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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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

[DragonByte Tech]

Not at this time, as it requires you to choose a follow type when you follow someone, but it has been requested and is under consideration for future update.

Chris

[diddy29]

We're having some issues with the latest update.

1. It appears only admins can follow users, even though the permissions are set up so that Global and Super mods can also follow, but they get errors saying you can not follow this type of user, but that type of user can be followed as defined by the usergroup permissions
2. There's no redirect after pressing submit to follow a user. Instead a blank page with the usercp.php template appears. When we click on the follow user link on the navbar the plugin has saved our changes, but it's annoying that the reidrect doesn't occur

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by diddy29

We're having some issues with the latest update.

1. It appears only admins can follow users, even though the permissions are set up so that Global and Super mods can also follow, but they get errors saying you can not follow this type of user, but that type of user can be followed as defined by the usergroup permissions
2. There's no redirect after pressing submit to follow a user. Instead a blank page with the usercp.php template appears. When we click on the follow user link on the navbar the plugin has saved our changes, but it's annoying that the reidrect doesn't occur

That's really weird, I am unable to reproduce that, could you pm me a admin account and ftp info and I will try and figure out what's going on.

Chris

[datoneer]

Definitely will try this mod. Tagged for now

[The_____KinG]

I'm having a small problem. When I choose "Email" option in the notifications, I'm getting PMs and when I choose "Private Message", I'm getting Emails.

Can this be fixed adhoc?. If so which file I have to modify and what part?.

One suggestion: In the notifications, is it possible to have a third option "reports" which when selected will come like a report like the user tag/ user mention mods.

Thanks for the great mod.

[DragonByte Tech]

Updated to v1.1.3

Feature: Added DBTech Affiliate ID support.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by The_____KinG

I'm having a small problem. When I choose "Email" option in the notifications, I'm getting PMs and when I choose "Private Message", I'm getting Emails.

Can this be fixed adhoc?. If so which file I have to modify and what part?.

One suggestion: In the notifications, is it possible to have a third option "reports" which when selected will come like a report like the user tag/ user mention mods.

Thanks for the great mod.

Sorry for the late reply. Upgrade to the latest version, and let me know if the issue still persists.

Chris

[mia_undertaker]

This is a great addition but for some reason it is not sending a PM. It is sending an email but has the URL twice so the link is invalid:
[QUOTE]You can view this content here:

http://www.miaclan.net/http://www.miaclan.net/showthread.php?31851-Film-Grabber-Game&p=196136&posted=1#post196136

Any ideas?

[mia_undertaker]

I got the PM part to work correctly but I am still have issues with the double URL in the emails

[DragonByte Tech]

So in the PM it is only showing one url, and in the email it is showing two?

Chris