Integration with vBulletin - Web Push notifications using OneSignal

Description:

OneSignal has an API that allows us to send unlimited web and push notifications for FREE. When I came to know about it, I spent several days and months searching for compatible plugins for vB4. Finally decided to learn and create my own based on pierce's similar mod for Xenforo.

Push notifications is a great way to keep your members engaged. It keeps driving them back to your site. This mod works great on mobile browsers as well.

This is the lite version which allows you to send web push notifications to your users whenever:

1. someone replies on their subscribed threads
2. sends them a PM
3. likes one of their posts (dbtech thanks)

Installation:

1. Register an account at OneSignal.com

   • Click on Add a new app to register your forum there
   • Select Web Push as the platform
     
   • Configure Web Push by selecting Typical Site and enter you forum details
     
   • Add at least one prompt and complete the remaining setup there. Leave most of the options as default. Only change where necessary.
   • After you click Save, you will get a few files to download.
     
   • Download those files, extract them and upload them to your forum's root directory.
   • There is another section on the same page asking you to add code to your site. DO NOT add that code yet. It is automatically done when you install this product.

2. Download attached zip file. Upload the file functions_OneSignal.php under /includes directory
3. Install the product using the xml file
4. Go back to onesignal.com, under settings, click on Keys & IDs.
   
5. Copy these keys and paste them in the settings in admincp.
   

Disclaimer:
I am not associated with onesignal in any way. This is just something that I found useful for my forum and wanted to share with everyone else.

If I get enough support then I plan to add notifications for moderators' actions and for quotes and tags as well.


Download latest version: 1.3.5
If upgrading from previous version, replace the functions file as well.

Change log:
1.3.5 - Typo fixed
1.3.0 - Separated multiple consecutive notifications for different threads
1.2.0 - Added privacy for replies in private sections and
Subscribe button at the end of posts
1.1.0 - Fixed issue with sub-forum
1.0.1 - Fixed Table Prefix bug
1.0.0 - Initial Release

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

No, PM is not removed. It is there at line # 51.

ok!


and this is a link where you had to switch by click to push.
https://www.carhelp.info/forums/show...87#post1544887

[z3r0]

If you are using this you may want to take a look here - https://xenforo.com/community/thread...e-this.153212/

IMO there are GDPR implications.

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

No, PM is not removed. It is there at line # 51.

in the delivery report in onesignal if you look there writes here such
Filters {"key":"uid","field":"tag","value":"10234362","rel ation":"="}
all links in notifications have the wrong view. How to fix it? Thank you!

[carik]

Originally Posted by z3r0

If you are using this you may want to take a look here - https://xenforo.com/community/thread...e-this.153212/

IMO there are GDPR implications.

your mobile phone transmits a lot more personal data.

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

No, PM is not removed. It is there at line # 51.

in the settings of the service configured not to open in a new tab, but to switch to the tab if it is open in the browser. still open a new tab. I do not understand why.

[iA1]

Originally Posted by carik

in the delivery report in onesignal if you look there writes here such
Filters {"key":"uid","field":"tag","value":"10234362","rel ation":"="}
all links in notifications have the wrong view. How to fix it? Thank you!

Check your forum url settings in Admincp -> Settings -> Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details
https://www.carhelp.info/forums/admi...ogroup=address

Have you entered the correct url for your forum there?

Originally Posted by carik

in the settings of the service configured not to open in a new tab, but to switch to the tab if it is open in the browser. still open a new tab. I do not understand why.

This is something which cannot be controlled from this add-on. It can only be configured from OneSignal.

[iA1]

Originally Posted by carik

https://www.carhelp.info/showthread....aign=onesignal Here such link comes in push, I think the end superfluous?

The end part is for Google Analytics. If you use analytics, then you can easily check how many users clicked on the notification and visited your forum.

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

Check your forum url settings in Admincp -> Settings -> Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details
https://www.carhelp.info/forums/admi...ogroup=address

Have you entered the correct url for your forum there?

Yes, it's all true. links to e-mail come correct.

Originally Posted by iA1

This is something which cannot be controlled from this add-on. It can only be configured from OneSignal.

probably because of the incorrect links, there on the service I set everything correctly.

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

The end part is for Google Analytics. If you use analytics, then you can easily check how many users clicked on the notification and visited your forum.

I do not have such settings anywhere.
but the question is why the link to push notification comes here is this:

PHP Code:

https://www.carhelp.info/showthread.php?p=1544887&utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=onesignal 


but here is the email:

PHP Code:

https://www.carhelp.info/forums/showthread.php?t=147458&p=1544887#post1544887 


a link to the email opens a topic or a PM, and the link from the push notification opens first 404 and then goes to the main page of the forum.

[carik]

PHP Code:

$contentId = $post['postid']; 


???

PHP Code:

$contentId = $threadid['threadid']&goto=newpost;