Contemplate Reporter

1.0

5/14/01
Initial release. Currently running on typea.net.

1.1

8/2/01
The stats display now correctly filters self-referrers. Referrer values are truncated to 64 characters for easier reading, and link to the referring page. Dates are sorted by date rather than by number of hits. A new section called Countries translates the top level domain from the host value. And the range of possible colors for graphic bars has been reduced, to eliminate bars that are too light to see.

1.2

11/11/01
The introduction of focus.cgi, which works in conjunction with stats.cgi, now offers a much greater understanding of site statistics. Previously, you could see the pages that were being viewed, for example, and the hosts that were viewing them, but you couldn't see which hosts were viewing which pages. Now every item in the stats list has a ? link in the leftmost column. Clicking it will open focus.cgi, which displays the complete log entries for that item.

1.2.1

12/13/01
Previously, long referrers were trimmed to 64 characters to prevent the values from being pushed off the right side of the window. Now, all columns are trimmed. Also, the maximum display length is a variable at the top of stats.cgi so it can be easily changed.

1.2.2

1/20/02
Previously, errors generated by the content extractor (e.g. template=default&args=main,foo) were displayed in a separate section of stats.cgi and logged in a separate file, while regular HTTP errors (e.g. scripts/foo.cgi) were displayed and logged along with successful requests. However, large numbers of 404 errors were making the stats difficult to read, so all HTTP errors are now logged in the errors file, and are displayed in a section of stats.cgi called HTTP errors. The previous error section was renamed Extractor errors to distinguish between the two types of errors. The Clear Error Log button clears both, since they're stored in the same file. These changes require version 3.2.2 or later of content.cgi, since content.cgi now writes the log files differently.

The focus link on stats.cgi now uses a small icon rather than a text ? character. This requires the addition of two new files, focus_0.gif and focus_1.gif, into the stats folder. The icon has a rollover behavior that can be turned on or off (to save a bit of rendering time) with a variable setting at the top of stats.cgi.

And the menu no longer includes the .txt file extension when it lists the available months.

1.3

5/16/02
Stats.cgi now displays only the top results in each category on the monthly stats page; it displays the complete results on separate pages. This arrangement helps prevent the stats display from bogging down on sites that receive a lot of traffic.

If you like, you can return to the old display behavior by setting the internal preference $one_big_page to true.

Also fixed a bug that prevented the referrer values from displaying as links.

5.0

8/13/02
Many items were renamed to match the new Contemplate branding. Extractor Stats is now know as the Contemplate Reporter, and the Focus tool is know as the Inspector.

Some navigation elements were also adjusted to conform to the other Contemplate utilities.

The Reporter scripts no longer use a template file to determine appearance. Instead, they reflect a standard appearance shared by all Contemplate utilities.

And the Inspector no longer opens in a new window. You can use the links at the top of the page to return to the Reporter from an Inspector page.