Add Something to the moderator Log
 

I have some customized pages. I need to track which mods are doing what with these pages. I want to use the

log_moderator_action() function. However, I am having issues getting ti to work correctly. Does anyone have a tutorial on this? I searched and came up empty.

I don't know of a tutorial. I've seen it done a couple of different ways - just download a modification that does it and see how they do it. There are two hook locations available though - fetch_modlogactions and fetch_modlogtypes

lynne do you know of a good one to look at? I searched but without knowing one that does this, it is difficult.

A quick look at the products on my test site shows this product name - Change Threads Prefix Inline. Search for that and take a look at what they did.

Thanks Lynee

--------------- Added [DATE]1234149678[/DATE] at [TIME]1234149678[/TIME] ---------------

okay, another question regarding this. I got the code working to add it ot the moderator log. However, I want to put some information into Info column. I checked out the code and I am not seeing a way to do this without editing the php code on the forums/admincp/modlog.php page and most likely the includes/functions_log_error.php page. Is there a way of doing this without editing the php code. If not, anyone have a good mod to reference to figure out how to do this?

Any suggestions on this? It would be greatly appreciated.

The info column? What is your call to enter something into the log? Are you putting something in for the $action?

From the API:

Lynne,

I am using :

The Action is showing up, however I am using 3.5 and there is an information column as well. Typically this displays what this action is being applied to. In most cases this is a thread / post and it displays the thread or post and then the forum it is in. I want to add an additional item that can be displayed there. It is for a trade manager that is integrated with one of the feedback systems here. I need to know when a moderator changes the status of a trade. I can currently insert the change, but it is not directly connected to a trade, like a typical log would have an attached thread/post.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Perhaps this will help.

For a mod I wrote, I have this line:
The phrase 'thread_verified_x_reason_y_hold_z' is:
So from my statement, it actually translates into this in the log:

OR (example)
A verifiy status of 2 means it's a questionable thread, the reason being #3 and the thread is not on hold. (It doesn't really matter exactly except that I and the mods understand that line.) I passed it variables which it entered into the log.

Is that what you are wanting to do?