History System

The History System operates on the administration end only. It records certain pages as you browse through the admin and generates a box of these navigation entries that should appear on the left-hand side of your administration panel. The number of entries the history system stores each time is configurable and can be changed from its configuration options.

The install operation includes a configuration form to setup the history limit. The plugin is very simple to understand and it's recommended for new developers.

The plugin hooks the init_late and registers with the current session the navigation history object in order to start recording the clicks to certain scripts. It also hooks the html_left_last entry point where it displays the related sections of the navigation history. A number of functions are included with the plugin to add entries or remove them and pass-in certain parameters to be recorded for each link.

Generated links are shifted in the history box with the topmost entries representing recent pages visited. Once the threshold for the navigation history is reached old entries are removed.