfstats7100).
- Version specific Scheduler Service Name.
- Conversion Tracking. Tracks if visitors reached target web pages. Please refer to www.surfstats.com/conversiontracking.
- Support for Cisco PIX and Microsoft ISA format improved in Enterprise Edition.
- Fast Mode for proxy log analysis.
- Fixed storing of output FTP passwords on profiles.
- Improved user interface.
- Problem with long watch filters fixed.
- Help added at bottom of reports.
- Problem with password field when restoring XML backup fixed.
- Interactive Mode Removed. Conversion tracking provides better information.
- Backing up / Restoring also backs up views settings on profiles.
- Scheduled generation of reports to folder, email and FTP fixed.
- MS Word option available in Standard Edition. Bug in V7.0 version showed only HTML option.
- Table of Contents generated correctly when sending reports to a folder.
- Log entries at end of day correctly handled.
- Regeneration of reports from main application works correctly now.
- Improved error handling with problem log files.
- Application background color can be selected.
- Summary and detail view of profiles. Print of profile list.
- Sort, group and print site profiles
- View set editor (Professional and Enterprise).

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.5

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Fixed Reverse DNS (RDNS) lookups - previous versions locked up when RDNS lookups were enabled and reports were generated on demand.
- Page title lookups, when reports are generated manually, works correctly now. Page title lookups have to be explicitly done (if required) by clicking the "Retrieve Page Titles" button after report generation. Due to the the degradation in speed when performing page lookups, pre-selection of the option has been removed from the profile edit screen. Page title lookups are not available when scheduling tasks.
- Fixed reports generated to folder showing only 30 entries.
- Added Drill-down button (right arrow) on Visitors reports.
- SurfSchedRun application does not create an item in the taskbar anymore.
- Search phrases per engine report fixed.
- Error reports now display data when reports generated to folder/FTP.
- Legend added on Length of visit report.
- Repeat visitor statistics added.
- Appearance of left navigation bar and tabs.
- Problems with output to MS Word fixed.
- Search bug in File Viewer fixed.
- Auto-FTP password not correctly stored bug fixed. Please note maximum FTP password length is 25 characters.
- Log File Parsing speed has been improved.
- Server attack report again available in Interactive mode in Pages report section. Note that you should remove or disable the global exclude filters for this report to work and it will only show successful attacks. Unsuccessful attacks will be shown in the Error report section.
- Added drag an drop of files on the site profile panel to automatically create a new site profile.
- Macro editor replaced.
- Other minor reported bugs fixed.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.4

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Scheduler problems fixed with sequential schedules not running.
- Page title lookups working incorrectly fixed.
- Date parameter ignored when double-clicking a profile to generate reports fixed.
- Capital letters in filenames when generating reports to a folder (problem on Linux/Unix) fixed.
- Professional and Enterprise Editions can import IIS Web Sites if both machines have IIS installed.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.3

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Scheduler not starting bug fixed.
- Windows XP/2003 now detected in platform reports.
- Reports generated twice when doing a DNS lookup bug fixed.
- Default startup for Windows 95/98/ME changed so it does not require ACTIVEDS.DLL See the Installation instructions if you get the error: "Required DLL ACTIVEDS.DLL not found" in Windows 95/98/ME.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.2

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Reporting bug fixed. This bug occurred when doing DNS lookups and generating reports to folders or email.
- Updated the help file

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.1

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Bug in filter editing fixed.
- Profiles from Windows IIS Metabase detected and can be imported in the Professional and Enterprise editions.
- Browse directly to a directory during log file selection fixed.
- Site Profiles are now locked when a service is running.
- Bug in Page Titles lookups have been fixed.
- The filter bug for Visitors reports have been fixed.
- Ability to add your own URL's for Whois lookups and a link to GeekTools added.
- The program now checks and prompts for removal if a previous version (or part of it) exists before installation.
- Reports are now refreshed after a DNS lookup.

## New in SurfStats Log Analyzer V7.0.0.0

Licensing and Registration changes

- Standard Edition can be now be used to generate reports for third parties - up to 10 profiles.
- Scheduler now works with the Standard Edition.
- Product is licensed per computer, based on unique Machine ID of computer.
- Site Profiles and Schedules can now be saved and restored in XML format in the Professional and Enterprise editions. It cannot be saved or restored in the Standard edition.

Enhancements and bug fixes

- Much improved user interface.
- Page title lookups.
- Backup/restore site profiles, task schedules and global options to/from a single XML file.
- Better search engine spider detection.
- Separate spider reports added.
- URL Parameter Query Analysis report. Interactive parameter selection and report generation (to screen only).
- Separation of dynamic page requests for most types of pages (asp - Active Server Pages, php - PHP Hypertext Pre-processor, cfm - ColdFusion, jsp - JavaServer etc.). All extensions classified as type document called with query string parameters.
- Multiple language support improved. Support for eight European languages (Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) and three Eastern Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean). New languages can be defined with built-in, much improved Language Editor.
- Seamless Terminal Services Integration.
- SurfStats Log Analyzer now works with an optional pre-resolved Visitor Origin Database - It is faster and more reliable than Reverse DNS lookups. Reverse DNS lookups still available in all editions.
- Calendar improved.
- Cloning of profiles available in Standard Edition.
- Cloning of profiles clones Views settings (Clone immediate only).
- 30-character filename limitation for retrieving log files from FTP Servers bug fixed.
- Generating reports to MS Word format improved. Available in Standard Edition as well. English only.
- Watches reports fixed.
- Subject and body text when generating reports to e-mail can now be customized.
- Use of new database technology - increased performance and reliability.
- Global filters added to eliminate processing of log lines containing junk data.
- Select to add hits to image files to reporting database. Not adding hits to image files improves performance dramatically.
- Per cookie tracking of visitors (IIS log files only).
- Log File Viewer improved.
- FTP Client improved.
- Report output to folder improved.
- Additional log file format support.
- Help files updated.

SurfStats Log Analyzer Scheduling

- Scheduling more reliable and easier to use.
- Scheduler Service available in Standard, Professional and Enterprise Editions.
- Administration of scheduled tasks performed from within SurfStats Log Analyzer application.

Please Note: A Windows Operating System that supports Services is required use SurfStats Scheduling (for instance Windows NT, Windows 2000/2003, XP Professional, NOT Windows 95/98/Me etc.).

Features/Reports Removed

- Application skins.
- Server attack reports.
- Backup/restore of profiles - Now only Professional and Enterprise Editions.
- Support for retrieving log files from ODBC and HTTP.
- Immediate execution of schedules (Start Now option). Now executed by Scheduler Service.

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