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To view the raw log files for your account, Domainz recommends that you
download them via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and view them on your local
computer.
To view the raw log files,
perform the following steps:
 In
the following article, the FTP program WS_FTP LE was used. Depending upon
what FTP program you are using, the steps may vary.
 Connect to your site using WS_FTP. (You will
first need to have correctly installed and configured this program)
 From the Remote Site box, double-click stats.
 From the Local System drop-down menu, navigate
to the directory to which you want to store your log file.
In
this example, C:\My_Log_Files is used.
 Click to select ASCII.
 From the Remote Site box, scroll to the
preferred log file.
There
are two types of log files that are associated with your Web site: access
log files and FTP transfer log files. In the syntax examples shown below,
YYYY refers to the year, MM refers to the month, and DD refers to the date:
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Access Log Files:
These log files provide you with information regarding the Web (HTTP)
usage on your Web site. The filename syntax used by these log files is
<prefix>access_log.YYYYMMDD.
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Your current (most
recent) access log file uses a www. prefix. It has a filename such as
www.access_log.20040121.
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Your old access log
files use old_ as their prefix. A typical old log file has a filename
such as old_www.access.log.20040114.
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FTP Transfer Log
Files: These log files (sometimes referred to as xfer files) provide you
with information regarding the anonymous FTP uploads and downloads that
have taken place on your Web site. The filename syntax used by these log
files is xfer_log.YYYYMMDD.
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Your current FTP
transfer log file uses an ftp. prefix. It has a filename such as
ftp://ftp.xfer_log.20040121/.
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Your old FTP transfer
log files use old_ as their prefix. A typical old FTP transfer log file
has a filename such as old_xfer_log.20040114.
 Click to select the preferred log file. Click
the Left Transfer Arrow.
In
this example, xferlog is used.
 From the desktop, right-click Start and click
Explore.
 From the Windows Explorer window, navigate to
the location of the log file. Double-click the log file.
 From the Open With dialog box, click to choose
a text manipulation program such as Notepad, and click OK.
The
log file will display in the program of your choice.
If
you plan on using your log files to debug the code on your site (for
example, ASP/ASP.net code), you will first need to insert debugging code
into your script. This is suggested as the errors that are logged in the
access log files are usually only the generic HTTP error codes (404 Error,
401 Error, etc.).
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