From 211cc47a9f79936234bc5185fc488f3339a06e80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MikeMannix Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:13:38 +0000 Subject: none --- Trash/MonitoringSiteActivity.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'Trash') diff --git a/Trash/MonitoringSiteActivity.mdwn b/Trash/MonitoringSiteActivity.mdwn index d0a8ebf2..1f5a6053 100644 --- a/Trash/MonitoringSiteActivity.mdwn +++ b/Trash/MonitoringSiteActivity.mdwn @@ -1,30 +1,28 @@ -%TOC% +%TOC% %STARTINCLUDE% -## Monitoring TWiki Site Activity +# Monitoring Site Activity -Services for tracking content editing and general site usage +_Services for tracking content editing and general site usage_ -### Overview +## Overview TWiki provides two highly configurable, automated site monitoring tools, **WebNotify**, to email alerts when topics are edited, and **WebStats**, to generate detailed activity reports. -### WebNotify Changes Notification +## WebNotify Changes Notification -%STARTINCLUDE% +Each TWiki web has an automatic email notification service for recent changes. Users can subscribe and unsubscribe using %NOTIFYTOPIC% in each web. -Each %WIKITOOLNAME% web does an automatic email notification of recent changes. Users can subscribe / unsubscribe themselves in %NOTIFYTOPIC% of each TWiki web. %STOPINCLUDE% - -#### Setting Up WebNotify +### Setting Up WebNotify The Perl script **mailnotify** is called by a deamon in regular intervals. The script sends an automated email to subscribed users in case some topics changed in a web within this interval. -##### Configuring Outgoing Mail +#### Configuring Outgoing Mail %WIKITOOLNAME% will use the **Net::SMTP** module in case it is installed on your system. You need to specify the **SMTPMAILHOST** variable in [[TWikiPreferences]]. You can use an external mail program like **sendmail** in case the **Net::SMTP** module is not installed. In this case specify the **$mailProgram** in **twiki/bin/TWiki.cfg**. -##### Setting the Automatic Email Schedule +#### Setting the Automatic Email Schedule **For Unix platforms:** Edit the **cron** table so that **mailnotify** is called in an interval of your choice. Please consult **man crontab** of how to modify the table that schedules program execution at certain intervals. Example: @@ -37,9 +35,9 @@ The above line will call mailnotify at 15 minutes and 45 minutes past every hour On Windows NT / 2000 you can use a scheduled task. -### Site Usage Statistics +## Site Usage Statistics -#### Configuring for Automatic Operation +### Configuring for Automatic Operation * You can automatically generate usage statistics for all webs. To enable this: * Make sure variable `$doLogTopicView, $doLogTopicSave and $doLogTopicUpload` in `wikicfg.pm` are set. This will generate log entries in file `twiki/data/log.txt` . @@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ On Windows NT / 2000 you can use a scheduled task. * **_Attention:_** The script must run as the same user as the CGI scripts are running, which is user `nobody` on most systems. Example crontab entry:
`0 0 * * * (cd /path/to/TWiki/bin; ./statistics >/dev/null 2>&1)` * There is a workaround in case you can't run the script as user `nobody` : Run the utility `twiki/bin/geturl` in your cron job and specify the URL of the `twiki/bin/statistics` script as a parameter. Example:
`0 0 * * * (cd /path/to/TWiki/bin; ./geturl mydomain.com /urlpath/to/TWiki/bin/statistics >/dev/null 2>&1)` -#### Generating Statistics Manually by URL +### Generating Statistics Manually by URL * * The `twiki/bin/statistics` script can also be executed as a CGI script, just enter the URL in your browser. Examples: * Update current month for all webs:
`http://mydomain.com/twiki/bin/statistics` -- cgit v1.2.3