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

[iA1]

Originally Posted by carik

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.

I have modified the attached file once again for your forum. Try it and let me know if it works.

The sub-folder link for your forum is hard-coded in the links.

[carik]

Originally Posted by iA1

I have modified the attached file once again for your forum. Try it and let me know if it works.

The sub-folder link for your forum is hard-coded in the links.

Thank you! Now goes into the topic and to the PM!
when you go to the topic, opens the page you want, but you need to scroll the page to the post. If there are ideas how to correct I will be very grateful!

:up::up::up:

[gnrx]

Hello.
Recently, I install this fantastic mod, but I don't sure if work correct.
Appears the icon, push in the icon notification and appears: Subscribe to notifications.
Ok, but if push again, appears the same (not for disable notifications, for example). This work like indicate?

Thanks and regards!

[Goomzee]

Notification not works in 3.8x i already reply there

[gnrx]

Since I installed in vb 4.2.5 I received notifications (by forum) for new threads and pm, but onesignal not indicate, not push notification with this mod.
I don't know what happens, because, I don't have any error...

Regards.

[gnrx]

Hi, my problem was solved.
I upload the files that we download of onesignal in my forum directory (my site its: www.mydomain.com/forum) and upload the files of onesignal in /forum folder.
Error, I upload to root folder (public_html) and now, yes, work fine.

Regards.

[iA1]

Originally Posted by carik

when you go to the topic, opens the page you want, but you need to scroll the page to the post. If there are ideas how to correct I will be very grateful!

Thanks for the feedback. I will try add it in the next update.

Originally Posted by gnrx

Appears the icon, push in the icon notification and appears: Subscribe to notifications.
Ok, but if push again, appears the same (not for disable notifications, for example). This work like indicate?

When you click on the bell again, it shows the unsubscribe button, like this:

Originally Posted by gnrx

Hi, my problem was solved.
I upload the files that we download of onesignal in my forum directory (my site its: www.mydomain.com/forum) and upload the files of onesignal in /forum folder.
Error, I upload to root folder (public_html) and now, yes, work fine.

Regards.

Thank you for the confirmation.

[gnrx]

Originally Posted by iA1

When you click on the bell again, it shows the unsubscribe button, like this:

Thank you for the confirmation.

Yes, after upload the files of onesign to root folder (not to the folder of forum) now, appears like you indicate, if click in the bell again, now, shows the unsusbscribe button, now, work fine
But after this change, I have replys in suscribe threads but not have notifications in this bell.
Thanks and regards!

[gnrx]

Hello.
I continue with the tests, like indicate in last reply, yes, now when I click on the bell again, it shows the unsubscribe button like you image, appears work fine.
But when I have new reply on one thread or quoted, I don't received any notification in this bell.
I received notification in browser but I think this is because, also, I have installed Advanced User Tagging

But the bull not indicate any notification.

Thanks and regards.

[iA1]

Originally Posted by gnrx

Hello.
I continue with the tests, like indicate in last reply, yes, now when I click on the bell again, it shows the unsubscribe button like you image, appears work fine.
But when I have new reply on one thread or quoted, I don't received any notification in this bell.
I received notification in browser but I think this is because, also, I have installed Advanced User Tagging

But the bull not indicate any notification.

Thanks and regards.

If you get notification as shown in screenshot in post #2
https://vbulletin.org/forum/showpost...89&postcount=2 then it is working fine.
The notifications are not inside the bell. It is actually browser notification. On desktop as well as on smartphone.