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<DIV><SPAN class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>H<SPAN class=822290017-24012008>i
James,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>Tracking users of a website is a little
tricky unless you actually have them logging in and out. Most websites are not
stateful, which is to say you do not have the concept of a user being logged in;
the user connects, downloads a webpage from your site and
disconnects.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>Your
example:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>> </SPAN>The log-file looks like
this:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>> </SPAN>192.168.0.22 - user07
[20/Aug/2007:08:49:49 -0500] "GET /htdocs/info/wd.html<BR><BR><SPAN
class=822290017-24012008>shows a user ID so presumably you have some kind of
authentication, but do you have a "logoff" button and are your users forced to
use it? Or can they simply authenticate, download the data and then close
their web
browser?</SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial><FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=822290017-24012008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>> </SPAN>So, it shows all the
web pages the user accesses. What I really want to
know<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>> </SPAN>is how many users are
currently connecting through to the web-site.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=822290017-24012008>How can you define "Currently"? If
you mean "How many people are currently download webpages from my website and if
you are running a unix machines then you can use the "netstat -an" command and
find all connections that are connected to your local port 80 (or whichever port
your web server runs on).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=822290017-24012008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=822290017-24012008>|\/|artin</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT SIZE=3><BR>
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