Social Group and Album Enhancements - Cel Social Groups Notifications

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 several mechanisms in place to prevent unnecessary querying.


Version history

• 3.8.006: added option to link notification to custom URL
• 3.8.005: queries completely reworked, should be more stable now and fixes some read marking issues
• 3.8.002: bugfix, use slave servers
• 3.8.001: initial release

#### Don't forget to click install! ####
No support if you don't!

This mod is also available for vB4:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228280

[BlackThorn]

Ummm, well thanks again.

[TheInsaneManiac]

I would actually enjoy this if my members actually didn't have to read all of their groups in order for it to work properly. Thank got for paid technicians and coders. =D

He had me run a query to reset all the users groups to their status being read and now the mod works flawlessly!

[Mysterious Ride]

<font color="DarkOrchid">I really need some help with this. I've done everything, but it still doesn't show the dropdown menu. I can see the notifications when I go into my CP, but I would like the dropdown menu to be there to. Could someone please tell me how I can fix it so that it does the dropdown.</font>

[cellarius]

This mod does not show anything in your usercp. You just need to import the product file and make the required settings in your admincp. Instructions for this are in the first post, I really can't add to that - just follow them. The dropdown menu is not generated by this mod, this mod only adds to it. Does the entry for social groups show if you have, say, an unread pm?

[Mysterious Ride]

<font color="DarkOrchid">Then do you know which mod does the dropdown notifications? Since this one only adds to it. I thought it was the actual mod for it. Sorry, I wouldn't have been buggin' if I known this wasn't the whole mod. I had been looking everywhere for that notification mod.</font>

[cellarius]

The notifications menu is not created by an addon at all. It is standard vbulletin.

[Mysterious Ride]

<font color="DarkOrchid">Okay. Because I looked everywhere, but when I didn't find it I thought it was an addon. Maybe I didn't look in the right places. I'll go look again. Thanks for the help. Really appreciate it.</font>

[goshalim]

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.

Why this is happening ?

[goshalim]

Still recieving faulse notification , please someone can help ?

[Ramsesx]

Wished I've seen this earlier. Thanks Cellarius.