1. Content History

There are two methods to view history on the site. One is the expandable history that appears on the main viewing tab of each item. This is available to any user who has permission to view that item. It lists the major actions related to the item, such as workflow state changes.

The other is the Content History, which is available only to Site Managers. It is available using the Content History link at the top right of each page and using the Review Content History menu item, in the Actions menu for most items. Using the Content History link, the history of the entire site is available. Using the Review Content History menu items, the history of the site for that item and all items below is available.

The history of most sites will be very long, but can be filtered and sorted. The history is displayed in a table using five columns: Context, Operation, Performed By, Performed On, and Note.

The Context column lists the path to the object where the action occurred. The path is the same as the path which forms the URL to the object, and is a series of id's indicating the item's location in the site's tree. Above this is the same information in a format similar to the breadcrumbs used at the top of most pages. This shows the title of each item as opposed to the id, and each item is a link. In some cases, this may display 'Object Missing'. This occurs when the object has been deleted or otherwise no longer exists.

The Operation column lists the major actions performed on the site, and corresponds to the Operation field in the filter.

Performed By lists the user ids.

Performed On lists the date and time.

Notes gives a description of the action performed. 

The actions tracked by Content History are:

• User group creation
• Group removal
• Group site-wide role modifications
• Adding a member to a group
• Remove a member from a group
• Sending automatic emails
• Creating items (areas, entities, documents etc.)
• Deleting items
• Cut & Paste operations (Copy and Paste event generates two events: Added - object added to ... and Copy - this object is a copy of ..)
• Reset password through Site Setup
• Reset password through "Forgot your password?" link
• Deleting user account
• Change site wide role
• Change mail settings
• Download files (files downloaded via the Action drop-down, includes sign out & download, read-only download, and simple download)
• Renaming items
• Sign out documents
• Sign in/Undo sing out documents (the same action)
• Setting documents read-only
• Un-setting documents read-only
• Editing descriptions
• Editing period ends
• Editing quick tip text
• Editing keywords
• Manual state/visibility, automatic state changes (same action)
• Editing related items
• Uploading files
• Editing local roles
• Adding comments
• Deleting comments
• Log in
• Log out
• Creating user accounts