Testing user notification

[Brian McMahon]

I have added a new mod, "User's choice" (it's actually an extension to an existing mod, prime_notify) that should notify a user every time a new message is posted. Here we shall test it out.

[Brian McMahon]

Note that the automated installation procedure failed. The most impotrant change needed was to change the data type of a new field added to the database from tinyint(1), which is not supported by postgresql, to smallint.

[glazer]

I did receive a notification by email
Mike

[Brian McMahon]

That's interesting, but you may have received it because you were a Moderator in that group. I have removed your Moderator privileges (but you should still be a normal user). Try again!

[Brian McMahon]

So: now I see that the "user's choice" mod just adds the text of the post to the standard notification - it doesn't increase the number of notifications. There is another mod that claims to do that: "boardwatch". So I'll give that one a go next...

[Brian McMahon]

"Boardwatch" now installed - I think. It's a scary process since the "autoinstall" procedure failed, and the forum was completely broken until I discovered what needed to be done that "autoinstall" had failed to achieve...

[Brian McMahon]

Scary - posting that last message seemed to crash out my browser page...

[Brian McMahon]

Applying manual fixes to all modified system files ... gulp!

[Brian McMahon]

OK, we're getting there. I've fixed the system, set default boardwatch values to 'no' everywhere; and now I'm testing my own username ability to receive notifications...

[JRH]

I have added a new mod, "User's choice" (it's actually an extension to an existing mod, prime_notify) that should notify a user every time a new message is posted. Here we shall test it out.

Hi Brian,
I can see your new post.
Greetings,
JRH