I think I would like: Only groups. When you click on a group, a secondary page
shows up showing logs in that group. 

I would also have the option to list all logs so you could see logs that are not
in a group or locate a log where you didn't know what group it was in. I would
also like to have the option to sort logs and groups.

I am using Elog to keep track of application servers. The log names are the server
names and they are grouped by application. The list on the first page is getting
very long.

> I think I would like: Only groups. When you click on a group, a secondary page
> shows up showing logs in that group. 
> 
> I would also have the option to list all logs so you could see logs that are not
> in a group or locate a log where you didn't know what group it was in. I would
> also like to have the option to sort logs and groups.
> 
> I am using Elog to keep track of application servers. The log names are the server
> names and they are grouped by application. The list on the first page is getting
> very long.

Before I go and implement additional features, I would like to check if your problem 
cound not be solved easier. Whey don't you define your server as an attribute inside 
a logbook instead of having separate logbooks for each server? You know that you can 
sort by attributes (just by cliking on the column header for that attribute), so that 
would satisfy your need for sorting.

OK, I'm willing to give a shot but I don't know how to do it. I'll look in the docs and
see if I can figure it out.  Thanks.
 
> Before I go and implement additional features, I would like to check if your problem 
> cound not be solved easier. Whey don't you define your server as an attribute inside 
> a logbook instead of having separate logbooks for each server? You know that you can 
> sort by attributes (just by cliking on the column header for that attribute), so that 
> would satisfy your need for sorting.

I don't see anyway to define a log as an attribute. May be I just don't understand
something. I have more than 50 logs anyway.

Sorting is not something I have to have but it would make the servers names a little easier
to find. However, I can get them into any order I want buy rearranging them in the config
file. I've already done that for some of them. 

Groups on the front page would make navigation easier but it really isn't necessary.

I was hoping their was a way to do this that I had overlooked.


> OK, I'm willing to give a shot but I don't know how to do it. I'll look in the docs and
> see if I can figure it out.  Thanks.
>  
> > Before I go and implement additional features, I would like to check if your problem 
> > cound not be solved easier. Whey don't you define your server as an attribute inside 
> > a logbook instead of having separate logbooks for each server? You know that you can 
> > sort by attributes (just by cliking on the column header for that attribute), so that 
> > would satisfy your need for sorting.

> I don't see anyway to define a log as an attribute. May be I just don't understand
> something. I have more than 50 logs anyway.

What I meant was having only one logbook, and having the server as an attribute like

Attributes = Server, Type, ....
Options Server = Server1, Server2 (just the names of your current logbooks)
...

If you have already 50 logbooks this would require quite some work of course, but it might 
something for the future. I don't know if this fits into your requirements. If not, please 
let me know your complete scheme (current attributes and logbooks), then I can think about.

How I can dynamically create a link when a new submission is entered that 
will have a value of <ELOG_URL$message id?=Edit>
I want the users to be able to go straight from the main page to an edit 
page. This would skip 1 step to get to the edit page.
Is this possible. 
If that link could use one of the icons for the src image that would be 
great. 
Thanks.
:-)

I have added that functionality according to your request. In elogd.cfg, you 
can specify

List Display = ID, Edit, Delete, Date, Author, ... <other attributes>

which gives you two colums, one to edit and entry and one to delete one. See 
the attached picture. I presume that's what you want. This works on the 
newest version 

http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/src/elogd.c?rev=1.272

and you need the two icons

http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/edit.gif?rev=1.1
http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/delete.gif?rev=1.1

to be put under your elog/themes/default/ directory. Or you wait for the 
next official release (;-)

I really don't know if anybody already had this problem or i just didn't 
find the solution in the documenttaion: 
 
There is a possibility to sort the log by the value of a attribute as 
well as a flag for reverse sort. anf it's quite easy to build up a 
command line with the sort attribute and value. But this only works from 
a self written command line. 
 
Is there any possibilty to make ELOG soring by default (without a 
command line option) by a other attribute than date? I would use a date 
set by the user manually to sort the log file, even the user clicks on 
the log-name.  
 
or may it be a possibility for a additional feature, like a logbook 
option "Default sort = my own date" and the logbok get sorted by this 
attribute and option by default. 
 
Would be happy about every tip! ThankX!