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.

[chuckiebaby]

This doesn't seem to work for vbulletin 4.1 CMS. It installs fine, but nothing shows up in the forum subscribe drop down.

[Burley]

Is there a way to target specific (sub)forums only?

I'm not a coder (far from it), but it seems to me that a statement like

PHP Code:

if forumid=XX then..... 


should do the trick, but like I said I'm not a coder at all. Perhaps anybody has a solution?

[Videx]

I miss not being able to in/exclude forums with the vb4 version. But this version has the ability to do both so as long as the subforums have forum IDs it should work fine. Sorry I don't remember if they do or not.

[Burley]

subforums have ID's, I already new that, my bad

But I still need to be subscribed to the specific forum, installing the product just isn't enough. I would also like it mandatory for all users, but no clue how to make that happen.

do you?

[Videx]

You could probably do it with some sql query. But it's a Really Bad Idea. What you're proposing is sending out unsolicited spam. If you're lucky, the recipient might follow the link to unsubscribe. But they're just as likely to mark it as Spam and you'll end up on blacklists. It's a lot easier to get on those lists than to get off!

[Burley]

No it's not.

Since my forum is a closed forum on which only members of the same club are active and they all want to know about the events they can attend.

That's what I want to use it for, when an event is posted in the calender a new thread is created automatically. I feel that it's good for the overall event attendence when members will get an automated email notifiing them of the event. So that even members who are not active on the forum will be notified of the event.

ANyway, got an idea how to do this without the query? The forum isn't running jet, so I perhaps it's not neccesary to do it in the sql. But we can fix it in the forum registration process.

[Videx]

Oh, I don't think that works anyway. Something to do with the way vb is coded - only real-people posts get notification. At least it wasn't working the last time I checked. [edit: It might work for you in vb3, I forgot this is the vb3 version.]

The whole web is designed to be "opt-in" these days. None of those inactive members are going to thank you for sending them unsolicited emails. Even if their email addys are still any good.

[Burley]

Well, it's a forum for our diving club. So all the email adresses are correct and current. They aren't inactive in the club, just on the web. Luckily everyone has an email adress and they all want to stay informed..

Anyway, you are right, it doesn't work if a bot posts a new thread. But right now it doesn't work either if a member does that. I have to figure that out first.

[hossenpheffer]

I've been using this mod for a while now without any problems. After setting up some forms for input using the Easy Forms mod, the New Thread Subscription alerts are no longer sending with new threads via the Easy Form thread posting method.

Has anyone else seen this? I've adjusted some of the various execution orders for both mods without success. Any help still around for this mod?

[Nirjonadda]

Any update for work on 4.1.10?