What's new in Web Log Storming 3.5 Build 738
Oct 9, 2022
- Multiple websites for Apache Combined
- Downloading log files via FTPS (FTP over TLS/SSL) supported now
- Faster file size checking operations (used throughout application)
- Better KnownFiles handling
- WhoIs button to lookup IP address (Single Session report)
- Change application font to Segoe UI
- Sort files before reading
- Cleanup project files of unnecessary remains on save
- Update IP locations database
- Updated OS/Browsers
- HTTP(S) log file downloading: follow redirection
- Autoupdate doesn't work
- Adds cached files for analyzing even if dates are outside the range
- Cancel parsing freezes when reading from Cache
- Occasional phantom threads on exit
- Cache presence wasn't always checked if multiple locations are defined
- After Back report, parameters should be reverted
- Check for updates window dark theme problem
- Access Violation in AdvGrid in some occasions
- Few other small bug fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.4 Build 705 (Jun 1, 2020)
- Multiple domains: add host name as page prefix
- Search log file locations recursively
- Multiple domains option ON and empty own domain name, now it will show all websites
New in Web Log Storming 3.3.1 Build 697 (Dec 21, 2019)
- Better handling of wls/user_id cookies
- Parameters by IPv6 not working correctly
- IPv6 sorting improved
- Better session detection
- Resolved domains duplicates
- Few other small bug fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.3 Build 691 (Mar 27, 2019)
- Added Windows 10, Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi
- Use IIS cookie information as Cookie ID
- Update Country/City IP database
- When "Consider queries..." is on, query part should be converted to lowercase too
- "JavaScript Only" option appears in Standard version when cycling
- Few other minor fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.2 Build 673 (Mar 27, 2019)
- Added Windows 10, Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi
- Use IIS cookie information as Cookie ID
- Update Country/City IP database
- When "Consider queries..." is on, query part should be converted to lowercase too
- "JavaScript Only" option appears in Standard version when cycling
- Few other minor fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.1 Build 665 (Mar 27, 2019)
- New File parameter: "Show only files matching"
- Analyzing speed significantly improved when using hybrid analysis
- Number of problems with "Consider queries as part of filename" option
- Few other minor fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.0 Build 658 (Mar 30, 2015)
- Hybrid (combined log file and JavaScript) analysis (Pro only)
- New report and parameter: Query parts
- New report and parameter: Time spent
- New report and parameter: Cookie ID (Pro only and if Hybrid is used)
- New report and parameter: Screen Resolution (Pro only and if Hybrid is used)
- Log file caching
- Support for IPv6
- List reports can be viewed as charts now, and vice versa
- Right click shortcut to any report, for quicker navigation
- Exported reports can be limited to currently selected parameters
- Updated Export look
- Update IP-to-Country database
- Update user agents and browsers
- Short tutorials in upon start and Project Edit
- Number of other minor fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 3.0 Build 652 PreRelease (Feb 16, 2015)
- Page tagging / hybrid analysis (Pro version only):
- One of most important additions is page tagging feature (so-called "hybrid" analysis). Basically, major drawback of using log analyzers instead of script-based analytics is eliminated now, while keeping all benefits. In addition, by using Web Log Storming's scripts, there is no contact to third-parties - all data stays on your server and your website loading speed won't be affected much, almost not at all.
- Better visitor and spider detection
- Additional reports such are: Cookie IDs, Screen Resolutions and more accurate Time Spent report
- Script is hosted on your server
- No additional databases - data is kept in regular server log file
- Other than uploading script and including one line on your pages, no additional configuration is required
- Using this feature is recommended, as there is no much reason not to, but not mandatory. If you don't use it, Web Log Storming will continue working as with previous versions.
- Redesigned reports:
- All reports now have both, list and chart representations and consistent right-click menus.
