Mentions/tagging added!

Gryzor · 15:59, 09 April 14

Hello guys,

Several people have asked me about this in the past, so:

Today I installed a modification that adds mention/tagging support in your posts. All you have to do is start typing @<user name> and a drop-down menu with the found usernames will appear. Choose one, and a link will be inserted to your post. What's more, the tagged user will be notified through PM.

(A small quirk: there's a small bug and for some users whose name begins with a small or a capital letter and you type the opposite, you have to use the drop down menu for the functionality to appear. But normally, you can just finish typing the user's name and all should be well).

You can see more details here: SMFPacks Mentions Pro .

Since this was the first mod release the dev is actively working on suggestions (already made some myself), so feel free to comment!

Themis

PS this cost us €7.5.

robcfg · 01:57, 10 April 14

Hi @Gryzor ,

This is a nice feature indeed!

I'm currently out of home for a couple of weeks, with a Linux Mint Debian 16 laptop with Chromium, and I don't get the dropdown list.

Tell me if, at least, you get the pm.

Regards,
Rob

Gryzor · 06:23, 10 April 14

Hey @robcfg ,

Hm, I'm getting it on Chromium alright, we tested it quite a bit before announcing it, from different browsers and systems... but it did work as you can see and I did get the notification

AMSDOS · 06:45, 10 April 14

So if @gryzor mentions @amsdos in the Moderators lounge, I won't be getting a PM, but if @CP/M User is used in there, then I might get a PM?

Gryzor · 06:46, 10 April 14

Sorry, didn't get that?

AMSDOS · 06:52, 10 April 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 06:46, 10 April 14
Sorry, didn't get that?

Well I didn't know if you have one or not, some forums come with Moderators area which allow for Admin & Other Moderators to Discuss anything relating to the Forum.

Gryzor · 06:55, 10 April 14

Yes there is, and the mod has the option to tell the tagger that the tagged member doesn't have access to that thread/board, but haven't tried it

Bryce · 09:22, 10 April 14

@Gryzor - If this thing starts being over used / abused and my inbox has 20+ notifications a day, you can turn it off again!

Bryce.

arnoldemu · 09:31, 10 April 14

@Gryzor: Where is the drop down list? I don't get it on firefox.

Gryzor · 10:34, 10 April 14

Bryce: we're discussing about making this user-selectable, though this would complicate things: the drop-down menu would have to tell you the user doesn't accept tagging, for instance, stuff like that. But it's probably going to happen!

@arnoldemu : just inserted your username with the drop-down menu. FF 27.0 here. Are you sure about the capitalisation? Try "gryzor" instead of Gryzor maybe?

cpc4eva · 11:23, 10 April 14

congrats and well done for all the work you guys do

seems really expensive though E$7.5 ?

or is that cheap ?

Gryzor · 11:25, 10 April 14

Unfortunately, that's cheap. Mods are quite expensive, and I got it at half the normal price...

arnoldemu · 13:09, 10 April 14

Quote from: arnoldemu on 09:31, 10 April 14
@Gryzor: Where is the drop down list? I don't get it on firefox.

I see it now. When i use lowercase it appears with your picture.

Gryzor · 13:12, 10 April 14

Cool. There are two variations, from what I have seen, to a user's name: the name you log in with and the one that appears in the forum. Seems the mod doesn't like the latter. Some times. I think it's going to be fixed soon...

AMSDOS · 21:44, 10 April 14

@gryzor - the Mention I posted earlier came up with the drop-down list (which I clicked on), but it doesn't appear on the forum, any idea what's happening there? Also I'm not sure about the one in this post, preview isn't showing your name as a link for it.

The posts with the Linked Mentions in them have a URL link - mine aren't showing that.

Gryzor · 06:37, 11 April 14

Yeah, that didn't happen. Don't know what to tell you mate, what browser are you using?

Mind you, at first it was a bit shaky for me too, but got smoothed out pretty quick. I think it's got to do with caching data or something.

AMSDOS · 08:30, 11 April 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 06:37, 11 April 14
Yeah, that didn't happen. Don't know what to tell you mate, what browser are you using?

Mind you, at first it was a bit shaky for me too, but got smoothed out pretty quick. I think it's got to do with caching data or something.

Safari 5.1.10 with MacOS, but I don't know if it's that which would be causing the trouble.

I thought perhaps it's the editor settings I'm using which maybe what's occurring, I had to change this a while ago because something strange was happening with the font size which made it bad for other people to read.

Gryzor · 15:37, 11 April 14

Try changing it back maybe? Or try the full "reply" mode?

AMSDOS · 22:53, 11 April 14

@gryzor - I've enabled the "Show WYSIWYG editor on post page by default", but the Choose Quick Reply Type option seems to have disappeared.

It doesn't look as if it's changed the look of the user so it becomes a link, so it looks like an Browser thingy. LOL

Gryzor · 11:00, 12 April 14

Dev is working to iron out some bugs when the menu doesn't appear... so hold on

Gryzor · 17:46, 20 April 14

Hey guys, I just updated the mod. Now:

-it should work with more nicknames regardless of case or spaces.
-drop-down list appears after only two-three characters
-now works in the Quick Reply area, with our new editor (hope you like that one).
-New settings in a special profile section - you can now choose whether you get a PM, an email, both or none.
-now sending the post content along with the email!

Hope you like it.

@gryzor

AMSDOS · 00:51, 30 April 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 17:46, 20 April 14
Hey guys, I just updated the mod. Now:

-it should work with more nicknames regardless of case or spaces.
-drop-down list appears after only two-three characters
-now works in the Quick Reply area, with our new editor (hope you like that one).
-New settings in a special profile section - you can now choose whether you get a PM, an email, both or none.
-now sending the post content along with the email!

Hope you like it.

@gryzor

@gryzor - not sure if this is still working and your post above isn't highlighting the link, is that correct?

It would have anything to do with me having a different onscreen name from my username?

Gryzor · 07:09, 30 April 14

Yeah, it's working alright, and as a matter of fact I just updated the mod to be able to use display names instead of usernames; so, for instance, in order for someone to mention you, since you have changed your handle from CP/M User to Amsdos, they don't need to use CP/M but rather @AMSDOS . Easier like that.

There's a bug with emails as you can see, they're being sent as text but containing HTML markup, this will be fixed.

AMSDOS · 10:24, 30 April 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 07:09, 30 April 14
Yeah, it's working alright, and as a matter of fact I just updated the mod to be able to use display names instead of usernames; so, for instance, in order for someone to mention you, since you have changed your handle from CP/M User to Amsdos, they don't need to use CP/M but rather @AMSDOS . Easier like that.

There's a bug with emails as you can see, they're being sent as text but containing HTML markup, this will be fixed.

Ok cause it still doesn't seem to be working for me, but I don't know if it's because I'm trying in @gryzor with Lowercase "g" or it needs to be uppercase "G", @Gryzor earlier I'm trying it at the beginning of the sentence and it seemed to be listing your name with Lowercase instead of uppercase. Now it seems to be working when entering the name in the sentence rather than at the start of a sentence.

Gryzor · 10:27, 30 April 14

For me it works any way I type it, no matter where it is

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