Notify?

Submitted by Kim Werker on 25 July 2007 - 11:11am. Categorized As:

Hey Spanky,

I just activated the Notify module, hoping it would do what the "subscription" module does on the current site: enable users to choose to be notified by email when a comment has been posted to a page, or new content has been created (e.g., forum, etc.). I changed the access rules correctly, but can't find any indication that the module is set up. Is it that this module doesn't do what I thought it does, or that it's fubar (or that I'm fubar)? Or does it automatically subscribe a user to a page they've created or commented on?

kp

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Ok, I just noticed the "notification settings" link on my profile page. I enabled it (woo hoo!), but don't understand the scope. Will I be notified of *every single* new comment and new content posted to the site? That will get really annoying really fast. Is there a way for users to choose which content they're notified about (e.g., posts made to a particular forum, new patterns posted, comments made on content they've posted...)?

Submitted by Kim Werker on 27 July 2007 - 9:20am.

I think it's daily by default. So once a day you get a summary of everything new that's been posted. ... at least that's how I have it set up on another site. Typically cron jobs go off around midnight. CAn you let me know tomorrow if this is NOT how it worked?

Other than that: I think it's RSS based if you want to keep up to date on things. You'd need to look through the different modules though. I've only ever used the, "send me a daily summary" notify stuff....

Submitted by emmajane on 27 July 2007 - 8:13pm.

I didn't get an update by email.

But I also don't think that's specific-enough functionality for this site. I either want to offer notifications for certain content (especially for comments; it would be best if users can choose to be alerted when someone posts a comment on content they created, or if they simply want to follow a discussion). I'll see if the Subscription module is 5.x ready.

If we can't do something like that, I'm not sure if we shouldn't just disable Notify -- or only enable it for admins. I can't think of many people besides me who would want a notification of *every single* new comment or post on a site this large.

Submitted by Kim Werker on 28 July 2007 - 5:13pm.

Ok. Check. I'm going to install Subscriptions, which is a 5.x-ready version of the module I'm currently running. I'm going to set Notify only to be available to admin users.

Submitted by Kim Werker on 28 July 2007 - 5:19pm.

Are you happy with Subscriptions? Should we set this to "resolved"?

Submitted by emmajane on 8 August 2007 - 9:14am.

Check. Have you tried it out? It's working nicely for me (I got an email about your comment, for ex). :)

Submitted by Kim Werker on 8 August 2007 - 9:29am.

It's working for you. I will set it to resolved. :)

Submitted by emmajane on 22 August 2007 - 4:26pm.

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