- You are able to see any list report as chart now (as pies or as horizontal bars, depending on report)
- Old Pie reports became both list and chart reports
- Old Trend reports are also presented as a sortable lists, with additional columns for averages and goals
- New reports:
- Query Parts
- Time Spent
- Cookie IDs (Pro only, page tagging required)
- Screen Resolutions (Pro only, page tagging required)
- Additional browsing capability:
- How many times you clicked on item in report to get related sessions, then immediately right-click on left-hand report tree and choose "Keep parameters and select", to see another report based on selected item? (If you didn’t, you are seriously missing one of unique features of Web Log Storming.) You will be happy to hear that, from the next version, you can do the same by right-clicking on list item (or bar or pie slice) and choose any of available reports or bookmarks directly.
- Log file caching:
- Parsed data can now be saved to cache files, so the next reading is faster. If used, naturally, the first reading will be slower, a bit more if you decide to keep cache compressed. Each user should decide which option combination works best.
- Optimized code and other changes:
- In the process, we’ve re-inspected and changed lot of program code, keeping in mind typical hardware differences compared to years back. As a result, some parts of underlying analysis routines are better optimized, faster and more stable. There is more other small and medium improvements such are optional limiting export data to current parameters, support for IPv6, updated IP-to-location, browsers, operating systems, nicer exported reports etc.
New in Web Log Storming 2.9.1 Build 625 (Aug 18, 2014)
- Add double quotes when drilling down for domain name
- Custom resolving URL improved
- Regions not recognized correctly
New in Web Log Storming 2.9 Build 622 (Mar 14, 2014)
- Better Files/Pages/Images reports when combined with file parameters
- Unavailable search phrases (not provided) are displayed as "-" to avoid confusion
- IP to country/region/city database updated
- Sessions without any referrer info are not considered as spiders anymore
- Better behavior when error happens in log file reading thread
- Fixed detection of countries (no more ".RD")
- Referrer grouping fixed (all "*.yahoo" or "*.facebook" domains are now grouped as "yahoo" and "facebook")
- Several other minor fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.8.2 Build 615 (Mar 14, 2014)
- Displaying UTF-8 encoded search phrases and words
- Delete, edit and copy buttons always disabled in Project Properties
New in Web Log Storming 2.8.1 Build 613 (Mar 14, 2014)
- Inability to extract log files to temp folder in some cases on Vista+
- Few GUI adjustments
New in Web Log Storming 2.8 Build 611 (Feb 15, 2013)
- Spider identification
- Custom IP resolving
New in Web Log Storming 2.7 Build 598 (Sep 5, 2012)
- Goals Tabbed reports Six new report types (including cities and regions)
- New parameters and global filters
- Better speed and stability
- Other usability / user interface improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.6.1 Build 591 (Nov 2, 2011)
- Configure font for report list and tree
- Export reports to HTML now works agan
- Extend max. clipboard and report lines to more than 9999
- Sample data problem
- Few other minor problems
New in Web Log Storming 2.6 Build 585 (Sep 28, 2011)
- Most important tangible change is introduction of Bounce rate metrics; now you can see how much visitors leave after visiting just one page. This metrics is included in the Overview report, but also on pages, referrer and search keywords reports. This way you can easily see how well specific page or referrer is performing.
- Another important change is eliminating problems with Windows 7 64-bit. The problem didn’t happen on all systems and it was related to a third-party software protection system that we were using in combination with some anti-virus/firewall software. Well, it shouldn’t happen anymore, and if it does, by all means, please let us know. If your old registration data isn’t automatically updated, please try to enter your key again.
- We also updated Operating System and Browser lists and fixed some cosmetic and minor bugs.
