The documentation says that visits are counted as
subsequent hits from an IP within the timeframe of about 60 Minutes.
I want to adjust this timeframe to 30 minutes, because I have a frequented website where people come by my webpage more than once an hour, and this should
count as two visits instead of one. I know there is no config option for this, but I am willing to patch the code.
Would you be so nice to just give me a pointer in the code where this timeframe is applied?
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Garvin
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The main program is awstats.pl. There is a parameter defined, "$VISITTIMEOUT=10000; # Lapse of time to consider a page load as a new visit. 10000 = 1 hour (Default = 10000)". I have it from the author that it is not currently possible to change this without making other supporting changes. Thus, you can use this as a starting point, but the solution will be more involved than just changing the value.
Hi,
I have the same problem, I'd like to set the session length to the standard 30 minutes used by other stats programs.
Any news on the $VISITTIMEOUT thing?
Thanks
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I tried patching the place thean seanca pointed out, but actually it didn't help.
I am no PERL programmer (only PHP) and didn't yet read through all the code, which isn't that easy to read and at places quite obfuscated.
So the bottom line - I couldn't get it to work. Modifying the variable made no apparent change to the visit count. If you find out something more, please share it on the forums! :)
Regards,
Garvin
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If you are making test, just delete current database file for this user. Otherwise database info will not be updated and changes in config will not take efect.
Cheers.
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Hi!
The documentation says that visits are counted as
subsequent hits from an IP within the timeframe of about 60 Minutes.
I want to adjust this timeframe to 30 minutes, because I have a frequented website where people come by my webpage more than once an hour, and this should
count as two visits instead of one. I know there is no config option for this, but I am willing to patch the code.
Would you be so nice to just give me a pointer in the code where this timeframe is applied?
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Garvin
The main program is awstats.pl. There is a parameter defined, "$VISITTIMEOUT=10000; # Lapse of time to consider a page load as a new visit. 10000 = 1 hour (Default = 10000)". I have it from the author that it is not currently possible to change this without making other supporting changes. Thus, you can use this as a starting point, but the solution will be more involved than just changing the value.
Sean Carlos
http://www.antezeta.com/awstats.html
Hi Sean!
Thanks a lot, that already helps me further a lot. I will dig into this and if I get it modified, I'll post here for feedback. :-)
Best regards,
Garvin
I hope you make progress! Keep in mind that the "Industry Standard" timeout is usually 30 min (see www.iab.net).
Sean
http://www.antezeta.com/awstats.html
Hi,
I have the same problem, I'd like to set the session length to the standard 30 minutes used by other stats programs.
Any news on the $VISITTIMEOUT thing?
Thanks
Hi,
I've to patch for my own use,
$VISITTIMEOUT=3000; Will set up for 30 min
Regards
Garvin,
I would appreciate it if you would share your findings and the changes you had to make to get your custom VISITTIMEOUT to work.
I myself have to change this (believe it or not, I have to change it to 25920000000 (30 days)
My customer needs to only track visits as one visit per month instead of the default standard of 30 minutes.
I tried patching the place thean seanca pointed out, but actually it didn't help.
I am no PERL programmer (only PHP) and didn't yet read through all the code, which isn't that easy to read and at places quite obfuscated.
So the bottom line - I couldn't get it to work. Modifying the variable made no apparent change to the visit count. If you find out something more, please share it on the forums! :)
Regards,
Garvin
If you are making test, just delete current database file for this user. Otherwise database info will not be updated and changes in config will not take efect.
Cheers.