Miscellaneous Hacks - Quote Notification via PM

Quote Notification

Description: This plugin will add a "Quote Notification" option for users to select. If selected, your board users will receive a notification by PM whenever someone quotes them in a post.


Installation:

• Import the attached product XML file (product-quotenotification.xml);

More settings:

• If you want to change the content of the PM that gets sent, the phrases are quotenotify_subject and quotenotify_message;
• The email notification has a separate phrase, quotenotify_emailmessage;
• If you want to change the Profile Field options, find the "Quote Notification" field in your User Profile Field Manager in the ACP;
• If you're not sure exactly what you're doing, you better leave these alone.

Warning: DO NOT change the title of the Profile Field from "Quote Notification", or the values from "Private Message", "Email", and "No" or this hack will not work.



User settings:

• Your forum users can set their Quote Notification prefferences via User CP > General Settings > under Messaging & Notification.

This hack is a port of Krohf's modification for vb 3.5.
Since many people might find it handy on their boards, I decided to publish it for 4.0.


If you installed the product please mark as installed, so you can receive future update notifications. If you want to help develop this product further, please post your suggestions on the thread, or share your ideas with me via PM.

[chloe101]

Originally Posted by Cody.9791

Sorry for the late response! In the AdminCP under the User Profile Fields on the bottom, there's an option for the Quote Notification. On my forum, I only have the option for users to select either private messages or off entirely.

So, it'll look like this:

"Private Message
No"

In the UserCP (settings), under General Settings, users can select the two options that I have given them.

I feel quite silly now. Checking now

[chloe101]

Originally Posted by Cody.9791

Sorry for the late response! In the AdminCP under the User Profile Fields on the bottom, there's an option for the Quote Notification. On my forum, I only have the option for users to select either private messages or off entirely.

So, it'll look like this:

"Private Message
No"

In the UserCP (settings), under General Settings, users can select the two options that I have given them.

Thanks. [s]I just did a little troubleshooting and was easily able to get it to show in the User CP under "Edit Profile" but not under "Options: Messaging / Notifications". Then I noticed that if you want it to show in Messaging/Notifications, there's some ingo about "used in conjunction with template conditionals to create additional options for your users."

What fresh hell is that lol? Is that easy enough to do? I'm no dummy but I can't write any conditionals and would need solid instructions for that. I hate to impose on you but do you know how I could do that?[/s]

It's showing under Messaging/Notifications. THANK YOU. I have no idea why it wasn't before but it is now without fiddling with any template conditionals. Thanks for your help.

[Impromptu]

Great Mod.

VB 4.2 - works
Can make PM as the default - works
Can do SQL to make existing members quoting - works

Nice work.

[Impromptu]

Is there a way, you can set the number of characters or word need to reply to a quote before it is activated..

ie the reply must be over 20 words before the notification gets activated..

so a simple, 'well done' will not trigger a notification...

[WxP]

How to active it for all users ??? Because i need to learn all my users how to active it ! Thank you

[Mandushi]

works with vb 3.8.9 ?

[Mandushi]

Any answer ?

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

But if there exists more than one quote?

Then it would show 3 quotes, when clicked it would take you to your userCP where the links to those quotes would be displayed like notifications of Thanks/Groans or User Reputation.

I would set it so only the last 10 quoted posts show in the UserCP and you get notified by using the notifications rather than filling up everybody's PM box.

[Mandushi]

This plugins work with 3.8.9 ?