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  • 29-07-2009 4:25pm
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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭


    I know its possible to subscribe to a forum, and you can sign up for daily updates and weekly updates, but why is signing up for instant notification of a new thread not an option. I know from using another vBulletin forum online that it is possible so why doesn't Boards.ie offer such a service.

    Or maybe it does and I just don't know how.

    EDIT: 4000 posts.... woot woot..!!!!


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Thread Tools (underneath the search button) -> Subscribe to this thread

    That it?


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    No I mean subscribing to a forum, as in subscribing to Feedback, or After Hours so that everytime a thread is started in that forum you get an email with a link to the OP.


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Just go to Forum Tools and "Subscribe to Forum" ?


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Ponster wrote: »
    Just go to Forum Tools and "Subscribe to Forum" ?

    I've done that. There are three options for email notifications. 1. No email notification. 2. Daily email notification. 3. Weekly email notification.

    Why is there not an option to recurve instant email notification for a new thread started in that forum?


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    I checked on the VBulletin site and it doesn't seem to be an option as it has the possibility of possible breaking a site.

    Imagine thousands of members all subscribed to After Hours all receiving e-mail notifications with the posting of every new thread :)

    It's possible to add it as a hack. Maybe request it in the Dev forum ?


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    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,171 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Would it be possible to subscribe to one or two forums so that new threads show up in usercp?


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Ponster wrote: »
    I checked on the VBulletin site and it doesn't seem to be an option as it has the possibility of possible breaking a site.

    Imagine thousands of members all subscribed to After Hours all receiving e-mail notifications with the posting of every new thread :)

    Surely it wouldn't be any more stressful than the amount of emails that are sent for every single reply to one particular thread. Sometimes within seconds of each other.

    Actually after looking at that other site maybe its not a vBulletin site after all. Maybe someone who knows more than me might know straight away www.vagdrivers.net is the site that does it.
    Ponster wrote: »
    It's possible to add it as a hack. Maybe request it in the Dev forum ?
    Thats a good idea. Can a mod move this thread if the get a chance. Thanks.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    My suspicion is that subscribing to a forum and receiving instant email notification would cause an email to be sent for every single new post in every thread in that forum.


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    Ross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭Ross


    There's a way to have someone notified every time there's a new thread posted in a forum, however, it only allows one mail address and can only be set by an administrator.

    I think we probably want to keep people coming to the site. Turning it into a mailing list kinda defeats the purpose.


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    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,171 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Ross wrote: »
    There's a way to have someone notified every time there's a new thread posted in a forum, however, it only allows one mail address and can only be set by an administrator.

    I think we probably want to keep people coming to the site. Turning it into a mailing list kinda defeats the purpose.
    Is there an option to autosubscribe to every new thread without email notification?

    Just so that it shows up in usercp?


    Or even manual bulk subscribe (checkbox jobby)?


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    seamus wrote: »
    My suspicion is that subscribing to a forum and receiving instant email notification would cause an email to be sent for every single new post in every thread in that forum.
    Thats nearly what I'd like. Say for example I subscribe to the construction and planning forum. Every new thread that is started in there means that I get an email as per example below:
    Quazzie,

    seamus has started a new thread titled "self-building" in the Construction & Planning forum.

    You can read this thread by following the link below:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=xxxxxxxxxx



    All the best,
    boards.ie


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    #13
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Ross wrote: »
    I think we probably want to keep people coming to the site. Turning it into a mailing list kinda defeats the purpose.

    Can we make it a paid subscriber feature then. Paid subscribers are always going to come back anyways, so it would be a real nice add-on to offer.

    It could mean people coming to the site more when they see a thread has started that they would like to contribute to.


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Has anyone looked into if this is even possible?


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