New Posting Features - [DBTech] Advanced User Tagging v3 (vB3)

Advanced @User Tagging Mod: What is it?

DragonByte Technologies is proud to present [DBTech] Advanced @User Tagging.
This version introduces several major new features that users have requested, and some others we were unable to fit in v1.0.

The @user Tagging mod is designed to increase activity on your forum by allowing members to mention each other in posts when talking about them.
This is done in a very easy way, very similar to how Twitter mentions people. We use @ ; as the tags, so for instance you could say:
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This new mod from @Dragonbyte Tech; is pretty cool.
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The ?@DragonByte Tech;? Will become a link to the DragonByte Tech users profile, it will also inform DragonByte Tech they had been mentioned, and link to the relevant thread/post via a new area in the profile section, as well as a new tab in the shoutbox.

It also allows members to ?tag? the thread for specific other members by inputting their usernames in the tag box above the posts of the thread.

This is a great way to increase your forum activity with no extra admin input required ? people will start to mention posts/threads to their friends, which will increase the amount of posting. This is especially useful of forums which have an international contingent (so threads posted in during the night for some of your members don't go overlooked) or forums which have a lot of posts/threads each day ? again to make sure that a post a person might want to read doesn't get lost in the crowd.

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If you like this mod please hit the button to the right ---->

Please remember to click the, button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

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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Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php

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Translations available @ [url="http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forums/91-Translations[/URL]
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Major Features
Twitter-style @ "Mentions": Typing @username produces a "Mention" that will alert the user to your post, as well as link to their profile.

Quote Alerts: Members you quote will be alerted, ensuring that discussions can continue smoothly even if they left the thread.

Profile Integration: Displays Mentions, Tags and Quotes in profile tabs for quick overview of a member's activities within the mod.


Complete Feature List
Lite

Emails:

• Email alerts for all features
• Globally disable emails for any of the features

General Features:

• Ability to disable Thread Tag list entirely for guests
• Globally disable any of the features

General:

• Statistics Page: Top X Thread Tagged, Top X Mentioned (Lite locked to Top 5)
• "Mention" alerts: Type @username to mention someone, and link to their profile. Email & forum notification
• Quote alerts: Email & forum notification
• Tag an user in a thread to alert them to the thread via a box above threads
• View list of tagged users above threads, with link to see all tags
• Profile Tabs: Lists both incoming and outgoing mentions, quotes and thread tags
• Shoutbox Integration: New Shoutbox Tab to list incoming mentions & tags
• Control how many users to display in inline tag list
• Turn statistics page on & off
• Control BBCode for mentioned usernames (Underline only)
• Control [DBTech] vBShout integration
• Turn features on & off per category
• Globally disable email alerts
• Ability to set maximum mentions per post (default: unlimited)

Pro

• Hash Tags:
  • One-click (un)subscribe to hash tags via the post list page
  • Clicking a hashtag shows all posts tagged with that word.
  • (vB4) Forum Sidebar widget with Recent and Trending hash tags
  • Control number of Recent / Trending hash tags
  • Control time span for Recent / Trending hash tags (x Hours/Days/Weeks)
  • Control stat weights given to individual users using the hash tag, and number of uses in total (for the Trending score)
  • Control display of number of users, number of uses and trending score
  • Deny usergroups access to sidebar block
  Emails:
  • Per-user email disable for any of the 4 features
  General Features:
  • Ability to Mention and Thread Tag whole usergroups by typing their name. Per-UG permission to disable Mentions / Thread Tags for this UG.
  General:
• Ability to tag all your friends by checking a checkbox instead of typing out usernames
• Ability to tag and mention all usergroups by typing out the usergroup name, permissions control what UGs can be mentioned and tagged
• Turn off alerts from everyone except friends
• Hide forum notifications for individual features
• Turn off email alerts for individual features
• Hash tags, Twitter-style, add a topic to your post, sends notification to subscribed users
• (vB4) Forum Sidebar block with Recent & Trending hash tags
• (vB4) Works with the Mobile Style (4.1.12+)
• Turn tag list off
• Control number of users displayed on Top X Stats
• Hide "@" on mentions
• Additional BBCode (Bold, Italic, Highlight) for mentions
• Exclude usergroups from features
• Exclude users from features

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

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

[DragonByte Tech]

Advanced User Tagging v2.0.5:
Fix: Fixed an issue where posts viewed via the Mobile Suite applications would all be blank
Fix: Improved reliability of @mentions, specifically it should no longer mention users whose names happen to match email addresses

Fillip

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Advanced User Tagging v2.0.5:
Fix: Fixed an issue where posts viewed via the Mobile Suite applications would all be blank
Fix: Improved reliability of @mentions, specifically it should no longer mention users whose names happen to match email addresses


Fillip

No love for the underscore problem though?

