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Release 2.21<BR>
Copyright © 1999-2003 <A HREF="http://www.wadsack-allen.com/">Wadsack-Allen</A>.<BR>
Portions copyright © 1999 DNS.<BR>
All Rights Reserved. See the <A HREF="license.html">license information</A><BR>
<H1>Introduction</H1>
<P>With Report Magic for Analog, everyone can create great looking website
statistics reports. Report Magic for Analog uses the <B>Computer Readable
Output</B> format created by
<A HREF="http://www.analog.cx/">Analog</A>, the most
popular logfile analyser in the world. Using this and some simple settings
you provide, Report Magic formats beautiful reports with tables,
descriptions and graphs.</P>
<P>Using Report Magic for Analog, you can easily maintain a consistent
company image with all your reports. By designing the report format to mimic
your site's colors and graphics, you can have Analog's statistics reports
seem to "fit-in" with the rest of your website. Report Magic for Analog lets
you set things like font, foreground and background colors, background
images, color themes, and more, thus ensuring a perfect fit with your
already desiged site.</P>
<P>This documentation is divided into several section, that are briefly
highlighted below.</P>
<h3><a href="overview.html">Quick Start</a></h3>
<p>To learn more about Report Magic for Analog, especially if this is your
first time using it, start here. This gives you a step-by-step guide to
setting up Report Magic to format your website statistics reports.</p>
<h3><a href="whatsnew.html">What's New</a></h3>
<p><a href="whatsnew.html">What's New</a> gives a brief overview of the new
features the latest versions has to offer. Look this over if you're upgrading
to see what has been changed.</p>
<h3>Changing the Language</h3>
<p>Report Magic can produce reports in several languages. To configure Report Magic
to run in a different langauge set the <code>Language</code> setting in the
<code>[statistics]</code> section of your settings file for the reports you're
running.</p>
<h3><a href="cgi.html">Running From CGI</a></h3>
<p>You can <a href="cgi.html">run Report Magic as a CGI program</a> to provide instant
response from a web-based form. To do this you will have to configure some options,
including telling it where to find Analog.</p>
<h3>Samples</h3>
<p>If you prefer to learn by example, then check out the <code>samples</code>
folder in the distribution. These settings files and stylesheets can help you
learn some tricks for improving the integration of your statistics with your
website.</p>
<H3>Last-Minute</H3>
<P>If you have not already read the <A HREF="../readme.txt">Readme File</A>
be sure to check it for last minute changes and notices.</P>
<H3>Troubleshooting</H3>
<P>If you're having problems with Report Magic and you think everything is
set up right, take a look at the <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A> for solutions
to some common problems. If that doesn't solve it, go to the
<A HREF="http://www.reportmagic.org/bugs.html">Bugs
Page</A> online to see if a patch is available or a quick solution. If neither
of these works, you can sign up for the
<a href="http://www.reportmagic.org/lists.html">Report Magic Help mailing list</a>
and post your questions there.</P>
<H3>References</H3>
<P>The configuration commands used in your settings file are listed and
described in <A HREF="config.html">Building your Settings File</A>. The
letters (and letter combinations) used for some of the settings to specify
columns or report are listed in the <A HREF="columns.html">Columns
Reference</A>. An overview of the formats for the settings file are in
the <A HREF="filefmts.html">File Formats Reference</A> and a detailed
discussion of the date formats used in the settings file and the language
and definition files is in the <A HREF="datefmts.html">Date Format Reference</A>.</P>
<h3><a href="advanced.html">Advanced Options</a></h3>
<p>If you're familiar with Report Magic and want to do more, check out the
<a href="advanced.html">advanced options</a> page for more technical ideas.</p>
<H3><A HREF="thanks.html">Acknowledgments</A></H3>
<P>Many people have helped to make Report Magic portable, international,
fast and possbile. In fact, there's a whole page devoted just to them.
<A HREF="thanks.html">See here</A>.</P>
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