# Plugin for recent changes display?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-for-recent-changes-display/133344>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 30, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-for-recent-changes-display/133344 "2008-03-30T15:40:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![micah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@micah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/micah)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugin-for-recent-changes-display/133344/1 "2008-03-30T15:40:47Z")

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I’d like to have a “most recent changes” type of sidebar on my site (  
[http://www.obsidianportal.com](http://www.obsidianportal.com) ). The main idea would be to show recent  
activity on the site. I’d like to try and copy what they have on the  
left sidebar here: [http://gaxonline.com](http://gaxonline.com)

What I need is very simple, something along the lines of:

- The user who did an action
- A title/link to what they did
- When it happened

It occurred to me that this is very close to some of the other plugins  
out there such as acts\_as\_rateable or acts\_as\_commentable in that it’s a  
simple 3-way association between a user, a model, and something else  
(like a rating or comment).

Anyways, before I blab on too much, has anyone heard of a plugin that  
already does this? If so, great! I’ll just drop it in. Otherwise,  
I’ll get started and see what I can come up with.

Thanks,  
Micah