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Notify button for boards

Started by cssyphus, August 01, 2024, 09:00:56 AM

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cssyphus

We have a small forum with few users and only one board.

My users want to be notified any time a new topic is created on that board.

Under Profile -> Notifications -> Watched boards, it says

Quote"To request notifications from a specific board, click the "notify" button in the index of that board."

 -- but none of us can find it.

As the Admin, I've searched for how to turn the button on and haven't found it.

I searched this community as well before posting, but my search foo has once again let me down.

Where do I turn on the board Notify button for my users?

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Hmm, that text should probably be updated - It doesn't actually say "Notify".
If you are not watching a board, it will say "No alerts or emails", and clicking it will offer other options.

EDIT:
Moved to bug reports, so someone can check if the text string is still in need of fixing.
Slava
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Illori

yes this issue exists on SMF 2.1 and ideally that string should be modified.

cssyphus

I see, thanks. So how does a user watch an entire board - or can one only watch individual topics?

Our group wants to receive a notification email whenever a new topic is posted on the board.

As a non-admin user, I clicked on the board and it just shows the one message (we have only just set up the forum). I don't see the "no alerts or emails" phrase that you mentioned. Should I be looking somewhere else?

Thanks!

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Maybe this makes things clearer?
Slava
Ukraini!
"Before you allow people access to your forum, especially in an administrative position, you must be aware that that person can seriously damage your forum. Therefore, you should only allow people that you trust, implicitly, to have such access." -Douglas

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cssyphus

Thanks very much - I was focused on my assumption that I should be looking for a phrase / link at the bottom of the board posts, and missed the huge, large, big, obvious button at the top labelled with that very phrase.

Thanks very much for your kindness in providing the screenshots!

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