Pop-up Mod panel for VB like on IPB possible.

[Mav2u]

I looked at the Vbulletin demo and a few websites using Vbulletin already. My question is how do you as a Admin or Moderator know when new posts are happening? Other than using the Quick links to new posts? Or notify by email.

I ask this as I use Invision Powerboard but I currently have become quite interested in Vbulletin by the apparent availability of cool hacks and skins available.

But I want to be able to see when I'm on the board when someone posts to a thread or makes a new topic so I can instantly or one of the moderators can instantly go look and respond. I see that they have a notify this person by email but I don't want to have to keep my email client open the entire day so I can see if some is posting or not. I see that they have moderate the posts for approval but nothing along the lines of moderate this forum by notifying this person/s by popup, pm, or whatever.

IF this exists and I just don't see it please let me know.

Basically I like this feature in Invision Power Board and I don't want to give it up or the money for Vbulletin if it doesn't have anything that makes responding to posts fast and easy. So is there a hack or something that does this? Or something in VB I don't know about and the people at Vbulletin pre-sales couldn't tell me about?

Thanks,
Mav

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Mav2u

I looked at the Vbulletin demo and a few websites using Vbulletin already. My question is how do you as a Admin or Moderator know when new posts are happening? Other than using the Quick links to new posts? Or notify by email.

I ask this as I use Invision Powerboard but I currently have become quite interested in Vbulletin by the apparent availability of cool hacks and skins available.

But I want to be able to see when I'm on the board when someone posts to a thread or makes a new topic so I can instantly or one of the moderators can instantly go look and respond. I see that they have a notify this person by email but I don't want to have to keep my email client open the entire day so I can see if some is posting or not. I see that they have moderate the posts for approval but nothing along the lines of moderate this forum by notifying this person/s by popup, pm, or whatever.

IF this exists and I just don't see it please let me know.

Basically I like this feature in Invision Power Board and I don't want to give it up or the money for Vbulletin if it doesn't have anything that makes responding to posts fast and easy. So is there a hack or something that does this? Or something in VB I don't know about and the people at Vbulletin pre-sales couldn't tell me about?


Thanks,
Mav

With vBulletin you can have a certain email address sent an email everytime there is a new post in a forum, this can be set up on a forum by forum baises.

Also, your moderators can subscribe to forums or threads. When there are new posts in a forum or thread they are subscribed to it will apper in their usercp, and also by email. Subscribtions are not only for mods, they can be turned on or off for all of your usergroups.

[Mav2u]

Yeah, but I want something like the Invision Power Board. Whether separate in its own pop-up window or on the forums somewhere. There has to be a cool feature like IPB offers. Is there such a Hack since it's not already in the software.

Otherwise I can't really justify switching to Bulletin at this time. IPB seems to offer everything Vbulletin does. Plus its free on my web host so that is an extra plus already.

Mav