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[Sophus]

I'm working on a website and I know websites have hit counting features, but is there any way to tell if/when/how many times a file or image has been downloaded from your website?

[JillSwift]

The server logs have that sort of information. Most hosting services let you at the logs for your server.
Alternatively, you can have a "through" page. It's just a simple page that automatically starts the download of the file in question, but it can also have a counter on it.

[Sophus]

Thanks Jill!  

I found the file statistics for the day. But I'm guessing those are everything the browser downloads to the Temporary Folder. I don't suppose there's a way to determine if any have been permanently/intentionally downloaded to a machine, would there?

[JillSwift]

Thanks Jill!  

I found the file statistics for the day. But I'm guessing those are everything the browser downloads to the Temporary Folder. I don't suppose there's a way to determine if any have been permanently/intentionally downloaded to a machine, would there?

Not really. Just what was requested by the browser - in fact, if a file download is canceled there's no way to know, either.

Web stats always have some squishy guesswork in 'em.