Beta

First off this thing is still pretty rough. I don't have any unit tests at the moment and I'm likely to make huge, wholesale changes on a whim.

Download

Get it at GitHub

What The Heck Is This Thing?

You build a cool CakePHP app and now you have to maintain it. You go to Google to check your analytics; you SSH to your system to check log files; You log into your web admin to check affiliate clicks... Wouldn't it be cool if you could check all this (and more) from one page? That's what this status plugin does. Check out the screenshot:

Or visit this live (but admittedly boring) example.

What Are The Different Panels Available?

Right now there are four "core" widgets, some of which have multiple options, so they can produce multiple panels.

Google Analytics

Multiple panels for quick info on your visits, referrers and search engine keywords using the Google Analytics API. Adjustable timeframes to get a recent or long range snapshot.

Shells

Add logging to your shells to capture info when they run - great for shells that run from cron. Clicking on the shell link in the panel pops open a window with detailed information. Requires integrating the log task in your shell.

System

Basic information about the system hardware, including disk space and uptime.

Logs

Show Cake's log files. Can be used on any log file in /app/tmp/logs, including custom ones. Just pass the log file name(s).

Extending For Custom Panels

It's pretty easy to write your own custom panels. Check out the click plugin, which tracks outbound clicks and displays the results via panels in the status dashboard. I'll write full post on how to code your own panels in bit.