New in Web Log Storming 2.5.1 Build 579 (Jun 15, 2011)
- Tabbed reports
- Six new report types (including cities and regions)
- New parameters and global filters
- Better speed and stability
- Other usability / user interface improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.5 Build 576 (Apr 22, 2011)
- Better spider detection (possibly reduced number of Human visitors in reports)
- Spider visual indication (marked gray)
- Problems with downloading log files from HTTPS
- Problems with some User Access Control settings on Vista and Windows 7
- In some cases referrer was not correctly recognized
- Friendlier message when project file (.wls) doesn’t exist
- Other minor and medium bug fixes and improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.4.1 Build 561 (Nov 24, 2010)
- Goals
- Tabbed reports
- Six new report types (including cities and regions)
- New parameters and global filters
- Better speed and stability
- Other usability / user interface improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.4 Build 554 (Jun 10, 2010)
- Option to automatically delete old log files from FTP server
- Remove project (*.wls) files from the recent list
- Minimize button on resolving progress - option to play a sound when finished
- Minor visual design improvements
- Disappearing controls after pressing Alt in Vista / Win7
- "Multiple sites in one log file" problem with some formats
- Possible problems with user access control in Vista / Win7
- Update horizontal scroll bar after resizing columns
- List flickering while scrolling
- Several other bug fixes and tweaks
New in Web Log Storming 2.3.1 Build 538 (Jan 15, 2010)
- Editing/Updating bookmarks problems
- Error when there is no log files to be loaded when Autoresolving is turned on
- Correctly recognized Unix Epoch time format
- Authenticated user strange value with IIS in some cases
- & Remove date filer after dropping log file directly to window
New in Web Log Storming 2.3 Build 533 (Nov 3, 2009)
- Easier global file filters editing
- Session list -> Right-click -> possibility to remove all current parameters
- Copy to clipboard from Session details
- Automatically resolve host names option
- Autoload last file option
- If global file filters are empty WLS now offers an easy setup
- Sample log data improved
- Report column widths saving problem after Back/Forward
- 120 DPI layout fixed
New in Web Log Storming 2.1 Build 501 (Jul 7, 2009)
- Goals
- Tabbed reports
- Six new report types (including cities and regions)
- New parameters and global filters
- Better speed and stability
- Other usability / user interface improvements
New in Web Log Storming 2.0 Build 485 (May 26, 2009)
- Goals
- Each report now contains additional columns showing counts and conversion percentages for the specific goal. You can edit goals in a same way you edit File parameters.
- Goal conversion values allow you to easily examine how useful are specific metrics (referrers, entry pages, etc). Some of obvious benefits: stop wasting advertising money on ineffective traffic, find and improve pages that convert badly, etc.
- Tabbed reports
- You can open reports in separate tabs for easier comparison.
- New reports
- All files
- File types
- Cities
- Regions
- Visitor domains
- Authenticated users
- Adding prefix to files for specific log files
- When you host several websites on same account and merge all log files into composite reports, you can define prefixes to easily distinguish them (for example, /index.html becomes /website1/index.html).
- Moving average
- In addition to Average line, Trend reports now also show Moving average (based on arbitrary number of last values).
- Parsing errors option added
- If there are problems with your log file format, you can easily see them or send them to us for analysis.
- Speed improvement
- Regardless of new analyzing features (goals, new parameters, new reports), processing speed is improved.
- Other changes
- No more waiting to recalculate report on Back/Forward
- Search through list reports
- Lock specific parameters page to avoid using "Keep parameters and select"
- Hit/Session bandwidth parameter
- Status and zero-bandwidth hits global filters
- Bookmarks can be assigned to one or are global for all projects
- Possibility to retry/abort on download error
- Possibility to easily hide specific file types in hit reports (checkboxes at the bottom)
- Spider list editing
- In addition to F5, you can now refresh report by pressing Enter key in Parameters panel
- Multi-select in log file location editor
- User interface redesign and other various improvements
New in Web Log Storming 1.8 build 407 (Jun 15, 2007)
- Microsoft Vista support
- Some GUI icons changed
- Problem with one specific log file format fixed
- FTP download path losing initial "/"
- Occasional I/O Error 32 after second FTP download attempt fixed