Web Log Storming

Actual version: 2.3.1, build 538

Change History

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"+" (features added)
"&" (improvements)
"*" (bugs fixed)

Version 2.3.1, build 538

* Editing/Updating bookmarks problems
* Error when there is no log files to be loaded when Autoresolving is turned on
* Correctly recognized Unix Epoch time format
* Authenticated user strange value with IIS in some cases
& Remove date filer after dropping log file directly to window

Version 2.3, build 533

+ Easier global file filters editing
+ Session list -> Right-click -> possibility to remove all current parameters
+ Copy to clipboard from Session details
+ Automatically resolve host names option
+ Autoload last file option
& If global file filters are empty WLS now offers an easy setup
& Sample log data improved
* Report column widths saving problem after Back/Forward
* 120 DPI layout fixed

Version 2.2.2, build 524

* Better spider detection (upper/lower case problem)
* Some settings (filters) left on new project or drag & drop from Windows Explorer
* Problem when log file is empty (vlador)
* Keep parameters and select Page/File/Image when file parameter is already defined
* Wrong data set on Referrer Groups -> Individual Referrers -> Click on item
* EListError in goal editing under some circumstances

Version 2.2.1, build 517

+ Copy graph as raw (text) data
* Goals in Trends report when grouping is not by day and when averages are displayed
* No State (Region) name for USA

Version 2.2, build 511

Contains several bug fixes and few improvements

+ New option for file reports: Add to global filters
+ New option: Manually edit host names
+ Exact phrase option added for spiders recognition (enclose it in [brackets])
& IP-to-city/region/country database updated
& Two editions introducted: Standard and Professional
& Trial welcome screen redesigned
* Host resolving problem
* Problem with selecting date range in project properties window
* Other minor bugs fixed

Version 2.1, build 501

Contains several bug fixes and few improvements

+ Goal lines in visitors trend added
+ "Add to spiders" option added to Raw User Agents report
+ Advanced editors: Edit with text editor button

& Report generation speed improved
& Query parameter speed improved
& Based on IP/Timeout switch is now saved
& Error window redesign

* Commas in search phrase weren't treated properly while browsing
* "Read between" date global filter problem
* Host global filter when there is no IP in log files
* Error when computer wakes from Sleep/Hibernate
* Problem when there's only one session in log files
* Other small bug fixes

Version 2.0.1, build 489

Contains several bug fixes and small improvements

& Unicode logs are readable now (high bytes removed)
& Search Previous (Shift+F3) option added
& Added Windows 7 recognition text
* Error after adding a goal through File parameters
* Saving report column widths problem fixed
* Error while searching in Sessions report

Version 2.0, build 485

Major update (not free - discount for existing users)

Please check What's New web page for details

+ Goals
+ Tabbed reports
+ Six new report types (including cities and regions)
+ New parameters and global filters
& Better speed and stability
& Other usability / user interface improvements

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Version 1.8, build 407

& Microsoft Vista support
& Some GUI icons changed

* Problem with one specific log file format fixed
* FTP download path losing initial "/"
* Occasional I/O Error 32 after second FTP download attempt fixed

Version 1.7.2, build 401

* Confusion when there is a "?" mark without query
* Problem when time zone is not presented in +xyzw format
* Problem when user agent is enclosed in [] instead of ""

Version 1.7.1, build 393

* When system date format is dd-MMM-yy or dd-MMM-yyyy parsing doesn't work well

Version 1.7, build 391

+ Option to consider query as part of the filename
+ Multiple sites in one log file

& Log file reading time improved for up to 50%
 & Check for updates redesign
& Filter editor improvement

* Error when closing Options dialog when no log files are loaded
* Resolved problems with some log file formats

Version 1.6.2, build 383

+ Wildcard operator "except" ("|") introduced

* No date in each line W3C log files problem
* Both resolved host and IP in Apache log file problem
* W3C log file format problem if there is no "#Software" line

Version 1.6.1, build 377

& Sorting bookmarks

* Export doesn't work

Version 1.6, build 375

+ Print report option

& More visible item highlight after "Back"

* Log file location: edit local path issues
* Sometimes "\" paths appear in the project file

Version 1.5.5, build 370

& Trend report: default group by when viewing less than one day should be by hour
& Save last All/Human/Spider setting
& Quick start redesign

* Session timeout is not properly calculated
* Show sessions from domain (should be host)
* Hit colors changing
* Renaming bookmark should rename title

Version 1.5.4, build 362

* Various host resolving issues


Version 1.5.3, build 360

& Different animation when downloading log file

* Problem with recognizing some IIS log files
* Sometimes log file is read more than once
* Occasional AV when closing application
* Browse for local folder button in HTTP log file location doesn't work
* Problem after resizing report tree to zero
* Recent Files list is enabled while processing log files

Version 1.5.2, build 354

* Blocks before reading some extremely large gzip files
* Problem with parsing Apache log files with own domain listed in it

Version 1.5.1, build 352

* Bug with reading files with quoted filenames

Version 1.5, build 351

+ Download log files from FTP/HTTP servers
+ Export reports to HTML
+ Spider filtering options
+ Send report by E-mail

& File|Open - log files can be selected now, not only WLS files
& Trend Value Type "Percentage" introduced
& Multiple own domains now supported
& Option to convert requests to lowercase
& Show raw user agent in the session details
& User need to confirm first auto-update connecting
& Updated IP to Country database
& Other minor improvements

* Mouse Wheel above parameters could crash the application
* IP/Host Global Filter problems
* Width of left area resets after restart
* Sometimes file is not decompressed and loaded
* Duplicate hit imported under special circumstances
* Ctrl+C when parameter field is focused
* "Info" button is not visible on some reports
* Report title image is not correctly updated when going Back and Forward
* Parameter list of countries is not sorted
* Sometimes Forward button is not disabled when needed
* Other minor bugs fixed

Version 1.4.4, build 336

& Updated IP to Country database
& Minor user interface enhancements
& Developing tool updated

Version 1.4.3, build 335

* "Invalid operation" error in trend reports on some systems

Version 1.4.2, build 334

* Sample data problem

Version 1.4.1, build 333

* AV when no log files defined