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Site specific statistics disappeared

Author: E.Geier (14 Sep 08 7:24am)

Why did the site specific statistics disappear on the newly relaunched project site? Will this come back? Just now I can select only "Global Statistics" from the drop-down menu.

Re: Site specific statistics disappeared

Author: M.Prince (15 Sep 08 9:37am)

We intend to bring everything back and more. While the changes may not look significant from the front-end, the back-end changes we made to the Project are massive. It will take a bit of time to get all the features working again with our new database schema. Watch for site-specific reports and many other new features not previously available to come online in the coming weeks.

As an aside, we're now turning our attention to redesigning the Project Honey Pot UI generally. There's a ton of data that our current interface does not expose. We're going to begin working to modernize the website and make it more functional. Unlike the last change that required us to be offline for several weeks, we don't anticipate significant downtime as revamp the site.

Re: Site specific statistics disappeared

Author: E.Geier (16 Sep 08 7:31am)

Great, thanks! Sounds aweful.

Re: Site specific statistics disappeared

Author: M.Prince (16 Sep 08 3:59pm)

Yes. Was surprisingly awful. Turns out that receiving, indexing, cataloging, and associating a significant number of spam messages each day is a relatively complex database challenge. The systems we had in place when we began the Project worked to a point. Our new system should hold up for at least a while at current growth rates. It also scales much more elegantly as we get bigger. We're excited to see what the new platform will allow us to do.