Miscellaneous Hacks - Instant New Thread Notification

= New Thread Notification =

Description

Very simple, it adds instant email notification for forums. If you are subscribed to a forum using instant email notification, whenever a new thread is posted you will be sent an email containing the details and the thread text.


Options: (AdminCP > vBulletin Options > New Thread Notification)

Enable new thread notifications?
Choose Yes to enable instant email notification for new threads.

Allow new thread notification for Usergroups:
Enter the IDs of the usergroups you want to allow to subscribe to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3)

If you only want to exclude usergroups instead of including them, leave this blank to allow everyone to subscribe to instant new thread notifications except those listed below.

Do NOT allow new thread notification for Usergroups:
Enter the IDs of the usergroups you want to exclude from subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3) Leave blank to not exclude usergroups.

Allow new thread notification for Forums:
Enter the IDs of the forums you want to allow subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3)

If you only want to exclude forums instead of including them, leave this blank to allow instant new thread notifications in every forum except those listed below.

Do NOT allow new thread notification for Forums:
Enter the IDs of the forums you want to exclude from subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3) Leave blank to not exclude forums.

Use mailqueue?
Choose Yes for new thread notifications to use mailqueueing as per your settings (Recommended for all except very low traffic forums). Choosing No will bypass mailqueueing and send all emails instantly.


Installation Instructions:
1. Go to AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product.
2. Upload the new_thread_subscription_xxx.xml file.
Done!

To subscribe to new thread notifications just subscribe to a forum as normal. The new option has been added to the list.


Donations

If you have a pressing wish to donate money to me (and of course, you do) to say thank you and to possibly encourage more future work then you can do via the link below. Also, you will go to heaven.

http://redtyger.co.uk/donations.php

Don't panic! The donations link is only hosted on my website so it can be encrypted and not open my email address to spammers.


Changelog
v1.00 Initial release
v1.01 Fixed bug where Instant Email Subscription would appear twice.
v1.02 Fixed bug where a database error would occur when nobody is subscribed to the forum the thread is being posted in.

[Videx]

Has anyone offered proof redtyger is even still alive to care? If so, then they must know where he can be contacted.

[bernieberg]

Just fyi, I spoke with a moderator and they said I can't post it in this thread either.

[Videx]

No, until their policy changes they won't let you post it anywhere. But if it's not too involved a tutorial showing how some code may need to be updated to work with vb4 might be okay.

[vilhiem]

So bernieberg ... the mod you made to this mod works for me (and I thank you).

Only thing, were you able to "tweek" it to resolve the issue where the author shows up as the original "post" author (versus the "reply" author (if that makes sense) ...?

Thanks!!!

[Videx]

It's not working for us. Notices are inconsistent, phrased incorrectly, ditto the wrong attribution, and mistakenly send notices of all posts, not just new threads. Actually, if it could be fixed to stop sending those subsequent notis, then there wouldn't be a problem with incorrect attribution. Note that I'm comparing it to vb3.x where it worked perfectly.

[sinpin]

hey guys,

I'm looking for something like that for pm notification instead of email,
Is there anything like that ?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by sinpin

I'm looking for something like that for pm notification instead of email,
Is there anything like that ?

An interesting idea, since vb4 already has the capability to instant email notices of PMs.

[sinpin]

how do I change this code to send pm ?

// Construct the email phrase. Must be done inside the loop to use $got_users['username'], unfortunately.
eval(fetch_email_phrases('newthreadsub', $forum['languageid']));
vbmail($got_users['email'], $subject, $message, $notsubscription = $notsubscription_onoff);

[valdet]

Sorry to bump an old thread.

Maybe someone can help me.
I am super admin in my forum with full permissions, running on vB 3.6.12.

I can subscribe to thread replies without problems, but the instant email notification for new threads (on specific forums) does not work for me. I receive the standard access denied message:

admin, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

[yotsume]

INSTALLED!

Now all that needs to be added is a way for the Admin to auto subscribe an entire usergroup to a forum or a thread.