Miscellaneous Hacks - Instant New Thread Notification

= New Thread Notification =

Description

Very simple, it adds instant email notification for forums. If you are subscribed to a forum using instant email notification, whenever a new thread is posted you will be sent an email containing the details and the thread text.


Options: (AdminCP > vBulletin Options > New Thread Notification)

Enable new thread notifications?
Choose Yes to enable instant email notification for new threads.

Allow new thread notification for Usergroups:
Enter the IDs of the usergroups you want to allow to subscribe to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3)

If you only want to exclude usergroups instead of including them, leave this blank to allow everyone to subscribe to instant new thread notifications except those listed below.

Do NOT allow new thread notification for Usergroups:
Enter the IDs of the usergroups you want to exclude from subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3) Leave blank to not exclude usergroups.

Allow new thread notification for Forums:
Enter the IDs of the forums you want to allow subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3)

If you only want to exclude forums instead of including them, leave this blank to allow instant new thread notifications in every forum except those listed below.

Do NOT allow new thread notification for Forums:
Enter the IDs of the forums you want to exclude from subscribing to instant new thread email notifications, separated by commas. (i.e. 1,2,3) Leave blank to not exclude forums.

Use mailqueue?
Choose Yes for new thread notifications to use mailqueueing as per your settings (Recommended for all except very low traffic forums). Choosing No will bypass mailqueueing and send all emails instantly.


Installation Instructions:
1. Go to AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product.
2. Upload the new_thread_subscription_xxx.xml file.
Done!

To subscribe to new thread notifications just subscribe to a forum as normal. The new option has been added to the list.


Donations

If you have a pressing wish to donate money to me (and of course, you do) to say thank you and to possibly encourage more future work then you can do via the link below. Also, you will go to heaven.

http://redtyger.co.uk/donations.php

Don't panic! The donations link is only hosted on my website so it can be encrypted and not open my email address to spammers.


Changelog
v1.00 Initial release
v1.01 Fixed bug where Instant Email Subscription would appear twice.
v1.02 Fixed bug where a database error would occur when nobody is subscribed to the forum the thread is being posted in.

[snoopy5]

So we have a massive interest in a mod for a mailing-list like behaviour of e-mail notifications.

What is the current status quo?

I would be willing to pay also for this mod, I am sure others too.

If you just take the list out of this thread so far, who said they want to have this mod and all those people contribute, it must be easy to finance, right?

So look to the quotes a attached, so you know who could be a co-financer of this mod:

Originally Posted by AyeCapn

I'd be willing to pay for a mod of this mod that would allow listserv behaviour like a Yahoo! group. Email notification of all new posts by those who request that feature. Profile checkbox or something.

Originally Posted by Eq4bits

I'd be willing to contribute as well
We moved from Yahoo! groups as well and the only nit-pik my users have is the fact they don't get an email of their own posts even to subscribed threads. They originally missed the 'ease' of posting by email as well but they got over it :wink:
*runs off to install this hack*

Originally Posted by Viking Monkey

Hi,

What I would like is to auto subscribe registered users and above to every forum without them having to do anything so they will always hear about all posts.

Is that possible with this?

Originally Posted by Tralala

I'd like the same, as an option is that's possible. Asking each user to go in and manually subscribe to each is asking too much. I'd like to auto subscribe them by default!

Originally Posted by Bill Bickley

That is EXACTLY what I came looking for....

Bill

Originally Posted by Cyricx

Hmm I should have read through this whole thread before sending you a PM

I actualy have a working alpha script that interacts with the forums just like yahoo groups.

The email posts look like crap, and I'm currently working on the preg matches to clean that up. But I'm in the alpha already.

Perhaps we should get together and see what we can come up with?

I've got the email catch working, cron job runs every 10 minutes.

For forums that are enabled for the email integration and that a user has subscribed to when a new thread or new post is posted from the forums, an email is sent.

From email, a user can post a new thread, or replies to one of the emails they receive.

When the cron runs every 10 minutes, it'll grab those emails post them, and email the user the post just as if it had been posted from the forum.

Completely interacting just like yahoogroups

Just gotta clean up the install and stuff so a noob can install it, and clean up the emails a TON. Damn line breaks are driving me nutz on that

Originally Posted by rjmjr69

Thats very good news. Can not wait to see this once its done.. Thanks keep up the good work

Originally Posted by bobb06810

Our forum also would greatly benefit if the Admin could simply take a list of current users and

1. switch their current forum subscriptions to Instant Email. (we've installed the mod, and it works well.)

2. easily subcribe current users to all (or some, as dictated by the Admin) forums to receive Instant Email Notification

3 And if there was a way for new users to automatically be defaulted to Instant Email Notification for all (or some, as dictated by the Admin) forums.

Has anyone fully, or partly, solved these yet?

Thanks.


Bob B

PLUS all the guys from this thread:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107940



Red Tiger & Cyricx, there is support for you!


So let's act and not only discus those things!

[Cyricx]

I've been on vacation since 5/19, just got back in town yesterday. I'm hoping to have a beta version out in a few days.

No guarantees as I to have a few things on my plate to take care of after being out of town for 10 days

I just need to package it up and make sure I have all the steps in the install instructions correct.

I can't sell the mod as the skeleton came from Colin F's code which he asked I release it for free here, and it also incorporates Red Tygers code in a small part of the mod.

But contributions will be appreciated once I get the beta released

[InfoNirvana]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

This modification only enables notification for brand new threads. Replies are already dealt with by the default vBulletin settings.

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Ok so what you want is essentially for every member to receive instant email subscriptions for everything, new threads and new posts?

I'd like this, but on a per forum basis.
I'd like to have one forum that is this mass notification scenario. Not all forums.

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Please sign me up for the beta. Thank you.

[rustybones]

Originally Posted by Cyricx

I've been on vacation since 5/19, just got back in town yesterday. I'm hoping to have a beta version out in a few days.

No guarantees as I to have a few things on my plate to take care of after being out of town for 10 days

I just need to package it up and make sure I have all the steps in the install instructions correct.

I can't sell the mod as the skeleton came from Colin F's code which he asked I release it for free here, and it also incorporates Red Tygers code in a small part of the mod.

But contributions will be appreciated once I get the beta released

Hi, I was just wondering if there has been any progress made on this? I'm sure you have much more pressing things to be doing, but I'm eagerly (as I'm sure lots of people here are) awaiting this new mod

cheers

[attilio]

Any idea when the new Yahoo group mailing list mod will be ready?

[Cyricx]

Originally Posted by attilio

Any idea when the new Yahoo group mailing list mod will be ready?

I have a few things I have to do for the not-for-profit site I'm working on that pushed up on the priority list. Once I have those done I'll send out a beta Unfortunately, the code for pre-registering for an event at the end of august is a higher priority then finishing the mailing list mod , but it shouldn't be much more then another week.

[CMGU]

thank u

[rustybones]

Originally Posted by Cyricx

I have a few things I have to do for the not-for-profit site I'm working on that pushed up on the priority list. Once I have those done I'll send out a beta Unfortunately, the code for pre-registering for an event at the end of august is a higher priority then finishing the mailing list mod , but it shouldn't be much more then another week.

Coolness, please keep us posted

cheers
Rhys

[rustybones]

Hey, sorry to keep bugging you about this but how are you getting on with that mod? We are still very interested, but obviously if real paying work in getting in the way I understand

[AyeCapn]

I have had no contact from the developer despite repeated attempts. It is my theory that he was abducted by aliens.