| After the site is complete and live, your site analysis changes emphasis from the development of the site to its usage, and it is critical that you track this information if you want to truly serve your visitors and achieve best practices. Dreamweaver, however, doesn't offer any tools for tracking usage statistics. The Macromedia Exchange contains some extensions to enable counters, but these are commercial products that charge a fee to be enabled on your site. Many Web hosting services offer tools to allow their clients to track usage on their sites. Also, several free and commercial services are available to track these statistics. It generally requires some manual labor to insert the necessary code into your site, but they'll provide you with additional information about your site's usage and the demographics of your visitors. To learn more about statistics, check first with your Web service provider or systems administrator to see whether preexisting tools are on your servers. If not, you might want to look into a free service, such as www.freestats.com. | 