Version: 4.0.006, by cellarius
Developer Last Online: Apr 2022
Category: Social Group and Album Enhancements -
Version: 4.x.x
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Released: 11-17-2009
Last Update: 12-23-2009
Installs: 208
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What does this mod do?
This mod adds social groups to the notifications dropdown. Your members will get notified if there are groups containing unread messages; they need to be members of that group or have to be subscribed to that group. The counter will show how many groups with unread messages there are.
Installation:
Just import the product file in AdminCP->Product Manager. Done.
Make sure you understand and comply with the read marking requirements (see note down this post).
Settings:
Show notification for new messages in groups the user is a member of, subscribed to, or both
Select usergroups who can use the mod (i.e. who will get notificatons)
Select whether to link to usercp.php or group.php
Make sure you understand and comply with the read marking requirements (see note down this post).
Note: This mod will only work with database and automatic forum read marking!
This mod will not work with cookies or simple database read marking. This will not be changed and is due to the limitations of the read marking system.
If the ressources for this trouble you, you don't want to run this modification anyway. Any workarounds would be more ressource intensive than using this option in the first place.
To set this, go to AdminCP->Settings->Options->General Settings->Thread/Forum Read Marking Type and set this to the third option: Database (automatic forum marking)
Note on ressources:
Note that this modification adds a maximum of two queries to every pageload. Both are not too heavy, going to slave servers only if existent, and there are mechanisms in place to prevent unnecessary querying.
Version history
4.0.006: added option to link notification to custom URL
4.0.005: queries completely reworked, should be more stable now and fixes some read marking issues
4.0.002: bugfix, use slave servers
4.0.001: initial release
#### Don't forget to click install! #### No support if you don't!
To further debug this, I'd additionally like to know:
- what are your exact settings in AdminCP, especially are you running this for groups the user is a member of, subscribed to, or both?
- are the users who experience this are members of groups only, subscribed to groups only, or both (for the individiual member)?
Great mod and working perfectly now Solved it with a little help from someone.
is there a way to get more details about the "new" posts ? Im a subscriber of some groups and member others, but I cant seem to find the posts that are new for me
No, sorry. The mod does not pull details, it only checks the read/unread status. Everything else would make the queries involved too heavy to run on every pageload.
when I post to a group I get notified of new posts. When I go back to read my own post it still wont dissappear and I have the notification staying there all the time
Cool mod... not exactly what I'm looking for, but cool. I'm looking for a mod that will increase the social group notifications to include "automatic email notification" of new posts in the group, instead of only cycling notices once every 24 hours.
Could you / would you be willing to incorporate this into your mod?
No, since this is something completely different. No idea what you mean by cycling once every 24 hours. This mod works real-time.
Sorry, not referring to your mod with the cycling once every 24 hours. I'm referring to the existing core vB email notifications for groups. By design currently, groups will only notify you once per day via email of new posts. I'm looking for a way to receive instant email notification. Sorry if I made that more confusing than necessary.
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01-14-2010, 01:50 PM
Solved it with a little help from someone.
