Admin Activity Report [support thread]

[nguyenkhv]

Hi Steven,
I have questions on the activity report.

1 Why some recrods are hihg lighted RED?
2. sometimes, the Admin ID is 0?
Thanks,

[Steven300]

Hi Steven,
I have questions on the activity report.

1 Why some recrods are hihg lighted RED?
2. sometimes, the Admin ID is 0?
Thanks,

Hi. I think I'll start by answering your second question first.

If a record has an admin ID of 0, it basically means Zen Cart isn't sure who you are. This will happen on the login page for example. Once logged in and Zen Cart knows who you are, the appropriate ID (usually 1) will be assigned. So.. it's very normal that some records will be 0.

Some of the records may have a red background. This is a feature I built in which highlights visits to the login page from an unknown. This can be useful for detecting any hack attempts. I'll explain how this works. The IP address of the very most recent admin activity record (which will *always* be the activity of *you* just clicking the Admin Activity Report link) is temporarily stored. This IP address is then compared with the IP addresses of all the other records. If any of these other IP addresses don't match *and* their admin ID is 0 (login page), then they will be highlighted red. Admittedly it's not a perfect method for several reasons:

• Your own IP address may change now and again meaning your own records will be highlighted. In which case, just clear the log.
  
  
• If multiple users have been granted access to the admin side of your site, these legitimate users will be highlighted.

.. but I thought some may find it useful; I certainly do. If you would rather not have this feature, let me know and I'll tell you how to remove it.

If there's demand, I may add things such as this as optional settings in a future version.

[KissedbyPix]

1.3.8 new version not upgrade.

I am completely new to the admin side of zen and would like to install this mod myself. (everything else was done for me)

If someone can walk me through installing this mod I would be forever grateful.

Steven, you could make a mint writing a zen for dummies book...lol
thank you for being completely ZENned

[Steven300]

Steven, you could make a mint writing a zen for dummies book...lol

Well it's a nice idea but I don't think I could handle the number of refunds

Okay first thing to do is to make sure you have a good ftp program such as FileZilla to upload the mod's files.

Next you will want to make a backup of your site. This is always good practice to do before installing any mod. Backup all of your site's files, and your database as well.

You should have at some point changed your site's admin folder to something different for security purposes. If not, then you don't need to follow this next step. In the mod's files, change the name of the admin folder to match the name of the admin folder on your site.

Now you can upload all the mod's files. With FileZilla you can do this all in one go, as opposed to one file at a time. In the ftp program, connect to your site and navigate to the site's root directory where you should see your admin folder. Then in your ftp program, navigate to and upload the admin folder from the mod to your site's root directory. All the files should transfer across in their correct places.

Finally in your actual admin panel, go to Reports->Admin Activity and the admin activity report should be displayed. You might need to hit the refresh button before the new menu option shows up.

Sorry if some of my instructions are too simple, but I don't know what level you are at.

[KissedbyPix]

Got it! thank you so much!

[dab]

I know this mod is written for ZC 1.38 but is there any reason that it shouldn't work correctly on 1.37.
I have tried on a 1.37 test site and it seems ok, but I would be interested in any comments before I use it on a live site.

[Steven300]

Hi,

I haven't tested the mod on 1.3.7 but I can't see there being any issues.

[dab]

Thanks Steven. It seems to work fine on 1.3.7 but I just wanted to check I wasn't missing anything obvious.