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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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]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Yep, already heard that excuse and dismissed it. Posts still on record here.

It's the simplest fix there is, your Mod currently ignores users with a underscore in their username. It's a simple omission you refuse to acknowledge or fix, while looking into others reported here before and after my report..

Good example of what I am talking about, in this thread very recently, you at least attempted to duplicate a reported problem. With this reported problem, you simply ignore..

It's also been shown in this thread your service at your support forums is also worthless.

We provide entirely free lite versions here and our one request is that if you have an issue, or a feature request you want to ensure is taken into account, that you use our support system so we can be certain it is tracked.

If that is such a hardship for you that you feel the need to insult us then we would prefer it if you simply don't use our work. Let us know if you have any issues with the uninstall.

Thanks,

Iain

[DragonByte Tech]

I've attempted to replicate an issue with underscores and I was unable to do so. A member called "te_st" was successfully mentioned without issue


Fillip

[EddyMaxx]

For the email notifications of mentions/quotes, is it possible to send a direct link to the actual post? That would be more beneficial to me. Overall great mod!

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by EddyMaxx

For the email notifications of mentions/quotes, is it possible to send a direct link to the actual post? That would be more beneficial to me. Overall great mod!

We'll take it into consideration


Beta 4 is a vB4 and Pro only update and fixes only 1 small issue, just released to keep version numbers in line


Fillip

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

We provide entirely free lite versions here and our one request is that if you have an issue, or a feature request you want to ensure is taken into account, that you use our support system so we can be certain it is tracked.

If that is such a hardship for you that you feel the need to insult us then we would prefer it if you simply don't use our work. Let us know if you have any issues with the uninstall.

Thanks,

Iain

If you don't like my posts you can simply put me on ignore. You release defective "free" versions to get people to sign up for YOUR forum, effectively poaching the membership here. Then when people DO sign onto your forum, the service isn't any better.

If you can't take criticism from consumers, why are you even trying to be in the service business?

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I've attempted to replicate an issue with underscores and I was unable to do so. A member called "te_st" was successfully mentioned without issue

Obviously at some point in the last seven months since I reported this issue, somebody there found and installed the same fix I did, months ago. Or more likely, just stumbled onto the simple omission that did exist. The issue was, users with underscores didn't get linked in posts where they are mentioned, and didn't get a notification. I fixed that myself, as I said, months ago. Because you would not even attempt to take a look.

That it took you seven months to finally TRY to replicate a politely reported problem speaks volumes.

All I did was ask politely, then waited seven months.

No, I am NOT signing on to your stupid board. You have the Mods you offer here marked "supported" then you should support them here.

[gmerin]

Kinda tough to purchase when your vbcommerce page is blank.

[WoodiE]

Seems like a pretty neat hack, but the alerting for every quote is a bit annoying. How do I turn this feature off or what file do I need to edit in the hack to manually disabled?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by gmerin

Kinda tough to purchase when your vbcommerce page is blank.

It's not blank for me What browser are you using? Ensure you're not on the mobile style.

Originally Posted by WoodiE

Seems like a pretty neat hack, but the alerting for every quote is a bit annoying. How do I turn this feature off or what file do I need to edit in the hack to manually disabled?

Did you look in the vBulletin Options for this mod? You'll find settings to disable emails there


Fillip

[viper357]

Hi guys, is this a database error from your mod?

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.5:

Invalid  SQL:

SELECT
user.userid,
username,
usergroupid,
membergroupids,
displaygroupid,
infractiongroupids,
user.dbtech_usertag_excluded  AS  excluded,
relationid,
userlist.type,
friend,
dbtech_usertag_settings,
email,
languageid,
options,
adminoptions
,  NULL AS dateline
FROM user AS user
LEFT JOIN userlist AS userlist ON  (userlist.userid = user.userid AND userlist.relationid = '2887') 

WHERE  username IN('Ay', 'Ayo', 'Ayoo', 'Ayoob', 'Ayoob,', 'Ayoob, w', 'Ayoob, wh',  'Ayoob, whe', 'Ayoob, wher', 'Ayoob, where', 'Ayoob, where m', 'Ayoob, where  my', 'Ayoob, where my f', 'Ayoob, where my fr', 'Ayoob, where my fra', 'Ayoob,  where my frag', 'Ayoob, where my frag''', 'Ayoob, where my frag'post':', 'Ayoob,  where my frag?:w', 'Ayoob, where my frag?:wh', 'Ayoob, where my  frag?:whi');

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check  the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to  use near 'post':', 'Ayoob, where my frag?:w', 'Ayoob, where my frag?:wh',  'Ayoob, where my' at line 21
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Monday,  June 18th 2012 @ 04:52:36 AM
Error Date    : Monday, June 18th 2012 @  04:52:36 AM
Script        : http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/newr...treply&t=35129
Referrer       : http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/showthread.php?p=605242
IP  Address    : *****
Username      : Keanan
Classname     :  vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[DragonByte Tech]

Advanced User Tagging v3.0.0 (Beta 5):
Fix: Question marks and forward slashes could cause errors with Mentions

Fillip