SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server Release History

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V3.0.0.3

• Fixed not updating bug that occurred with some Windows IIS log files
• Minor bug fixes

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V3.0.0.2

• Fixed Googlebot not detected on first hit to the web site
• Added web site pages requested by visitors and spiders
• Added additional log file formats
• Improved search engine reporting
• Increased Web Page Title length for Top Pages report
• Fixed Disappearing images in Web Site Overview Reports
• Various enhancements and bug fixes

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V3.0.0.1

• Fixed Conversion Tracking backup
• Original referrer to Web Site now shown correctly when visitor requests other files
• Corrected Parsing problem with square brackets [ ] in log files

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V3.0.0.0

• Low-cost Rental Option now available for multiple licenses
• Improved Conversion Rate reports again
• Improved Web Page parameterized query reporting
• Added scenario analysis reporting
• Added option to move spiders to/from visitors
• Added FireFox and Konqurer browsers types
• Fixed column sorting problem on reports
• Improved language editor and added new languages
• Improved web page title lookups
• Various enhancements and bug fixes

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.8.0.1

• Changed the Merge Service priority from Low to Normal to make sure it starts up on busier sites.
• Added option to convert a Web Site Statistics Report to Excel, PDF or Word (RTF) format.
• Changed the looks and layouts of some Statistics reports
• Fixed IP Visitor Database lookup problem and other various minor bugs.
• Added Lotus Domino 6 log file support
• Added Language Editor to change language phrases.
• Fixed Requests Causing Errors report
• Added Bounce Rate Web Site Statistics Reports
• Improved Conversion Rate reports
• Fixed allocation problem in E-Commerce report

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.7.0.7

• Added ability to process rotating Apache access log files to provide real-time web site analytics. It supports access-log, access log and access rotating log file
• Added the ability to run the merge service on one server and the reporting service or user interface on multiple other servers.
• Added backup/restore profile settings to/from XML files.
• Added ability to export profile settings from older versions.
• Added method to handle parameterized queries
• Added additional only converted Web Site Statistics reports
• Fixed problem when analyzing multiple large log files.
• Fixed incorrect parsing of default NT4 IIS log file that was cause by an extra space before ().
• Fixed Foreign Extended characters not shown correctly on reports with page titles.
• Added ability to add and edit IP Ranges to the IP Database in the Enterprise Edition
• Fixed problem with parsing Apache logs with carriage return and line feed
• Fixed various minor bugs
• Fixed junk entries in reports from AOL queries
• Fixed Merge Service bug not starting after reboot
• Fixed Merge Service problem when parsing large log files
• SurfStats Live e-Commerce renamed to SurfStats Live Enterprise Edition.
• Problem with installation rolling back on a fresh installation of Windows avoided. Account for SurfStatsLive Merging Service can now only be set after installation on Identities tab.
• E-Commerce set-up and Web Site Statistics reports improved.
• Reporting on media server log files (SurfStatsLive Enterprise Edition).
• Click Fraud Detection Web Site Statistics Reports added in SurfStatsLive Enterprise Edition.
• Maximum lines per profiles before processing next profile can be configured.
• Added Click Fraud Detection reports.
• Numerous reported bug fixes.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.5.0.0

• Identities tab in SurfStatsLive Global Setup application where the identity of the SurfStatsLive Merging Service and SurfStatsLive COM+ application can be set.
• Reliability improved when log sources on network shares become unavailable.
• Setting on profile to count only requests for pages or all file requests as visits. V2.3 and V2.4 may have reported increased visit counts because requests to all files where used for calculating visit counts.
• This Month to Date added as a date selection option on the drop down list on the calendar when logged in as a SurfStatsLive user.
• Totals in Length of Visit report (under Visitors) correct now.
• Page title lookups fixed. Separate service now for Page title lookups. Service can be controlled from the Options tab in Server Administration.
• Profile administration screen split over three tabs.
• “Domain Like” includes and excludes filter added. This filters the “cs-host” field in IIS log files.
• Log source count shows correctly now in Server Administration - Registration SurfStatsLive when profile packs are added.
• Deleting profile groups does not cause CodeBase -50 error anymore.
• Option on profile to selectively delete data from the profile.
• Improved parsing speed.
• Fixed incorrect links on IP Address and URL in reports
• Fixed window size and scrolling on pop-up trend report
• Fixed wrong Country/Continent display after sorting
• Fixed reported errors in the e-Commerce reports

