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Wusage 8.0 Manual
navigation Option
To reach this option in the configuration file editor,
follow these steps:
1. Edit Configuration
2. Configure Reports...
3. Navigation Graph (Site Map)...
4. Create Graph
If you prefer to manually edit your configuration files,
use the following syntax for this option:
Example
#Include the navigation graph
navigation on
#Don't include the navigation graph
navigation off
Description
If this option is turned on and the
optional, free graphviz and ghostscript
programs are installed correctly, the
Navigation Graph (Site Map) (navigation) option creates
a report revealing the true browsing habits of typical users.
This report is created in Portable Document Format (PDF format).
To take advantage of this report, you will need a PDF viewer,
such as the freely available, easily installed
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Because of the tremendous amount of useful information presented,
the graph occupies four printed pages. It is best to print out the report
and give it your full attention.
To create the graph, Wusage determines the most frequent
transitions from page to page. For instance, each time a user moves from
your home page to another page within your site, that is one
page transition. Wusage calculates the
top 50 page transitions (this figure can
be changed), which become the arrows in the
site navigation graph. These arrows connect rectangles which
represent the actual pages on the site.
The thickest arrows indicate the most popular page transitions.
An interpretation key is included in the graph. This key indicates
how many actual page transitions are represented by each arrow.
Note that since only the top 50 page transitions are shown
and not all visitors make a transition between two pages, these
figures are not expected to add up to the overall accesses or visits
to your site as a whole.
Note that only URLs that represent actual pages are included in
this report. This is because Wusage considers only URLs of the
pages object type. If you find that the graph does not include
URLs that you consider to be appropriate, the definition of this object
type can be changed. For more information about object types,
see the Object Types section
of the manual.
The Navigation Graph (Site Map) (documents) option
defaults to on if graphviz and
ghostscript are installed on the system.
THIS FEATURE REQUIRES THAT ADDITIONAL FREE SOFTWARE BE INSTALLED.
The graphviz and ghostscript packages are
required. They are very easy to install. For more information, see the
optional software section of the manual.
See also Top Transitions (toptransitions).
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