Better alert system

Megaolix

Well-Known Member
#1
I just noticed today that I had two pms. One dating from the start of the month.

I just don't think about checking the CP when I come here, any chance to have an attention-grabbing alert system for PMs?
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#2
There is. It's called going into your User CP, navigating to Edit Options, and either checking
Alert me with a notice when I receive a Private Message.
or
Notify me by email when I receive a new Private Message.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#3
Shirotsume said:
There is. It's called going into your User CP, navigating to Edit Options, and either checking
Alert me with a notice when I receive a Private Message.
or
Notify me by email when I receive a new Private Message.
It is weird... I have the latter checked, and I get emails to the alerts, but despite what seemingly everyone here says, as often as I check my email I normally see I have it here before the email shows me... the bottom line of the user cp menu just sticks out to me...

That being said... the best forum I've seen for alerts on PM's is actually Anifics... the instant you go to the site or log in... it shows smack at the top of the forum main screen a banner proclaiming you have X PM's. It also alerts you if your IP changes.
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
#4
I believe what you want is the 'Alert me with a notice when I receive a Private Message' option that Shirotsume mentioned. Here is a screenshot of it,



I sent a small test PM to myself. Here is how it looks like (NOTE: I'm using the fallback theme, but it works just as well on our default one),



PCHeintz72 said:
the instant you go to the site or log in... it shows smack at the top of the forum main screen a banner proclaiming you have X PM's. It also alerts you if your IP changes.
Don't know about IP changes, but this looks like the kind of 'banner' notification you describe to me.

-chronodekar
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#5
chronodekar said:
Don't know about IP changes, but this looks like the kind of 'banner' notification you describe to me.

-chronodekar
You are correct... to be honest, except initially when we were all scrambling to set things up, I honestly have not gone into all those settings...

While I do not think *I* need it, that should really fix it for about everyone else wanting more. I may set it anyway.
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#6
If there was a way to set it for everyone on the forum I'd do it. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, there is not.

You might notice that one of the notes is keep on the banner off and on is a request for you to do that. Been a few weeks though, might be time to put it up again...
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#7
Watashiwa said:
If there was a way to set it for everyone on the forum I'd do it. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, there is not.

You might notice that one of the notes is keep on the banner off and on is a request for you to do that. Been a few weeks though, might be time to put it up again...
Probably like how some still do not have an email... Some people just will not follow commands.
 

Megaolix

Well-Known Member
#9
After failing to notice the alert for a few times, I must say that the current system sucks. Any chance to have a pop-up window like before?
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
#10
Megaolix said:
After failing to notice the alert for a few times, I must say that the current system sucks. Any chance to have a pop-up window like before?
Maybe someone with HTML know-how could make a firefox-based greasemonkey script to generate a pop-up window if a "new" message is detected?

I think it could *theoretically* be done, but don't have the technical skills for it.

-chronodekar
 
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