New Posting Features - [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging v3 (vB4)

Advanced @User Tagging: What is it?

DragonByte Technologies is proud to present [DBTech] Advanced @User Tagging.

The @user Tagging mod is designed to increase activity on your forum by allowing members to mention each other in posts when talking about them.
This is done in a very easy way, very similar to how Twitter mentions people. We use @ ; as the tags, so for instance you could say:
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This new mod from @Dragonbyte Tech; is pretty cool.
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The ?@DragonByte Tech;? Will become a link to the DragonByte Tech users profile, it will also inform DragonByte Tech they had been mentioned, and link to the relevant thread/post via a new area in the profile section, as well as a new tab in the shoutbox.

It also allows members to ?tag? the thread for specific other members by inputting their usernames in the tag box above the posts of the thread.

This is a great way to increase your forum activity with no extra admin input required ? people will start to mention posts/threads to their friends, which will increase the amount of posting. This is especially useful of forums which have an international contingent (so threads posted in during the night for some of your members don't go overlooked) or forums which have a lot of posts/threads each day ? again to make sure that a post a person might want to read doesn't get lost in the crowd.

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Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php

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Major Features
Twitter-style @ "Mentions": Typing @username produces a "Mention" that will alert the user to your post, as well as link to their profile.

Quote Alerts: Members you quote will be alerted, ensuring that discussions can continue smoothly even if they left the thread.

Profile Integration: Displays Mentions, Tags and Quotes in profile tabs for quick overview of a member's activities within the mod.


Complete Feature List
Lite

Emails:

• Email alerts for all features
• Globally disable emails for any of the features

General Features:

• Ability to disable Thread Tag list entirely for guests
• Globally disable any of the features

General:

• Statistics Page: Top X Thread Tagged, Top X Mentioned (Lite locked to Top 5)
• "Mention" alerts: Type @username to mention someone, and link to their profile. Email & forum notification
• Quote alerts: Email & forum notification
• Tag an user in a thread to alert them to the thread via a box above threads
• View list of tagged users above threads, with link to see all tags
• Profile Tabs: Lists both incoming and outgoing mentions, quotes and thread tags
• Shoutbox Integration: New Shoutbox Tab to list incoming mentions & tags
• Control how many users to display in inline tag list
• Turn statistics page on & off
• Control BBCode for mentioned usernames (Underline only)
• Control [DBTech] vBShout integration
• Turn features on & off per category
• Globally disable email alerts
• Ability to set maximum mentions per post (default: unlimited)

Pro

• Hash Tags:
  • One-click (un)subscribe to hash tags via the post list page
  • Clicking a hashtag shows all posts tagged with that word.
  • (vB4) Forum Sidebar widget with Recent and Trending hash tags
  • Control number of Recent / Trending hash tags
  • Control time span for Recent / Trending hash tags (x Hours/Days/Weeks)
  • Control stat weights given to individual users using the hash tag, and number of uses in total (for the Trending score)
  • Control display of number of users, number of uses and trending score
  • Deny usergroups access to sidebar block
  Emails:
  • Per-user email disable for any of the 4 features
  General Features:
  • Ability to Mention and Thread Tag whole usergroups by typing their name. Per-UG permission to disable Mentions / Thread Tags for this UG.
  General:
• Ability to tag all your friends by checking a checkbox instead of typing out usernames
• Ability to tag and mention all usergroups by typing out the usergroup name, permissions control what UGs can be mentioned and tagged
• Turn off alerts from everyone except friends
• Hide forum notifications for individual features
• Turn off email alerts for individual features
• Hash tags, Twitter-style, add a topic to your post, sends notification to subscribed users
• (vB4) Forum Sidebar block with Recent & Trending hash tags
• (vB4) Works with the Mobile Style (4.1.12+)
• Turn tag list off
• Control number of users displayed on Top X Stats
• Hide "@" on mentions
• Additional BBCode (Bold, Italic, Highlight) for mentions
• Exclude usergroups from features
• Exclude users from features

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[GONUMBER6]

Hi again, this product was working flawlessly, until I installed vbSEO two days ago. Then it would not take you directly to your mention during notification, then it started causing broken (blank) user profiles.

Do you have any suggestions? I installed vbSEO as default with no changes or custom rewrite rules, except adding the tweetboard. I really LOVE this mod and all my users use the HECK out of it....

[DragonByte Tech]

When a problem first appear when you install a second mod, then odds are the flaw is in the second mod. Sadly, there's nothing we can do to fix this because we use default vBulletin functions to generate the direct link to the tab.
I don't know what vBSEO does to break it, but it will break all similar links from vB themselves and also from this mod.

Fillip

[GONUMBER6]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

When a problem first appear when you install a second mod, then odds are the flaw is in the second mod. Sadly, there's nothing we can do to fix this because we use default vBulletin functions to generate the direct link to the tab.
I don't know what vBSEO does to break it, but it will break all similar links from vB themselves and also from this mod.


Fillip

Yes I agree it is vbSEO. If I only knew how to exclude any functions to make this work. My members are already crying without the @ mentions.... They LOVE that feature.

Was hoping you already had a fix. I may try to reinstall and continue to disable other mods to see if it changes anything.

Thanks as always Fillip

[LuMiS!]

Originally Posted by svandanam

I am having the same problem too..when I tag or mention some one ..its not getting listed in the member's profile page..also the weird part is when I, as a admin go to a member's profile I can see them being tagged..but when the member goes to his profile..he cant seem to see the tag or mention.
Also, the user does get a notification..but when he clicks on it.nothing happens...some times it does work and take him to his profile page but he can't see any tags there.

I have the same problem, anyone have found the solution?

[DragonByte Tech]

The tags and mentions are permission based, so if they won't be able to see the content then they can also not see the mention or tag.

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

v1.2.2 has been released, which should fix the various compatibility issues that were introduced by the change to the ; delimiter in Mentions.

Fillip

[tafreeh]

how much is your pro version ?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

how much is your pro version ?

Not something we can discuss here, but you can find the information at the following link: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/vbeco...=product&id=20

[Dr.osamA]

thanxx for upgrade

[PreciseDemise]

Thanks for the update.

I'm having problems with people with short user names, We have 2 admins with 3 letter user names, and they never get picked up by mentions. I know the lower limit for user names is 5 is that the problem or is it a min length in vBA@UT1.2.1?