Expand Logging. It is so seriously lacking.

[OverDriveAdamJ]

Matt,

While you're revamping the ACP. PLEASE finish the logging function and log all of the actions you take. There are like 3x as many actions that go utterly un-logged in the ACP as actually do get logged. Maybe even a "ACP/Moderator Logging Settings" inside of "General Options" that would log far more and give you the option of what to log like

Moderator Logs:

• Log moving of topics through:
  • post form
  • forum inline moderation
  • topic inline moderation
    
    

• Log editing of topic titles and posts content.
  • A before and after for the post (with an optional on/off). Some of us don't care how much space the logs take up and would love to have a depth level we can configure it at. And it does need to have the on/off switch for this option and all of the others as there are people who do like to save space.
    
    

• Log the moving/splittong/merging of topics better.
  • For example, when you split a topic it only gives the source topics ID # and not the ID number of the resulting topic. It is a very incomplete log of what has just occurred and extremely easy to lose said created topic and never have a complete log of it.
    
    

Administrator Logs: [*]Anything else I have not mentioned but has no logs, that too.

• General Settings.
  • Most of the general settings remain utterly un-logged and there are now too many general settings to get any useful information from the logs in their current state.
    
    
  • [*] ACP Skin Manager (on/off switch).
    • [*]A lot as deep as what template / skin set was edited and when. And who. Anything deeper is already handled by the skin state reversion system. As a side note to the reversion system it would be nice to be able to see a reversion history or maybe just the last reversion

[Antony]

+1 :thumbsup:

[FrostedPopTart]

I also support this suggestion. :)

[OverDriveAdamJ]

I'm relieved that others agree with me. It's a shame IPB does not have this logging from the start, but I hope it does get resolved and added to the IPB 2.1 release.

[Yuksel]

+1

Dont forget the logging of the moderator actions "Set Visible" "Set invisible" for posts and topics.

[Andrew S.]

I agree that this would all be a good idea, and btw oZaD the logging for Set Visible and Set Invisible is already there so need to readd it again if it's already in there...:P

[Chatgroup]

A good addition, but certainly allow you to disable logging for things for large boards.

There is a desperate need for Wiki style edit history on forums.

[OverDriveAdamJ]

*shameless bump*

This needs implemented badly. Lacking logs is bad.

[mitty]

I also agree- logs are extremly important for figuring out when and how stuff happened and who did them. IPB does some logging now, but I think there should be even more. Keep up the good work :thumbsup:

[krocheck]

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[[HT]Defiant]

+1
IZE has mods...but default topic notes, mod notes on members, etc.

[Logan]

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