Forum subscriptions messed up with VB 3.6.4

[Aussie Bob]

Has anyone upgraded to VB 3.6.4 and noticed new forum subscriptions are messed up?

RE: http://dotable.com/showthread.php?t=949

Is there a fix for this? We're stumped. :iunno: :pullhair:

[SoftWareRevue]

FU is running 3.6.4 and I haven't seen any problems.

Maybe a plugin compatibility thing? Have you tried disabling any older ones to see if it fixes it?

[Aussie Bob]

Actually FU has the same forum catagory subscription bug. You can't get instant email notifications for new threads posted into a forum catagory.

In FU, I tried to subscribe to the "Student Lounge" and the Notification Types are only -
No email notification
Daily updates via email
Weekly updates via email
There is no "Instant notification by email", as there used to be.

[SoftWareRevue]

So, it's just the Forum Subscription?

Forum Category > Forum Tools > Subscribe to this forum?

[Aussie Bob]

Yep, you got it. There used to be instant email notification for when new threads are posted into a forum catagory.

This was a huge part of our server announcement forum, and sent out instant emails to folks subscribed to their server forum, when we posted an announcement about their server. The upgrade to 3.6.4 seems to have taken this feature away. :iunno: :crazy:

[SoftWareRevue]

Well, the feature's still there in the subscribe_choosetype template.

<td>
$vbphrase[notification_type]:<br />
<select name="emailupdate">
<option value="0" $emailselected[0]>$vbphrase[no_email_notification]</option>
<if condition="$show['subscribetothread']">
<option value="1" $emailselected[1]>$vbphrase[instant_notification_by_email]</option>
</if>
<option value="2" $emailselected[2]>$vbphrase[daily_updates_by_email]</option>
<option value="3" $emailselected[3]>$vbphrase[weekly_updates_by_email]</option>
</select>
</td>Let me look around some more. :S

[Aussie Bob]

We also have that plugin installed too -
Instant Subscribed Forum Notify 1.0 Allows users to select "Instant Email Notification" when subscribing to a Forum.
:think:

[SoftWareRevue]

It ain't lookin' like a plugin problem. Wonder if anyone's talked to vB about it.

/me opens a ticket.

[Aussie Bob]

The plugin looks good. It should work, but the dang thing aint workin'. :S

Thanks for anything you can find out. :)

[SoftWareRevue]

Has to be a bug. It's the same on every 3.6.4 forum. Even vb.org.

I can quit diggin' then. :)

I did open a ticket and will post back here with what they say.

[Aussie Bob]

Has to be a bug. It's the same on every 3.6.4 forum. Even vb.org.

I can quit diggin' then. :)

I did open a ticket and will post back here with what they say.
Thanks Dennis.

I've subscribed to this thread, so I'll get an email when you post that. :D

Instant emails for Thread subscriptions work. It's just the forum subscriptions instant email notification that's messed up. :bonk:

[Jan]

Don't you have to add the people in admin for a specific forum?

[Aussie Bob]

Don't you have to add the people in admin for a specific forum?
What do you mean?

Adding folks to receive instant email notifications for new forum posts?

I've never done that before. :think:

[SoftWareRevue]

It's an option. Just go to admincp > Forums and Moderators > Manage Forums > the forum you want > Under Moderator Options you have the option to add email addresses to be notified of a new thread or a new post.

[SoftWareRevue]

Here's vB's official response.
There is no built-in 'instant mail notification' for forums in vB and never has been in any version. If you saw that in the past this was from a modification that was installed.

[Aussie Bob]

Thanks Dennis.

So this looks like a plugin issue, and how that plugin interacts with VB 3.6.4. :think:

[Jan]

Well I have never known a way to do it apart from admincp :shrug:

[Aussie Bob]

We used this feature extensively with HTTPme and with Dotable. Clients subscribe to their server forum, and are instantly emailed when we post an announcement in their server forum.

Looks like the plugin doesn't play nice with VB 3.6.4, and this is a plugin problem and not a VB problem. I could manually add clients to their respective server forum, but that's well, errrr, manual :P and I refer to automate it.

Thanks Dennis for your help. Much appreciated. :)

[Aussie Bob]

Many thanks also to Alex from adbnetwork.net. Alex fixed this and it's working perfectly.

Great job Alex!! :bclap: