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diff --git a/modules/watchdog.module b/modules/watchdog.module
index 9337d4bbf..601363e0e 100644
--- a/modules/watchdog.module
+++ b/modules/watchdog.module
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
// $Id$
function watchdog_help() {
- ?>
- <p>The watchdog module monitors your website, captures system events in a log and records them to be reviewed by an authorized individual at a later time. The watchdog log is simply a list of events recorded during operation and contains usage data, performance data, errors, warnings and operational information. It is vital to check the watchdog report on a regular basis as it is often the only way to tell what is going on.</p>
- <p>To ease administration, the watchdog will automatically discard old log entries.</p>
- <?php
+
+ $output .= "<p>Watchdog module monitors your web site, capturing system events in a log to be reviewed by an authorized individual at a later time. The Watchdog log is simply a list of recorded events containing usage data, performance data, errors, warnings and operational information. It is vital to ". l("check the Watchdog report", "admin/watchdog") ." on a regular basis as it is often the only way to tell what is going on.</p>";
+ $output .= "<p>To ease administration, the watchdog will automatically discard old log entries, ". l("as configured", "admin/system/modules/watchdog") .". Needs \"cron.php\" to discard the entries.</p>";
+ return t($output);
}
function watchdog_system($field){
$system["description"] = t("Logs and records system events.");
+ $system["admin_help"] = t("Watchdog logs your system events. Too see these logs go to <a href=\"%watchdog\">Site monitoring</a>. Since these logs can grow out of control if kept around forever, below set how long an item should be kept in the log.<br />Note:<ul><li>To discard entries as set below you must run \"cron.php\" regularly.</li></ul>", array("%watchdog" => url("admin/watchdog")));
return $system[$field];
}
@@ -19,16 +20,22 @@ function watchdog_perm() {
function watchdog_link($type) {
if ($type == "admin" && user_access("administer watchdog")) {
- $help = "The watchdog module monitors your website, captures system events in a log and records them to be reviewed by an authorized individual at a later time. The watchdog log is simply a list of events recorded during operation and contains usage data, performance data, errors, warnings and operational information. It is vital to check the watchdog report on a regular basis as it is often the only way to tell what is going on.";
-
- menu("admin/watchdog", "site monitoring", "watchdog_admin", $help, 6);
- menu("admin/watchdog/user", "user messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/regular", "regular messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/special", "special messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/warning", "warning messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/error", "error messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/httpd", "httpd messages", "watchdog_admin", $help);
- menu("admin/watchdog/view", "view details", "watchdog_admin", $help, 0, 1); // hidden menu
+- $help["general"] = t("The watchdog module monitors your web site, captures system events in a log and records them to be reviewed by an authorized individual at a later time. The watchdog log is simply a list of events recorded during operation and contains usage data, performance data, errors, warnings and operational information. It is vital to check the watchdog report on a regular basis as it is often the only way to tell what is going on.");
+- $help["user"] = t("Watchdog events that have to do with users. Most of these come from the user.module.");
+- $help["regular"] = t("Watchdog events that are \"normal\" and have no other classification.");
+- $help["httpd"] = t("Watchdog events that are from the web server.<br />Note: At this time this logging level is <b>not</b> used.");
+- $help["special"] = t("Watchdog events about adding, changing, and moderating nodes and comments.");
+- $help["error"] = t("Watchdog general error events, such as invalid login, permission denied, and database errors.");
+- $help["warning"] = t("Watchdog warning events. These events don't stop Drupal from running, but are things you should no to correct.");
+
+ menu("admin/watchdog", "site monitoring", "watchdog_admin", $help["general"], 6);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/user", "user messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["user"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/regular", "regular messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["regular"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/special", "special messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["special"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/warning", "warning messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["warning"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/error", "error messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["error"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/httpd", "httpd messages", "watchdog_admin", $help["http"]);
+ menu("admin/watchdog/view", "view details", "watchdog_admin", $help["general"], 0, 1); // hidden menu
}
}