Keeping a Log of Search Terms Used at the Site

[CarlSaunders]

I'm on version 8.03 and have just tried the exercise on page 78 of the Advanced Users Guide - "Keeping a Log of Search Terms Used at the Site".

I've followed the instructions and the line in my ActinicConstants.pm now looks like:
$::SEARCH_WORD_LOG_FILE = "searchword.log";

I've never used .log files so this may be a dumb question, but I can't get seem to get access to the searchword.log file once it has been created. I've tried downloading it via my ftp programme, and opening it directly from my ftp programme, and in both cases nothing happens.

Could it be somthing to do with the attributes of this file on the server? It's currently set to: -rw------ ?

If not, any other ideas?? Any help appreciated.

[Duncan Rounding]

Are you saying you can't get it downloaded from your site or that you can't open it after downloading?
If you can download it then you can open with Notepad - it's just a text file.
I can't think of any reason why you shouldn't be able to download it from your server though.

[NormanRouxel]

You shouldn't even need FTP. Just opening http://www.mysite.com/acatalog/searchword.log should be enough.

Try it with http://www.mysite.com/acatalog/error.err and see what happens.

However those permissions on searchword.log may need relaxing. Try setting them to 644, make a few searches, and see if that works.

[CarlSaunders]

Thanks

I set it to 644 and managed to open it in my browser. Thanks for your help