Re: Tracking downloads of PDF files

One method that may work.

Keep each download on a separate page, and/or use the "meta" redirection to
trigger the download.  On this page, install a page counter.

If your ISP doesn't support FrontPage extensions, you can probably still use
Server Side Includes.  A search for "page counters" should bring you many
results for NT page counter scripts for SSI.

paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Jakob D�lling <alligotar(at)gmx.net>
To: jim barchuk <jb(at)jbarchuk.com>
Cc: Rider Dave <D.Rider(at)emd.wa.gov>; 'hwg-basics(at)hwg.org'
<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Tracking downloads of PDF files


>Morn',
>
>> Any reputable server host should supply server logs. Given an access log,
>> under *nix:
>>
>> grep pdf /path/to/site_access_log | wc -l
>>
>> ...will return the number you need.
>What do I do if my server has a Macabro$hit OS e.g Win9x/eNTe?
>How do I have to proceed getting the download frequency of a PDF file?
>
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