Question

Is there a way for me to track the number of files downloaded? I want to get the reverse equivalent of the webstatistic AttachmentUploads (AttachmentDownloads?)... Thanks!

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-- OmarMussa - 12 Aug 2005

Answer

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yes, you need to use you're web server's logs - pub files are not viewed via twiki

-- SvenDowideit - 13 Aug 2005

An enhancement would be to use the same model as shareware portal sites, where each download process is guided through a dedicated download page (there the download starts automatically). Then you could monitor the views of these download pages.

-- ArthurClemens - 13 Aug 2005

that would have to be a totally optional thing, as it would not work for attachements like the css files, the images and anything else a user uploads and then displays in a page.

on a personaly note, I hate those stupid pages. if you click on a file link, the downloading starts, and there is no need fo me to view the sites advertising page (which is the real reason for thier existance)

but yes, i'm sure that it would be interesting for someone to create a download ad page as a plugin.

-- SvenDowideit - 14 Aug 2005

It does not have to contain ads. I was illustrating a way to track download stats.

Example with no ads: if you go to an application I've developed (http://visiblearea.com/visdoc/) and click on Download, you get a download page without ads.

For such an intermediate page, the links in the attachments table could be changed to point to this page with the actual download url as parameter.

-- ArthurClemens - 14 Aug 2005