Technical

MetaTraffic is a web application written in VBScript using Active Server Pages (ASP). The application uses a database to log activity on your web site. MetaTraffic supports MS Access, SQL Server or MySQL.

MetaTraffic requires a snippet of code in each web page on your site in order to track activity to that page. There are several different tracking options; the one you use depends on your site setup and the type of files you are tracking. MetaTraffic supports the following tracking methods:

• JavaScript for tracking any type of HTML page
• ASP Includes for ASP pages only
• Redirects for downloads and multimedia files

Mandatory Server Requirements

• IIS 5.0 or greater hosted web site (supporting ASP 3.0 and Visual Basic Scripting Edition v5.0 or above)
• Read / Write / Script permissions to the MetaTraffic installation folder.

MS Access

• Microsoft Jet OLEDB v4.0 drivers installed on IIS machine (for accessing the MS Access database)
• Read / Write permissions on the MS Access database (db.mdb)
• Delete permissions on the database (used for Compact / Repair in maintenance functions)

SQL Server

• SQL Server 7, 2000 or 2005 Server with SQL Server drivers installed on IIS Machine
• Table creation privileges on database to use full functionality of the setup program (usually DBO or SA account)
• DataReader / DataWriter permissions for normal operation

MySQL

• MySQL v4.1 (or greater) with myODBC 3.51 drivers installed on IIS Machine
• Table creation privileges on database to use full functionality of the setup program
• SELECT / DELETE / INSERT privileges on database for normal operation

Optional Server Requirements

• Reverse DNS Lookup enabled in IIS -- Shows the hostname of the visitor in the Who's Online report (See this Microsoft Knowledge Base Article for more information on enabling reverse DNS lookups in IIS.)
  
  Note: Enabling the reverse lookup feature in IIS can severely impact performance and should only be considered on low traffic web sites.

Minimum Browser Requirements

• The following minimum browser versions have been tested to work properly with MetaTraffic's web based reports and administration:
• Internet Explorer 6.0
• Firefox 1.5
• Netscape 6.2
• Some javascript and stylesheet properties may cause problems in earlier browser versions. You must have cookies and javascript enabled to login and use MetaTraffic properly.