RE : AWStats 5.6 beta is ready

AWStats 5.6 Beta is ready
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I am pleased to announce that AWStats 5.6 beta is ready. 

Version 5.6 is an update that fix minor bugs and add new features.

This new version is for the moment a beta version. If you
look for a stable version, please use 5.5.

You can download 5.6 beta from AWStats official web site: 
http://awstats.sourceforge.net 
Beta version is available in tgz package only.


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE/AFTER UPGRADE:
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Note 1:
  You should remove the "robots.txt" and "favicon.ico" entries in the
SkipFiles
  parameter in your config files after updgrading to 5.6. If not done,
the
  "Add to favourites" feature won't work.
Note 2:
  To have the screen size and misc report working, you must add the
following tag
  <script language=javascript
src="/js/awstats_more_tracker.js"></script>
  in your home page.


WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION
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Fixes:
- Domain with no pages hits were always reported as other in domain
chart.
- percent for other in full list of "links for internet search engines"
  has been fixed.

New features/improvments:
- Report compression ratios with mod_deflate feature (Apache 2).
- A better browser detection.
- Can add regex values for a lot of list parameters (HostAliases,
  SkipDNSLookupFor, ...)
- StyleSheet parameter works completely now and sample of CSS files are
  provided.
- Add meta tags robots noindex,nofollow to avoid indexing of stats pages
by
  compliant robots.
- Added a "Miscellanous chart" to report ratio of Browsers that support:
  Java, Flash, Real reader, Quicktime reader, WMA reader, PDF reader.
- "Miscellanous chart" also report the "Add to favourites" (must remove
the
  "robots.txt" and "favicon.ico" entries off your SkipFiles parameter in
your
  config file to have this feature working.
- Update process now try a direct access at last updated record when a
new
  update is ran. If it fails (file changed or wrong checksum of record),
then
  it does a scan from the beginning of file until a new date has been
  reached (This was the only way of working on older version). So now
update
  process is very much faster for thoose who don't purge/rotate their
log
  file between two update process (direct access is faster than full
scan).
- Better look for report pages on Netscape/Mozilla browsers.

Other/Documentation:
- Updated documentation.
- Update wap/imode browser list.



Laurent Destailleur for AWStats.
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EMail: [email protected]
Web: http://awstats.sourceforge.net



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