Version: 4.0.006, by cellarius
Developer Last Online: Apr 2022
Category: Social Group and Album Enhancements -
Version: 4.x.x
Rating:
Released: 11-17-2009
Last Update: 12-23-2009
Installs: 208
Uses Plugins
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No support by the author.
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!
Great mod which the members seems very pleased about.
We have one problem though. It keeps saying that theres one notification (Groups) and no matter if we go to all the groups created (all groups - not just the one we?re members of - just to be sure and do what we can to get rid of the message)) and even chooses "Mark this group read" it keeps showing one notification for groups
SAME problem here.
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Originally Posted by cellarius
There may indeed be an issue when read marking is changed that way. Probably this will resolve itself over time, can't think of anything I could do to change that.
Anyway, there seems to be another issue (also one I can do nothing about): there might be a read marking problem if there are more than one page of new discussion entries. I have now had members of my board experience this for the first time, and due to increased traffic in groups (because of the notifications ) they had more than one page of new entries. Read marking seems to hickup then. This not only was influencing my mod, but also read marking on the main groups page (my groups). The discussion was indeed marked read, but the group was not - systemwide, not only for the notifications. I also was able to reproduce this, albeit both was on 3.8 installations. Since there were no changes to the system, I'm pretty sure this will be true for vB4, too.
Anyway, to resolve this if it happens, my users had to use the groups->individual group page->group tools->mark this group read. This worked. Going throug unread discussions or marking individual discussions read will not, since read marking for discussions and groups runs seperately.
Is this mod DOA, or is there a workaround that won't confuse users, or??? I'd really like to use this, but so far can't get it to EVER show less than 1 notification. (Even manually marking group posts "read".)
I'm sorry to hear that this mod does not work for you - for about 150 other installations it does, so no, it's not DOA. I'm also sorry I can't give you furhter assistance - the current read-marking-system vB uses is far from perfect, and obviously there's something interfering at your site.
I'm sorry to hear that this mod does not work for you - for about 150 other installations it does, so no, it's not DOA. I'm also sorry I can't give you furhter assistance - the current read-marking-system vB uses is far from perfect, and obviously there's something interfering at your site.
Other users are having the exact same issue though, and you are able to recreate the issue, correct?
How are they getting around this? Or for some strange reason, is this mod working for some but not others? What might cause the difference?
I would like to use the mod, I just don't see how I can.
The only thing I see a problem with is that even after you read all the new messages, you still get a notification? The notification is not clearing on my site.
Is this problem with notifications not clearing fixed now? I would love to use this mod as I need some sort of notification system for my users when there is a new post in a group area.
You need to try. Some users seem to have it, some don't. I had it on one forum for a short time in the beginning, then it seems to have vanished. Sorry there's not more I can tell you.
Hi also from me
I have install it and its working perfect , i was waiting for this mod for a long long time.
Thansk a lot .
I have only one question to make please.
Some users receiving notification that there is something in one of the social group they are a memmber , but when they go there there is nothing new to dead or see , but they still have the message that there is a meessage new.