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.4.1.0

• Fixed Multiple filter problem.
• E-Commerce reports improved. Please see www.surfstats.com/eCommerce for implementation guidelines.
• Languages updated.
• No traces of e-Commerce reports if e-Commerce disabled.
• Default installation in folder c:\Program Files\SSLive2410.
• Problem fixed with site profiles not updating in V2.4.0.0.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.4.0.0

• Installation of SurfStatsLive in version specific folder (for instance c:\Program Files\SSLive2400).
• New setup application. SurfStatsLiveComPlus package not listed separately in Add/Remove Programs.
• SurfStatsLiveComPlus package renamed to SurfStatsLiveVersion2400 in Component Services.
• Added E-Commerce Web Site Statistics Reports to track shopping carts.
• Log files are processed one-by-one in memory and committed to the profile’s database, eliminating memory usage problem with many large initial log files in previous versions.
• Version specific Merging Service name in Windows Services Database. Service Name is StatsMerger2400.
• Stopping the SurfStatsLive Merging Service immediately stops the MergeClient application now.
• SurfStatsLive Global Setup Application DOES NOT START the SurfStatsLive Merging Service anymore.
• Show Network Status discovers other SurfStatsLive installations on the LAN, in Server Administration. Needs separate SurfMonitor service on other computers running SurfStatsLive. 
• Ability to stop and start SurfStatsLive Merging Service from Server Administration.
• When MergeClient is busy processing log files, reports do not show up empty anymore.
• Orphan profiles belonging to no profile group are automatically deleted now.
• Default language and theme for SurfStatsLive users that did not log in previously can be set in Server Administration. When a SurfStatsLive user logs in for the first time the language and theme selection is set to these defaults. If the user changes the language and theme selection the new selection is stored in a cookie on the user’s computer and used the next time the user logs in.
• Error with content.cdx file addressed that produced an error in sTraffic.asp when multiple users logged in.
• Sorting by column in reports. Click report heading to sort, click again for sort sequence.
• Values added to graph legends on Overview and some other reports.
• Improved error handling with problem log files.
• Log entries at end of day correctly handled.
• Improved user interface for SurfStatsLive users.
• Graph color schemes adjusted.
• Conversion Tracking Web Site Statistics Reports. Visitors that reached a site and accessed a target web page as specified on the profile. Set up by logging in as a SurfStatsLive user, select Custom tab. More information available at http://www.surfstats.com/conversiontracking.
• Set up of Watches moved to Custom tab in SurfStatsLive user web interface.
• Reporting category tabs replaced with expandable/collapsible menu items on left.
• Next and Previous item and group buttons added to navigate through report content.
• Print button for printing reports added. Printing reports works correctly now. Images in Internet Explorer print correctly now.
• When both include and exclude filters specified report database updated correctly.
• Setup and Administration Guide, Server Administration help, Profile Administration help and SurfStatsLive end user help program items removed from Windows SurfStatsLive program group.
• Help still accessible from default page and when logged in.
• Help and tips on report content at bottom of reports – English only.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.3.0.0

• Option to let SurfStatsLive authenticate Server Administrators. Authentication by local Windows database and domain still available. Set up username and password in SurfStatsLive Global Setup Application. Only one username can be specified for SurfStatsLive authentication.
• Administration and Reporting Tips. Tips show when logging in (Internet Explorer only). Can be globally switched of in SurfStatsLive Setup Application (Information tab).
• Tutorials, two for SurfStatsLive Administration, one for Reporting Users.
• Information about provider of SurfStatsLive service (host, ISP or organization). Set up in SurfStatsLive Setup Application (Information tab). Set up of Default Image URL moved to Options – Service Provider information.
• Command-line utility can add site profiles from command-line.
• Migration tool to move reporting data for site profiles when upgrading from previous versions (available soon separately). 
• Pre-installation check if previous versions properly removed.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.2.0.1