[DragonByte Tech]

I forgot to test that, but feel free to upgrade and give it a try


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

No love for the underscore problem though?

For future reference it's *always* a good idea to post bugs over at our forums so they are automatically tracked by our system, stuff slips through the cracks way too easily on the org >.<

Iain

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

For future reference it's *always* a good idea to post bugs over at our forums so they are automatically tracked by our system, stuff slips through the cracks way too easily on the org >.<

And yet, you replied to me here a couple of times on this issue. It's obviously a oversight, an omission and probably easily fixed.

You're offering it here, supporting it here, why should I join another board to report a omission?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

And yet, you replied to me here a couple of times on this issue. It's obviously a oversight, an omission and probably easily fixed.

You're offering it here, supporting it here, why should I join another board to report a omission?

For the reason noted in my original post - the system there is set up to track bugs etc to ensure they don't get overlooked or missed =). You're more than welcome to just use this thread for support, but it should be with the understanding that there's a reasonably good chance your issue will be overlooked when an update is being made.

Not forcing you to use the official site, just pointing out the support there is generally quicker, updates are released there first and issues and feature requests posted there are properly tracked and accounted for so they don't get overlooked or forgotten ^.^

Iain

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

For the reason noted in my original post - the system there is set up to track bugs etc to ensure they don't get overlooked or missed =). You're more than welcome to just use this thread for support, but it should be with the understanding that there's a reasonably good chance your issue will be overlooked when an update is being made.

Not forcing you to use the official site, just pointing out the support there is generally quicker, updates are released there first and issues and feature requests posted there are properly tracked and accounted for so they don't get overlooked or forgotten ^.^

Iain

But - that's your problem, not mine.

Please don't misunderstand - I appreciate your offerings of free modifications and your efforts at free support. You put out some good stuff. But here you are responding to something in your Mod that is obviously something overlooked and omitted, something simple, with a complaint that I didn't use the "official" forum therefore it's MY fault the report might have been overlooked, forgotten or omitted! The irony is strong here.

When that time could have been spent duplicating the issue, verifying it and figuring it out, taking it seriously instead of trying to blame shift.

One more time, here is the issue:

This modification does not work at all if the user who is tagged with it has a underscore in their username. It works with dashes and dots, but not underscores.

I would appreciate a update that fixes this.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

But - that's your problem, not mine.

Please don't misunderstand - I appreciate your offerings of free modifications and your efforts at free support. But here you are responding to something in your Mod that is obviously something overlooked and omitted, something simple, with a complaint that I didn't use the "official" forum therefore it's MY fault the report might have been overlooked, forgotten or omitted! The irony is strong here.

When that time could have been spent duplicating the issue and figuring it out, taking it seriously instead of trying to blame shift.

One more time, here is the issue:

This modification does not work at all if the user who is tagged with it has a underscore in their username. It works with dashes and dots, but not underscores.

I would appreciate a update that fixes this.

*scratches head* I'm not sure where you got the idea it was a complaint - I was letting you know that posting on our forum means it's much less likely to get overlooked. My words were literally "it's always a good idea".

For the record I don't personally handle code support so the "time wasted" argument doesn't really apply here either =)

Thanks again for reporting the issue - as before if it's important to you I strongly suggest you report it on our forums to ensure it goes into the bug tracker. We have over 30 products by several coders and it's not possible to drop everything to fix a bug reported immediately, which means that they can easily be forgotten about if they are not being actively tracked.

We have a system set up and in place - one that can't be used here on vb.org - to ensure bugs are properly logged and accounted for. vb.org isn't really designed to actively support so many modifications easily (over 50 when vb3 & 4 versions are taken into account) If people choose not to use it then there is a chance they will be overlooked. No one is at "fault", it's merely an option there users can take advantage of to ensure issues important to them don't fall through the cracks.

Just to make sure you don't get the wrong end of the stick again, this isn't a 'complaint' and i'm not trying to 'blame' you for anything - I'm just explaining why it's a good idea to use the system in place at our site and the reasons things easily get missed.

Iain

[Max Taxable]

Just fix it dude. Please. No more platitudes. I don't care about your system. Your system is inherently your problem, not mine.

Mine is, you left out a fundamental portion of this modification - covering the user who uses a underscore in his/her nick.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

as before if it's important to you

It should be important to YOU.

See?