The alerts system can be hooked into to generate custom alerts, but so far I don't think alerts can be issued on a manual basis.I would assume mods can easily add alerts, am I right ?
Yes that one is awesome. I actually paid for a modification on vb.org, just for that feature. Members love it.Woaaaaa quote alerts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent
Yes that one is awesome. I actually paid for a modification on vb.org, just for that feature. Members love it.
There was originally an alert for Personal Conversations but people complained so it went bye bye (people didn't like having two red balloons for a single event). Email on PM is something I'd like to add soon.There isn't an Alert on replies in Personal Conversations and no email notificatio0ns either.
There was originally an alert for Personal Conversations but people complained so it went bye bye (people didn't like having two red balloons for a single event). Email on PM is something I'd like to add soon.
There was originally an alert for Personal Conversations but people complained so it went bye bye (people didn't like having two red balloons for a single event). Email on PM is something I'd like to add soon.
Originally when you got a PC message, it would show a red bubble above your Inbox tab (which makes sense) but also on the Alerts tab, so you would end up with 2 separate alert bubbles for one item. Now it just shows up on your Inbox tab when you receive a PC message.I was actually receiving a red-colored alert (at the Inbox-Tab) on Personal Conversations just yesterday.....
Are you saying this is not there anymore ?
Can I ask, who's idea was it for "Alerts" ?
I love it so much, I'd like to know.
but people will only get alerts if they are "watching" a thread... how do you turn on watching a thread by default?The Alerts are a great addition; this will definitely be an up from the rest. I've always found it a drag in forum software constantly having to check your threads to see if someone replied, or if someone quoted you, and with the thanks system you had to constantly check the usercp.
FB influenced the way it is executed for sure but let's not forget vB3.8 already had something called 'notifications' which can be seen as the primitive forerunner of the XF system, so I wouldn't be surprised if the current system would still have been developed if FB never existed
not everyone quotes someone when they reply...That's different, you get alerts forum-wide by default if someone quotes you.
not everyone quotes someone when they reply...
In your 'preferences', just underneath your time zone setting. There is a box called "Automatically watch threads that you create or when you reply..."but people will only get alerts if they are "watching" a thread... how do you turn on watching a thread by default?
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