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Jabong82
02-13-2010, 06:31 AM
Hey all I am pretty new to Vbulletin and I was wondering if this is possible in Vbulletin.

The forum that I am looking to build would encourage users to subscribe to other people's threads. That being said I would like a better way for them to keep track of their subscriptions rather than just through the user profile.

So my question is, say on your main Forum page you had 4 forums: A, B, C, and D. In this case "D" would be an empty forum.

Is it possible to modify Vbulletin so that if a user subscribed to threads in forum A, B, and C that any time there was an update it could be funneled all to D?

Basically it would be the "subscriptions" portion of the user profile but in a Forum. I feel like in the default set-up on Vbulletin its kinda tough to keep track of your subscriptions as its kinda hidden in the user profile.

Thank you in advance.

Videx
02-14-2010, 01:22 AM
Is it possible to modify Vbulletin so that if a user subscribed to threads in forum A, B, and C that any time there was an update it could be funneled all to D?

Basically it would be the "subscriptions" portion of the user profile but in a Forum.No, it sounds more like you want to duplicate posts in forum A to forum D. What would be the point?

Jabong82
02-14-2010, 03:19 AM
Hi thank you for your response.

Well basically an important part of my site is having other people be able to subscribe to and keep track of other people's threads/forums. However in the default setup of Vbulletin, finding your subscriptions is pretty difficult as you would have to hit the "settings" tab.

I was just curious to maybe if it was possible to move the location of the "My Subscriptions" area from under "settings" to a more visible area say under "My Profile"?

I feel like the "My Profile" area is an area where members will check every time when they login, however I doubt many will look under "settings", and I would like people to be able to see threads/forums they have subscribed to a lot easier.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Videx
02-14-2010, 03:24 AM
Oh. Yes, simply putting a link to http://www.yourforum.com/forum/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription in/on a menu would be relatively easy. There are several mods here that make adding menu links easy.

Jabong82
02-14-2010, 08:30 AM
Hello thank you for your response. I was searching the forum after reading your response and I am not sure where to find that mod you were talking about. If you could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

I am a complete computer newb and have no idea what I'm doing. It took me 2 days just to figure out how to upload my site to a Host Server! Thank you again you have been so helpful I really appreciate it.

bananalive
02-14-2010, 12:34 PM
Create a 'Forum' that is a link to 'Subscriptions Page'

Videx
02-14-2010, 01:40 PM
Create a 'Forum' that is a link to 'Subscriptions Page'Yes, that would work too, though if this is a central feature of your forum I would think a navbar link would make more sense.

Forget about searching for these mods. I just tried it myself and couldn't come up with any, even though I know there must be a dozen now. Instead what I did was go to the 4.0 add-ons forum and sort by number of installs. vBH-Add new tabs (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228507) is leading with 885 installs, but I've been watching Tabs Add System for vBulletin 4 (sstab advanced) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233629) and I'm still undecided myself. Of course, you can also just add entries manually ([HOW TO - vB4] Create a New Tab in the navbar (with template) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228313) ).

Jabong82
02-14-2010, 05:57 PM
Hey guys thank you for your responses! You guys definitely have been so helpful and I am very appreciative.


Create a 'Forum' that is a link to 'Subscriptions Page'

This sounds like it could work, but I am not sure what you mean. So I would create a forum in the Forum Manager, but how would I "link it" to the Subscriptions Page? Also if I did this, would this newly created forum be "unique" to each individual user? For example since every user would have different/unique subscriptions, when they logged into their account and say clicked on this "Subscription Forum" would their unique subscriptions be there? I'm just curious because I am not sure how creating a link (URL?) would do this. I apologize in advance as I am sure it is obvious I have NO IDEA WHAT IM DOING (thank you for your patience) :).


Also Videx I checked out those links and I am having trouble installing the mods (I posted a query in the thread). So I'm thinking I may try just creating and linking a forum first, though if someone could help me with that it would be cool.

Thank you again guys for your time. I really appreciate it. :)

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Actually nevermind guys I got it! Thanks again for all your help!