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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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

[MjrNuT]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I see, no it wasn't. I'll have it fixed soon as I have some time available


Fillip

Thanks for your attention to this. It seems maybe a ugroup on/off permission is suitable since its a basic control? I logically went to look there and didn't see any attributes for that.

[Wonksta]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Disable the following plugins:
Notifications (notifications_list)
Member Info Profile Blocks (member_build_blocks_start)


Fillip

I am only trying to remove Thread Tags from both Notification Menu and Profile page I want to keep the notifications running for only Mentions if I disable those plugins won't that disable all notifications (including for Mentions)?

[SoloX]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Abuse it how?


Fillip

by tag spamming resulting in useless tags. one particular member was banned. He learnt to clear his cookies and come back an copy pasted hundreds of member names in countless threads.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by SighK

I am only trying to remove Thread Tags from both Notification Menu and Profile page I want to keep the notifications running for only Mentions if I disable those plugins won't that disable all notifications (including for Mentions)?

Oh, it's not currently possible to remove only notifications from Thread tags.


Fillip

[Wonksta]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Oh, it's not currently possible to remove only notifications from Thread tags.


Fillip

Hi again,

I will try to explain a bit better (should have at the start :P) I have removed the Thread Tagging box that was displayed above threads basically disabling thread tagging, since thread tagging has been removed there is no way for members to tag users to threads therefore the notification text that says Tagged in Threads etc is no longer required.

I just want to remove it from _appearing_ to the user but can't figure out what template to edit to remove those Tagging headings from showing up?

P.S - Great Mod mate very nice.

[Wonksta]

Never mind - I like the mod so much the extra features in the Pro version are exactly what I need (wasn't aware of a pay version lol).

Thanks DragonByte.

[MjrNuT]

Originally Posted by MjrNuT

I think he means the following, which is what I just discovered:

1. Unregistered/Unlogged in account (Guest) is able to use the User Tag List.

2. Setting for Forum Permissions, really its for Category.


I had to disable "Thread" tags via No. 2. to disallow No. 1.

Was this intended?

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I see, no it wasn't. I'll have it fixed soon as I have some time available


Fillip

Originally Posted by MjrNuT

Thanks for your attention to this. It seems maybe a ugroup on/off permission is suitable since its a basic control? I logically went to look there and didn't see any attributes for that.

Hey Fillip,


I hope you don't mind the bump, which is only to provide some more feedback after I took a more comprehensive look at your plugin. I made sure I understood the differences to the Pro version as well, to see that I'm hopefully not being redundant. Meaning if you have something in the Pro version that matches my feedback list, then duhh, its not applicable.


Please review at your convenience to see if anything is reasonable to implement or even feasible. Perhaps others can weigh in on this as well. If I have made a redundant comment, do please make that clear of my mistake.


User Tagging --

1. Unregistered/Guests have access to this feature. Disallow by default.
2. Provide for Ugroup on/off use of mod in ACP. To allow/disallow access for User Tagging.
3. This utilizing the same auto-username finder of vB?
4. Thread Tags Profile Tab should only appear IF user tagging is enabled.
5. Thread Tags Profile Tab should have a per User Privacy Setting. This is for each User to set for themselves. (e.g., only Registered Members see the content of Thread Tags Profile Tab.)
6. ACP option to enable/disable the postbit information.


User Mentioning

1. Provide for Ugroup on/off use of mod in ACP. To allow/disallow access for User Mentioning.
2. Mentions Profile Tab should only appear IF user mentioning is enabled.
3. Mentions Profile Tab should have a per User Privacy Setting. This is for each User to set for themselves. (e.g., only Registered Members see the content of Mentions Profile Tab.)
4. ACP option to enable/disable the postbit information.

Thanks and look forward to your reply.

[DragonByte Tech]

Epic post there, thanks
I'll post it in the Project Tools at our site, and we'll take a look at them all for future versions


Fillip

[Wonksta]

I had an idea. Would it be possible for the script to automatically Mention a user when someone quotes their post?

Example of a normal quote [quote=Username;131213]

Would it be possible to somehow make it [quote=@Username;131213] without breaking the Quote box?

Thanks!

[MagicThemeParks]

I'd be interested to see if this mod has helped in increasing the activity on your sites. I'm still trying to see how this would benefit our users.