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?
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.
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?
Quote from: "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?
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.