Ways to keep track of the forum

melink14 · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2005

So, I like syndicating all frequently updated content which is interesting to me so that I can see it all in one or two places.

One thing that I think is really simple for PHBB is rss for all new posts. That would be awesome.

Also, would be possible to have thread subscriptions where we could get instant notification of new replies or a daily digest etc. Seems like I remember this being a somewhat stock feature for phpbb as well. It's just a small extension of notification of replies.

That is all.

Flameboat · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

Well, we have email subscription, but it's totally broken and when someone uses it the thread ends up getting wrecked when people try to post.

It would be cool if we could do this stuff, but the forums here are pretty much just a great mess of code, from what I hear, and it's unlikely that they'll try to pile anything else on.

I know nothing about either phpBB or RSS; this is just going on what I've heard.
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VxJasonxV · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject:

melink14 · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2005

Is it possible to subscribe without replying to a message?

Flameboat · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject:

VxJasonxV · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:48 am Post subject:

No. It spits them out when there's a problem. And in previous cases, we've fixed each of the problems.

melink14 · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2005

Ah, I see. a bit out of the way there.

Even so. Subscription without rss is fairly shallow. If I have to click "Posts since last visit" to see new posts, then I can check old posts too.

edit:
After getting my first subscription email, I thought I'd throw another suggestion up here. A stripped down version of the post I'm being notified of.

Just a thought.