XOOPStats 0.60 Ready for Registered Users - Testing
Date 2005/10/17 15:46:50 | Topic: Modules
| XOOPStats version 0.60 is now ready for registered users to begin testing. The obvious bugs have been squashed, but I am sure there are a few that may need fixing! Your participation in testing is really appreciated!
There are a lot of new features in this version. After taking a look at all of the suggestions, watching the recent build-up of referer spam, and just trying to figure out how to make this the most useful stats for XOOPS - I think we're close!
This version has the following features:
* Security Checkers
* DoS Attack
* Method Checker
* IP Checker
Modified the referer blacklist to actually block them from your site. No need to have unwanted traffic, and they aren't really traffic for you anyway.
Modified the menu system so that anonymous can't view any referers to your site. The exception is blocks. You still have the freedom to do anything you want there!
New Languages!
* Spanish - josespi (http://www.planpasperu.org.pe)
* (Added the following bots
* Added bot wwwster to the list (uni-muenchen.de)
* Added ZyBorg to the list (not a good acting bot - ignores robots.txt)
* Added sherlock and accomplice holmes - both bad, you should block them!
* Added ConveraCrawler - jury is out, but can drain your bandwidth!
* Added "seer" - pronounced "see-er" - Alternate search bots
* Added "claymont" - alternate search bot
* Added tracking of IP to Referer - ADMIN Function
* Fixed a small problem where query and fragments were not supported by Windows flavor servers - (BLAH Windows!)
* Fixed a small problem when displaying PHP Credits in the ADMIN section
* Fixed problem when showing hit details for following month in a given year
* Fixed a division by zero  (0) problem
* Fixed a problem initializing a variable in statutils.php
* Added counters for blocked bots and referers
* Added details page for blocked hits - Year, Month, Day, and Hour
* Added auto-purge option for referers list (in case it gets too big, and the webmaster isn't paying attention!)
* Added Preferences for REFERER SPAM -
-- Forbidden - blocked from site
-- Reflect - Redirected to the referer address - kind of evil ;->
-- Redirection works by stripping 'domain.tld' from the fully qualifed name 'http://somewhere.domain.tld' and redirecting to just 'http://domain.tld' where domain is the main domain name and tld is the top level domain such as .com, .net, .org, or whatever it may be.
-- Ignore - counts them, but doesn't show them
-- Allow - Does nothing
* Added Preferences for Filtering of IP addresses from hits counter - webmaster feature. I.e. - If a webmaster is maintaining the site a lot, and doesn't want to be counted.
Switch to turn it ON or off - defualt is OFF
* IP address entry of IP's you don't want to count.
This option is NOT intended to block the IP, just not count the visit from the IP. It is for Webmasters that are monitoring their sites, and don't want to count their visits, etc.
Added Preferences to allow the entry of bot names to track and count.
* Added Preferences to enter and block identified bots from the site
Swith to turn it ON or OFF - default is OFF
Entry for the bots/harvesters/copyright checkers, etc. that you want to block
In most cases, everything is pre-populated based on research I have done over the last several weeks. you may want to make adjustments to your particular site.
Please submit bugs in the Forums, I will track them and work them as they come in.
If you can provide translation updates, or new languages, I will be glad to give you credit in the public release! You can see those who have already contributed!
Get your copy of XOOPStats today!
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