Mini Mods - [DBTech] Follow User v1 (vB4)

What is Follow User?
Follow User from DragonByte Tech is a modification designed to allow members to follow one another in different social aspects of the forum. When a followed user completes an action such as a new post or a new thread, the followers receive either an email and/or PM updates based on their preference.

Follow User allows users to follow one another and get notifications when the member they follow complete certain actions.

Email and private messaging notifications, usergroup permission controls, and privacy options are all included in this product.

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

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Major Features
Ability for users to follow each others posts / threads with a pm or email notification.

Privacy: Users can make it so their following is private.

General Settings:

• Option to toggle the Navtab on/off for vB v4.1.x
• Option to toggle the Quick Links and Community menu links on/off for vB v4.1.x
• Option to toggle plugin on or off.
• Ability to enter the closed reason if you turned the mod off via the above option.
• Option to hide the version number in the footer.
• Option to define who sends the PM notice.
• Option to show the PM senders signature in the pm sent to followers.
• Ability to choose which usergroups are allowed Private Follows.
• Option to show the users follow/following stats in the postbit.
• Ability to choose seven different locations to show the follow/following stats in the postbit.
• Option to show the users avatar on the Follow User settings page in the usercp.
• DBTech Affiliate ID support.

Usergroup Permissions:

• Can Be Followed
• Can View User Follow
• Can Follow

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of Show Thread and product pages which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[diddy29]

Thanks for the update!

Are you considering a different follow method in future releases?

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah there is a bunch of different follow types under consideration for future updates.

Chris

[iliarien]

Hi,

thanks for this Great Mod,

Well im having database error :

PHP Code:

Invalid SQL:


            SELECT COUNT(*) AS count, followeeid AS userid

            FROM VBdbtech_follow_follow

            WHERE followeeid IN(

                SELECT DISTINCT userid

                FROM VBpost AS post

                WHERE 

            )

            GROUP BY followeeid;

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 ') 


In this page :
profile.php?do=editoptions

Thank you.

[DragonByte Tech]

Go to ACP / Plugins & Products / Plugin Manager and under the Product : DragonByte Tech: Follow User look for Count In Profile which is the hook, profile_complete. Un tick that box, scroll to the bottom and click on Save Active Status.

That will get rid of that error.

Chris

[diddy29]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Go to ACP / Plugins & Products / Plugin Manager and under the Product : DragonByte Tech: Follow User look for Count In Profile which is the hook, profile_complete. Un tick that box, scroll to the bottom and click on Save Active Status.

That will get rid of that error.

Chris

I had this same database error. Your steps fixed the problem, but just letting you know that I got the error too (if that helps).

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks for reporting, but to be honest that was something I was testing and actually should not be in there anyway since it does nothing right now, that's why it shows the error. In the next bugfix version I will remove that completely, as soon as I track down one other bug.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Fixed a couple of bugs:

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:

• Fixed a issue when you selected email as the notification type, it would not save.
• Fixed a issue when you navigated to General Settings in your usercp you would get a db error.

Chris

[diddy29]

<i>"You must 'Like' someone else's post before liking any more by DragonByte Tech."</i>

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by diddy29

"You must 'Like' someone else's post before liking any more by DragonByte Tech."

That's cool, thanks for trying.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes: v1.1.2

• Fixed a issue where you could not deselect notifications in the Notification Menu on the Follow page in the usercp.

[grey_goose]

Is there a way to manually add a link/URL using "&username=" to construct a "follow me" link in the postbit?