Instant New Thread Notification
 

If you wish to subscribe forum for notification about new threads - there're only daily and weekly emailing options. This mod add choice of immediate email notification.

This mod is developped here http://github.com/rcdesign/vb-instant_new_thrd_notify . Patches are welcome.

Tagged Great work i am looking for it :)

If this actually works from version to version of vb4 I will dance in the street. I've been using a hacked version of the old vb3 mod.

No probs. Don't forget to place video on youtube.

Problem is, I can't test it without uninstalling the hack which actually works, mostly.

It's got some options that you don't mention anything about. Does this one offer any of these?

I think, that you imagine problem, which does not exists :) . I consider those options quite useless. Why should i add restriction to single subscribe option, if other one don't have those?

And yes, this mod uses mailqueue, according to general vb settings.

By the way, 3.8 mod doesn't use mailqueue because of programming bug. I haven't found vbmail_start() / vbmail_end() there. That causes huge count of SQL requests, if you have lot of forum subscribers.

The option to in/exclude forums is actually very important. I wouldn't want anyone subscribing to e.g. General. Remember, with shared hosting we have very low mail limits.

IMHO, that's not serious:

1. If your server is ok with notifications for new posts (not threads), it will be ok with this mod too.
2. If your server is weak - it's good idea to uprgade it.

A quick question about this mod. Does it just send a notification about a new post or can it also send the entire text of the new post?

I am looking for a mod to VB3.8 or VB4 that will allow users to subscribe to forums and receive daily digests or instant updates that include the new posts in that forum...

Thanks in advance,

Stephan

thank you bro

rated 5 stars + translated to arabic + installed

can i add the transltion here plzz ??

thank you

Thanks for this mod! Love it! I only wish it sent a notification of a new thread not only in the subscribed forum but in all child forums as well. Is there a way to add this feature?

The notification link is not correct on my system.
I get something that ends in: showthread.php?p=69

The built in admin panel notification gets: showthread.php5?51-Remember-DVDs-is-Break-room

I tried replacing:
$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?p=$newpost[postid]

In your intm_message with
$threadlink

from the admin phrase... but that doesn't display anything
***************
I got it to work by adding a 5 to the ".php?"
ex:
$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php5?p=$newpost[postid]

I am a brand new Admin for a small forum of around 150 users. I am still getting the hang of the system. We are still in test mode with about 25 users.

I am using a new vb install running 4.1.2. I installed the product and have the choice for instant notifications in the thread subscription menu. However, I do not receive emails from the system when there is a new thread in the subscribed forum. The messages are not being trapped in my spam folder or by postini.

When I run email diagnostics, I get an email almost immediately.

Is there somewhere to adjust the settings of this product? Any suggestions?

The system is on Windows Server 2008 R2 and otherwise works fine. smtp server works as I get the diagnostic emails.

The mod seems to be working for the most part, but one problem I have with it-- and maybe subscriptions in general-- is that it will notify you about threads that haven't been approved yet.

i installed this module - but can't find a way of choosing its settings in acp - where can i find it? where can i switch it on / off ?

hi vitali,

i have downloaded this mod - but i can't get it running. i am also interested in some modifications / extensions and am wonderin if i can hire you to do some coding for me here.

is this supposed to work with V4.1.3 ?

Awesome mod.

Works flawlessly on 4.1.3 Suite!

The subscription icon on the forumhome doesn't reflect the change when you subscribe to a forum. It allows to to re-subscribe and doesn't change to Un-subscribe from this forum.

EDIT: It seems to be an issue with this bug: http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-8925

I can confirm that it works as expected in 4.1.4 (so far eheheh)

You may want to personalize the subject and the body of the notification email by editing intm_message in the corresponding phrase category.

Thank you very much, Vitaly!

You would wonder why this is not in the core of vb...In any case, confirmed here too with 4.1.4. Flawless. :) Thanks for the contribution.

it doesn't work

It works fine for me.

Hey guys, those of you have said this mod works for you - do you have any post/thread moderation on your forums?

One major issue with the vb3.x version of this mod (by another coder) was that it sent email notifications out before a new post (new thread) had been approved (while it was still in the moderation queue).

I noticed that someone flagged the same problem with this mod .... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=14

So, anybody's server melted down, or had their domain/IP added to any spam blacklists from using this?

Why would it (keeping in mind people instant-subscribe to threads all the time). I was worried that on a shared server it may cause trouble, but it's so useful I installed it anyway. Knock on wood I haven't seen any problems.

I think he meant for a busy site this would keep the notifications hopping. ;)

Yes, and that's what I was worried about early on. But as Vitaly was trying to point out (I think), only members already subscribed to a bunch of threads would bother subscribing to a forum. So there really shouldn't be much extra work.

I don't know - I'm still puzzled why this capability isn't in stock vb.

I wonder if anyone knows how to force a usergroup to use this mod to instantly subscribe to a forum?

i.e., I have one usergroup that I've been pestering to subscribe to one forum. But rather than making them do it themselves, can I just run a sql query?

Basically, I want all my Moderators to have instant notification in the Moderators forum.

TIA

Should be able to do that from the forum manager. ;)

I can't imagine how. There's no choice for subs in the Control dropdown. If I choose "Edit Forum" I see nothing there about subscriptions or usergroups.

Or are you speaking in a philosophical sense? I agree it would be nice if we could do that. But in the meantime a query would make me happy.

These 2 options under Moderation Options:

I didn't say it was ideal, but it could be worked to handle what you are wanting.

Ha. Yes, I guess I could manually find all 32 email addys and add them there. Then maintain the list as people come and go and email addys change.

Kill me now. :)

Thanks. Installed in 4.1.5 but still waiting for notification. Is there a way you can choose notification based on keywords in title of new thread? That would be super awesome.

Edit : Does anyone know how long does the 'instant ' notification takes? How do I make sure that my email settings are correct?

There's another mod somewhere that in a roundabout fashion allows keyword subscriptions. I forget which - something about auto-tagging as I recall.

Instant is pretty much right away - i.e., ideally you shouldn't see your Tweet/RSS much before you get the email noti. But you won't get notices of your own posts.

duh@me.... Thanks so much for telling me that I won't get notification of my own post. Wish it was written somewhere. I looked all over the settings to see if I missed something.

If you can find that other mod for that would be super!!

Many thanks for this mod has been working great for me! Is there any way we can add an option of notification of new threads only if a mod or admin started it?

Vitaly - Thank you very much for making this code available.

For some reason the bbcodes are coming through with the email text. Is there any way to stop that from happening. We are currently on 4.1.5

Hi there,

REally great mod but I was wondering if it's possible to have an option to disable the notification on usercp?

Thanks!

5 stars :D

I don't see why not. But don't look for this author to add that feature as he's apparently moved on.