Dotnetnuke™ For Dummies®

Chapter 10. Keeping Tabs with the Site Log and Log Viewer

In This Chapter

• Checking your stats with the Site Log

• See what's happening with the Log Viewer

• Emptying your Recycle Bin

• Automating stuff with scheduled tasks

As part of the upkeep and maintenance of your Web site, you should make use of the instruments in DotNetNuke that let you keep your finger on the pulse. These simple-to-use tools let you know who is visiting your site, keep you in touch with what's happening behind the scenes, and allow you to clean up after accidents.

As with anything in life, a little bit of maintenance on a regular basis prevents bigger problems later on. For example, when was the last time you emptied the Recycle Bin on your computer? If it's been a while, you'll find that if you try to find a file that needs to be recovered, you have mountains of files to look through. A regular cleanup of the Recycle Bin makes it easy to find that file. It's the same with your Web site. The monitoring tools in DotNetNuke make it very simple to find out what's going on with your site and whether there are any problems that need your attention.

Getting to Know Your Site Log

One of the main things you should know about your site is how many people are looking at it and what pages they are looking at. This information can easily be found by looking at the reports the Site Log gives you. See Chapter 3 for how to set the history for your Site Log.

The Site Log has 12 reports that can tell you all sorts of interesting statistics ...