Traffic, Visitors, Statistics

To get the most comprehensive information about your site's usage and traffic you should enable and configure the Google Analytics module In addition to taking advantage of the logs and reports explained below. For more information, see the Google Analytics module help page.

• Status report - The state of the underlying configuration and software running your Drupal Gardens site. If you see any red warning messages here, contact Drupal Gardens support.
• Recent log entries - Everything that is going on under the hood of your Drupal Gardens site. "Filter log messages" - Filter by message type and severity. If you see any red warning messages here, contact Drupal Gardens support. "Clear log messages" - Clear your site's log record.
• Field list - The name and type of all fields on your site and the content type(s) where they are used. For more information about fields and their use see the Custom and customized content types help page.
• Mollom statistics - Spam blocking activity by Mollom on your site. For more information about Mollom, see the Mollom help page.
• Recent hits - The most recent visitor hits and page views on your site.
• Top 'access denied' errors and Top 'page not found' errors - The most commonly hit URLs for which the user in question does not have access permissions or for pages that do not exist on your site. These lists are worth monitoring for two common problems:
  • Broken links - Track down and fix incorrect links within your site or from external referrers.
  • Hacker attacks - Watch for patterns of systematic probing of your site. Make sure your user role and permission settings are as secure as possible for the workflow of your site. Report any extreme or unusual problems to Drupal Gardens support.
• Top referrers - The external links that bring the most visitors to your site. For deeper and more comprehensive information about your site visitors and their habits, enable and configure the Google Analytics module.
• Top search phrases - The most commonly searched for terms on your website.
• Top pages and Top visitors - Most viewed pages and most frequent visitors to your site. For your site to log this information, you must enable and configure the statistics module:
  1. Select the Statistic module's checkbox on on the Modules page and click "Save configuration".
  2. Go to its configuration page at Configuration > Statistics.
  3. Access log settings
     • Select the "enable access log" checkbox.
     • Select how long logs should be kept under "Discard access logs older than".
  4. Content viewing counter settings
     • Select the "Count content views" checkbox.
  5. Click "Save configuration".