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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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

We appreciate the support!
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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

[Prawn Star]

I get this, but the class_install.php is there....
http://gyazo.com/da64a454cb5135519cdf3f4a50c3dca6 - What it says when I try to upload it.

[DragonByte Tech]

What's the url to your site, if you don't want to display it publicly pm me the url.

Chris

[Muhammad Rahman]

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.

good idea ... :up:

[diddy29]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

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

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

Thanks for your help and consideration. Keep making awesome mods! :-)

[DragonByte Tech]

Hi everyone,

This update is basically a bugfix / performance release, with a few requests added as well.

If you like the product you can show your support by nominating it for mod of the month and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods.

As always, please make sure you revert any templates you may have changed in order to take full advantage of the update.

Also report any issues you find asap so I can get them sorted quickly.

Well without further ado here is the list of stuff.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:

• Fixed a issue where you would get a notification on posts when type is set to thread.
• Fixed a issue when you updated your following settings, you would not get a re direct message informing you of successful changes.
• Fixed a issue where users could be followed if they were in a usergroup that was not allowed follows.

Changes To Existing Features:

• Removed the setting Is Manager from Usergroup Permissions as it was really a defunct setting.
• Added html markup support for usernames on the Follow User settings page.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:

• Option to show signature in the pm sent to users who are following someone.
• Option to show users avatars now show on the Follow User settings page.
• Clicking on users name on the Follow User settings page, will now re direct you their profile.
• Ability to select which usergroups can have "Private" follows.
• Ability to show the users follow / following count in the postbit.
• Option to choose seven different locations in the postbit to display the users follow / following count.

Chris

[SpikeSaunders]

Oooh! Will be checking out the usergroup's portion tomorrow hoping this is what I was needing! Awesome Chris.

[DragonByte Tech]

If you are talking about what you requested here, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....99&postcount=9 then that has not been added yet.

Chris

[Speedy131]

another idea for content type to add: attachments

[DragonByte Tech]

I don't know if that one is possible, but if you follow posts or threads and they post attachments, you would still get the notice.

Chris

[Speedy131]

true, but a follower may not be interested in the post if it doesn't contain new attachments ... I know this probably only applies to certain types of forums
To complete it, it would also need to be able to track new attachments in an album.

Well just thinking out loud, this mod is actually pretty cool the way it is