Forum Activity for @strumelia

How to use the notifications dropdown menu - more clarity is needed

Using Jamroom

Yeah, 'cause you'd sort of 'have to' click on each one to do anything- and clicking on one would pull out the notification choices for it- email/PM/none. Like a slim bureau of drawers.
JR does already have modules stacked vertically on the left in the ACP- when you click on one it opens the options for that one... click on another and the first one closes back up... limiting the clutter a bit.
updated by @strumelia: 05/10/18 07:24:50AM

Is there a way to reorder GROUPS

Design and Skin Customization

This is cool. Though i don't want to do the same stuff Curtis does, I fixed up my two sites so that all three: the main Group Index page, the main page Groups widget, and now the Groups owner profile page Groups Tab ...ALL are coordinated to show the groups ordered by: group_member_count numerical_desc ...the groups with the most members on top, groups with least members on bottom. Used to have those profile page Groups Tab lists ordered differently (by date of creation) than at the other two 'group list' locations.
Much tidier now. Thanks for bringing this up Curtis.

auto-follow a discussion when you've posted to it

Using Jamroom

Ok I understand that now, thanks!

How does the GROUP Discussions function in comparison? - because in the beginning of this thread I explained how my auto-follow was also not working for those, the same way. Is that also because I was using my 'buggy' "The Member" as a test member? But... The Member DOES have Group Discussion Updated in their Notifications options, and set to 'send email'. But in my tests of May 3rd, when they posted to a GROUP discussion, they did not get set to following it either. (this is pretty confusing!)

How to use the notifications dropdown menu - more clarity is needed

Using Jamroom

Stacked vertical tabs would fit though, justified left... and each could expand only one at a time with the options?

Is there a way to reorder GROUPS

Design and Skin Customization

I think Curtis means he wants to do this reordering in his https://site.com/profilename/group Groups Tab page. Would that not be somewhere in the skin's Profile templates?
Then (I thought) once he reordered those in his own profile Tab, he wanted to have all the other members (who are NOT allowed to create or own groups on their own), see a Groups TAB on their own profile pages and when clicking it always be taken to see Curtis' /group page instead. Is that correct?

How to use the notifications dropdown menu - more clarity is needed

Using Jamroom

I was confused as well - I did not realize it was a dropdown menu. One of my profile Admins was confused by it in exactly the same way too... he told me that last year when the new layout occurred. Interestingly, he was reporting to me that the other options had 'disappeared'.
It's definitely visually confusing to some people.

But I made my poll and should be fun when a few feedback votes come in!
...Note that someone (not me!) has ALREADY indicated they don't see any options other than the first one that appears in the menu...! :
https://fotmd.com/pollster/poll/3/poll-have-you-reviewed-or-customized-your-site-notification-settings
updated by @strumelia: 05/09/18 08:56:42AM

auto-follow a discussion when you've posted to it

Using Jamroom

Hmm.. on my pennywhistle site, I have the Forum module quota config set to ALLOW forum on profile of ONLY the single "Forums" forum profile ... and NOT allowed on profile of Master Admin... yet I see the option is there in my notification settings as Master Admin. ? As Master Admin, I long ago created the Profile called Forums, to house the site forums- but I put it in its own quota which i cloned from the Master Admin quota and then turned off a few things. And the Master Admin (me) does NOT have profile forum enabled yet I see it in my notification settings. This doesn't make much sense?

Yet on FOTMD, with the same setup I am indeed able to turn it on or off for Master Admin based on quota as you describe above... and it appears/disappears in my Masteradmin notification settings accordingly.
(btw, I don't see a Notifications at all for either of my site's "Forums" profile so I can't check in those... but that's ok I don't really need to see it, and I imagine it doesn't show because the profile sidebar etc are hidden on purpose.)

All this aside, I'm still not clear when you say:
"In the next version of jrForum 2.2.6 this is fixed. The 'Forum Updated' setting no longer has impact on the watching button. Now only if all notifications are disabled will the notification watcher not be turned on." ....

...are you talking about that glitch in my "The Member" test member on FOTMD ? Or are you talking about the main issue I started this thread for- that regular members don't get set to 'follow' a forum discussion when they make a post in it? Is there a problem with my Forum's 'auto-follow on post' function for all regular members, or is it just happening with "The Member" test member profile? ----If the bug is only on that profile, then ....should I apply to my own site as a NEW regular member profile like you did as "Michael", and see for myself that it's working as it should?

How to use the notifications dropdown menu - more clarity is needed

Using Jamroom

Steve that's a good idea.
I think I'm going to make a POLL! :D

How to use the notifications dropdown menu - more clarity is needed

Using Jamroom

I concur with PJ-
I too (!) at first thought there was now only one option to check- until ---as Admin--- I knew the others MUST be in there- and sure enough that's when realized there was now a dropdown menu. But NEW members might only see the one option without realizing there is a dropmenu there.... like I did initially. I doubt this ever happens to people who develop or design sites routinely.

I notice after doing a random sampling of a dozen members from various years who have posted stuff at one time or another on the site, that none among the sampling seem to have adjusted their notifications beyond the default, for all options. This implies 'something' going on.
I have had I think two instances of members writing to me that they didn't want to receive an email every time a particular action occurred (like they had a new follower, or someone Liked their photo). These people were always surprised when I pointed out that they had the ability to customize WHICH notifications they received for what action. Last year I even had a very active Moderator (profile admin) express surprise (and chagrin) that they didn't realize that it was a drop down menu at all. That told me it wasn't just me that didn't expect -and thus didn't see- a dropdown option.
As a minimum solution, I'd like to see a 'help' language string that we can customize, right above that dropdown as PJ suggested... so we can point out to our members the fact that it exists and has options.

Question Concerning Groups

Design and Skin Customization

Curtis, on my site I am the only one allowed to create groups. I have a main navigation bar link along the top for all pages with a "Groups" link to /group (where they see a list of all groups with the group images), and I also have a widget on my Main page with a scroll showing all 60+ groups... that says "Join a Group!". That pulls in people as well. See it on fotmd.com 's Home page.