Mini Mods - Subscribed Threads in Notifications

As seen on www.pentaxforums.com/forums/ , I'm bringing you a handy mod that adds the number of new subscribed threads to the notifications area, as well as a link to subscription.php. This means that whenever someone replies to one of your subscribed threads, you don't have to check your user cp or your e-mail inbox- just click on the notification! Notifications can also be reset via the User CP (memcached version only*).

This mod is provided free of charge, but I ask that the copyright and contact information be retained within the SOURCE. There are no visible copyrights for this mod. Furthermore, I ask that you do not re-use this code without my permission.

Non-Memcached Version:
Time to install: <1 minute (upload 1 product file)
Current Version: 1.1.0
Queries: 1 per pageload for logged in users
Templates: 0
New Phrases: 1
Compatibility: vB 3.7.x-4.x

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Enjoy and don't forget to mark this as installed if you decide to use it! Limited support will be offered to those who click install.

Note to owners of large forums: I also offer a version of this mod that does not add any global queries and instead utilizes memcached. I can install this premium version on your site for an hourly charge, assuming your server already has memcached installed. Send me a PM for details.

[jscieza]

Originally Posted by MoMan

You should probably add this to init_startup:

$phrasegroups[] = 'user';

OR add a new custom global phrase for the product with the correct key.

This will be included in the next version of the hack.

I prefer to wait until you release a fixed version. Please update both versions the non-cache enabled and the cache-enabled one.

Originally Posted by MoMan

So you're getting notifications for new threads, but not for threads with replies? That shouldn't be the case. Let me try checking if there are any problems with the code in the simple version.

I have installed this and then added subscriptions to some threads... when someone replies to these subscribed threads I'm not getting the notification in top right corner (drop down). It's always (0) even when there are new replies to my subscribed threads. In other words, this product isn't working at all for me and I don't know why.

[MoMan]

When I get the time, I'll be willing to log in to your site and try to debug this. It could be the case that there are other plugins on my site not present on yours that are otherwise required. However, please note that I am pretty busy with other things at the moment and am not planning on actively maintaining the non-memcached version beyond the one released here, nor will I be releasing a single version that includes an option to enable/disable memcached.

Version 1.2.1, which I use on my site, is working flawlessly. I will do my best to release it here as well, but haven't had the time to write the install/uninstall queries needed for it to work. As I mentioned earlier, it uses the database to store marking times, so that even if memcached is flushed, threads beyond the user-set cutoff will not be displayed.

If you'd like to install memcached on your server, try the following command:
pecl install memcached

[MoMan]

I've now updated the non-memcached version to 1.0.1 final. This includes the missing phrase. Try that- do the notifications work for you?

[jscieza]

Thanks for the update!

The missing phrase issue is now fixed but unfortunately notifications aren't working.

[MoMan]

I've just realized that this mod requires DB-based thread read marking to work. Make sure that's enabled in your vB options. By default, the cookie-based method is used.

I've now added this to the OP.

[jscieza]

Yes, that was the problem. I changed from cookie based to DB based and now the product is working fine. However I prefer to continue using the cookie based method. Is there any way to adapt your product to work in a cookie based enviroment? Hope it can be possible as because most people use the default method in their forums.

Thank you,
Jonathan

[MoMan]

If the threadread cookie stores your latest thread read times, then yes, it would be possible, as that's the only piece of information that this mod needs to work. AFAIK, though, there's a 15-day expiration or something like that, so I'd recommend you make the permanent switch to the DB-based system, as it really doesn't add any load to your board.

I'm willing to adapt this to use the cookie info on a freelance basis, if you'd like to go down that road.

[jscieza]

Yes, I'll love to be able to use this product while using the cookie-based method. Hope you can do it when you get a bit of free time.

Again, take in account that most people are using the cookie-based method.

Thank you,
Jonathan

[asd_ra7la]

Fatal error: Class 'Memcache' not found in /home/XXXXX/XXXX/global.php(400) : eval()'d code on line 588

[MoMan]

Originally Posted by jscieza

Yes, I'll love to be able to use this product while using the cookie-based method. Hope you can do it when you get a bit of free time.

Again, take in account that most people are using the cookie-based method.

Thank you,
Jonathan

I won't be doing that as part of this plugin. As I mentioned earlier, this would be something that I could consider for freelance work.