• Summary Web Site Statistics Report shows all entries, not only 20.
• Concurrency problems (causing errors on file content.cdx, CBEngine errors, 500 Internal Server errors) fixed.
• Calendar improved, separate popup calendar displays now when specifying dates for the From and To date.
• Language Editor for defining languages (available separately from SurfStats).
• Better integration of languages and support for eight European languages and three Eastern Asian languages (Japanese, Chinese and Korean).
• Watches configuration moved to Watches tab (select the Properties link).
• Watches reports fixed, first graph of Watches report displays now.
• Renaming a watch group to the same name as an existing watch group not allowed.
• If Page Title lookups is disabled globally, the option does not appear on the profile when a profile is created/edited.
• Query Parameter Analysis report added. Allows page selection on any page request that contains a “?” character. Page name, first and second parameter selection in the Custom tab (next to the Options tab – bottom left). Analyze query parameters for example for asp, php, jsp, cgi, cfm pages.
• For licensing, profiles are counted from this version onwards, not log sources.
• Limited time period, demo log source packs can be obtained from SurfStats.
• Most requested static and dynamic pages reports added on Visitors tab.
• Some spider reports added on Visitors tab.
• Login changed – frame page removed from login directory.
• Descriptions added of user types on login page.
• Command-line utility to back up site profiles (Surfcmd.exe). Run SurfStatsLive cmd from the SurfStatsLive program group on server to view command-line options.
• Language and theme selection remembered.
• Filters are now case-insensitive.
• New activation codes required for V2.2.0.1.
• To install V2.2.0.1 a fresh installation is required, so previous versions of SurfStatsLive have to be completely uninstalled (refer to section Uninstalling SurfStatsLive then Installation). This is because the site profile database structure has changed.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.1.0.1

• Who is On Web Site Statistics report was moved to Visitors section and number of records to show can now be selected. The graph now correctly shows “Hour” and not “Date”. The hour display was also changed for easier reading.
• Favicon.ico is not filtered out any more when excluding images as this file is required for the Site Bookmarked report.
• “Summary report not showing” bug was fixed.
• Added .jar file type
• Changed grouping of JavaScript file type from page view file type to unknown file type.
• Added referring site breakdown reporting.
• Added page requested breakdown reporting.
• Fixed rescanning bug when wrong file filter was specified.
• Fixed log source ignored bug when a site profile had more than one log source specified.
• Ability to import LiveStats profiles from a LiveStats installation.

New in SurfStats Live Real-Time Web Site Statistics Reporting Server V2.1.0.0

This version requires a complete reinstallation. Before installing decide first on the Visitor Origin Database, if you want to use it. Log in with username Sample1, password Sample1 and SurfStatsLive user type to see what it offers. 

• The same Authentication Provider as Server Administrators validated Profile Administrators. This has changed as from V1.14.0.0. SurfStatsLive now validates Profile Administrators.
• Versions prior to V2.1.0.0 created an Internet Explorer favorite during installation, which pointed the URL of the SurfStatsLive service. V2.1.0.0 and onwards does not create the favorite any more, but an item (SurfStatsLive) in the SurfStatsLive program group on the server (Start – Programs – SurfStatsLive - SurfStatsLive).
• An Optional Visitor Origin Database (based on Whois queries) is available that provides organization/ISP information on visitor and some other reports. Note that it has to be registered first (before creating and scanning profiles) for it to be effective. Reverse DNS lookups also built in now, but only one IP address at a time. There is a hyperlink (Visitor Origin Database) on the SurfStatsLive product page (at www.surfstats.com) that provides more information. Also additional information about this in end-user help.
• Separate Spider Web Site Statistics reports.
• Cookie based tracking if cookie information is present in log files. Please refer to the section Visitor Activity in the end-user help for more information.
• Links-Tracker application available separately only.
• Some bugs fixed on top search phrases.
• Request for default page that didn’t show in Web Site Statistics reports fixed.
• Country information on visitor reports fixed.
• Global set up application sometimes had a problem with creating/using virtual web server. This was caused by the Internet Explorer favorite if installing over Terminal Services.
• Page title lookups – no need to stop and start SurfStatsLive Merging Service after it is globally enabled.

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