The User Actions Log provides a global overview of selected activities on your website.
The User Actions Log enables you to monitor whatever changes you and others have made to your website's content and configuration.
When sending of User Actions Log Notification emails is enabled in the User Screen of an Administrator, the Administrator will be immediately notified by email when a change occurs.
See last section of this article for more about User Actions Log Notification Emails.
Open the User Actions Log Screen
Select Users from the Home Dashboard screen
You will find the User Actions Log Menu Link in the Sidebar Menu after opening the Users screen.
See image below.
The User Actions Log Screen
To configure the User Actions Log settings, select the Options button from the top right of the screen.
Read more about settings in the next section of this article.
User Actions Log Settings
We recommend you choose the options indicated in the image below.
IP Logging is useful to help identify user location.
Logging most events is recommended.
The ones we don't log in our own website are:
- Cache,
- Checkin, and
- Redirects.
Reason: to reduce the number of emails we receive to notify us of logged user actions.
In other words, changes made to website content.
Read more about User Actions Log Notification Emails in the next section of this article.
User Actions Log Notification Emails
When you change your Super User settings in the Users screen (see next section of this article) to activate the sending of User Actions Log Notification Emails then you will receive an email every time a change is made to website content.
Note: there are some changes which will not be notified.
The format of the Notification Email can be viewed in the Mail Templates screen of your website's Dashboard.
You can also customise the Notification Mail Template in this screen.
Read more: Mail Templates Screen.
Enable sending of User Actions Log Notification Emails
The User Actions Log Options tab in the User Screen of an Administrator is where you can enable the sending of Email Notifications.
See image below.
Email Notifications = No, by default.
Events to Email = add/remove options to suit the needs of an individual Administrator.
Note:
The tab will not be visible in the User Screen for users who are not Administrators.
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