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[New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 12:26 pm
by Shade
I have added a little mod that allows you to mention a user.

Just type @[Username] (i.e. @Shade) in any post and the user will get a PM notifying him about the mention.

The message you receive when someone mentioned your name looks like this:
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You can switch the notification on and off in the User Control Panel:
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If you want to be notified without visiting ut99.org, make sure to have email notifications enabled for PMs.

If you encounter any problems, let me know.

Edit: Now it works also with quotes!

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[quote="Username"][/quote]

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:44 pm
by RocketJedi
cool addition!

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:54 pm
by ANUBITEK
Sweet feature, kinda wish more sites had this. Twitter and YouTube make pretty decent use of this, kinda surprising I haven't seen many other sites use it.

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:21 pm
by Chamberly
@Higor look what we got now! :)

Thanks @Shade!

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:35 pm
by UnrealGGecko
Great, now PM box will fill up more quickly :ironic:
I approve of this feature Shade, nice one!

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:50 pm
by Shade
UnrealGecko wrote:Great, now PM box will fill up more quickly :ironic:
Not anymore, I've removed the limit. :roll:

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:57 pm
by UnrealGGecko
Wow Shade... wow :lol2: :thuup:

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:00 pm
by Dr.Flay
Coolio !
It has become the standard way to refer to someone, and is often used here already so it will make a smooth transition.

Actually there are a few features the site can do, but we never enabled or activated them.
eg. this forum supports integrated chat provided by Jabber, though without ever seeing it in use anywhere, it is difficult to tell if it is any use here.

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:08 am
by papercoffee
@Shade

Did it work?

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:50 am
by Shade
@papercoffee

...no, it didn't work. That's weird! When I tested it, it worked.

@Testaccount

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:52 am
by Testaccount
It worked with this account.

@Shade @papercoffee

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:53 am
by Shade
Testaccount wrote:@Shade @papercoffee
And this worked for me too, now. I received a PM. What are your PM notification settings, papercoffee? Email enabled or disabled? What about popups? Maybe there is a bug.

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:17 am
by Barbie
Shade wrote:Just type @[Username]
Can this be done for

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[quote="Username"][/quote]
also?

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:44 am
by Shade
Problems should be solved now. If you still get no PM, let me know.
Barbie wrote:
Shade wrote:Just type @[Username]
Can this be done for

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[quote="Username"][/quote]
also?
I will have a look on that.

Re: [New feature] User mention notifications

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:37 am
by Shade
User mention notifications now also work quotes!

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[quote="Username"][/quote]