Would be interested in a user log showing whose been on and when.
I know there is a log of who is on in the last 15 minutes but thats not what I am looking for.
Admin -> Members -> Members -> View All Members -> Sort by Last Online
Hello,
I don't see what your message has to do with what I am looking for.
Im looking for a log that shows what users have been on the forum and what they have looked at.
This would be for ADMIN eyes only or able to be permissioned just like a board.
Please avoid using formatting of your text (especially size) whenever possible. Makes it easier for us on our phones. ~ Steve
Well, the path I gave you is to find information you asked for. If you wanted something else, you really should have said so. Now, about logging exact times and actions - That's a no from me.
Also, making your font larger and brighter does NOT make it easier to read. Please stop that.
This would be better suited as a mod imo rather than a built in feature.
also it would greatly increase the size of the database especially if the forum is active or has a large user base.
Definitely. To both.
The "what they have looked at" is the problem. SMF keeps enough of that online to help keep track of what's NEW & what's not. But that isn't stored permanently, for example, it gets wiped out when you mark items as read.
That sounds more like reviewing your apache access logs - which will in fact show you exactly which IP has looked at which topic/board/message/profile, etc.
You can fairly easily pull that into Excel, and even tie it to users via IP (with caveats), but it is extremely high volume. I can only do a couple days at a time given Excel's 1M row limitation. And it is clearly a one-off analysis, only done when needed.
An example is here: https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?msg=4175296