Mini Mods - [DBTech] Follow User v1 (vB4)

What is Follow User?
Follow User from DragonByte Tech is a modification designed to allow members to follow one another in different social aspects of the forum. When a followed user completes an action such as a new post or a new thread, the followers receive either an email and/or PM updates based on their preference.

Follow User allows users to follow one another and get notifications when the member they follow complete certain actions.

Email and private messaging notifications, usergroup permission controls, and privacy options are all included in this product.

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Major Features
Ability for users to follow each others posts / threads with a pm or email notification.

Privacy: Users can make it so their following is private.

General Settings:

• Option to toggle the Navtab on/off for vB v4.1.x
• Option to toggle the Quick Links and Community menu links on/off for vB v4.1.x
• Option to toggle plugin on or off.
• Ability to enter the closed reason if you turned the mod off via the above option.
• Option to hide the version number in the footer.
• Option to define who sends the PM notice.
• Option to show the PM senders signature in the pm sent to followers.
• Ability to choose which usergroups are allowed Private Follows.
• Option to show the users follow/following stats in the postbit.
• Ability to choose seven different locations to show the follow/following stats in the postbit.
• Option to show the users avatar on the Follow User settings page in the usercp.
• DBTech Affiliate ID support.

Usergroup Permissions:

• Can Be Followed
• Can View User Follow
• Can Follow

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of Show Thread and product pages which includes:

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

[SpikeSaunders]

Will do / done.

[DragonByte Tech]

v1.0.1 is now released which is a bugfix release.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: References to wrong product in the readme file.
Fixed: Missing phrase in Admin Permissions page for Can Administer Follow User.
Fixed: Missing navigation links, including Quick Links, Community and a NavTab, is supported in 4.1.x and 4.2.x
Fixed: Removed unnecessary Manage Content Types link in the ACP.
Fixed: The footer for the product as it was not there and none of the settings to control it did nothing.
Fixed: Uncached templates in the usercp.
Fixed: Display issue on the Followers Block that added a space in between the blockhead and block subhead.
Fixed: Display issue on the Followers Block where the Content Type was showing the date instead of the Content Type.
Fixed: The size of the Notifications column in the Following block.
Fixed: A display issue in IE with the contents of the Following block going outside the block.

Chris

[Azucar]

Great work. Thanks a lot.

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks, glad ya like it, enjoy.

Chris

[hugh_]

Great mod, thanks! Some suggestions...

1. Add a link to follow or unfollow a member to postbit and member profile.
2. Add a "follower" and "following" count to postbit and member profile.
3. Create a page with a table of top members being "followed" or "following" including links to follow or unfollow each, and make it sortable (e.g: most / least followers, etc).
4. Add content types for creates album, posts visitor message, creates calendar entry, etc.

[Nirjonadda]

Uncached templates in the usercp does not fixed ? Can you add option ? Show Tab On Second Navbar ? (second navbar enabled with vBNavtabs (Pro)

Attachment 143399

[diddy29]

In the settings shown on the Usergroup Edit page, there is a setting "Is Manager". What exactly does it mean? Does it grant access to part of the settings for this plugin?

[artcrimes]

Ohh very nice plugin!

[diddy29]

Hope my question in post #17 can be answered.

We've installed this and like it! Time will tell, but so far it's working! We have it set up so that only staff know about it, so that staff can 'follow' problem users to keep track of them better.

A feature request for a future release: I personally feel that a seperate tab on your profile for following would be better than sending PM's or emails. So to clarify, have lt similar to the Friends tab. So you get a notification (like you do for a friends request), you click on that notification and it takes you to your following tab on your profile (that only you can view).

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by hugh_

Great mod, thanks! Some suggestions...

1. Add a link to follow or unfollow a member to postbit and member profile.
2. Add a "follower" and "following" count to postbit and member profile.
3. Create a page with a table of top members being "followed" or "following" including links to follow or unfollow each, and make it sortable (e.g: most / least followers, etc).
4. Add content types for creates album, posts visitor message, creates calendar entry, etc.

Those will be taken into consideration in future updates of the mod.

Originally Posted by Nirjonadda

Uncached templates in the usercp does not fixed ? Can you add option ? Show Tab On Second Navbar ? (second navbar enabled with vBNavtabs (Pro)

Attachment 143399

None of those template have anything to due with Follow User, but I will see what I can do if anything.
For the tab on second navbar, it will be taken into consideration in future updates of the mod.

Originally Posted by diddy29

In the settings shown on the Usergroup Edit page, there is a setting "Is Manager". What exactly does it mean? Does it grant access to part of the settings for this plugin?

If I understand the file structure correctly, no all that does is over rides all the other settings, like having them all Yes.

Originally Posted by artcrimes

Ohh very nice plugin!

Thanks, glad ya like it.

Originally Posted by diddy29

A feature request for a future release: I personally feel that a seperate tab on your profile for following would be better than sending PM's or emails. So to clarify, have lt similar to the Friends tab. So you get a notification (like you do for a friends request), you click on that notification and it takes you to your following tab on your profile (that only you can view).

It will be taken into consideration in future updates of the mod.