[Dargon-writers-list] Update: Forum Post Notifier 1.0

[Victor Cardoso]

Update: Apparently the closing parentheses screwed up the link in Step  
1 of my directions. Here is the corrected address:

http://www.dargonzine.org/dpww/forum/index.php

Secondly, in terms of what to test?

1) Posting in child boards
2) Posting a long item (like a story)
3) Creating a post and then replying to it

Those are the main things. There isn't much to test with this, I'd  
just like to get a number of folks to try it so that it isn't just  
me. :)

Thanks,
-v

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Hello all,

As I mentioned in my status report, I commissioned a developer to  
create a program for the DPWW forums that will e-mail every post and  
every reply to a specific e-mail address.

That e-mail address is a special mailing list that users can subscribe  
to. Subscribing to this e-mail list means you do not have to use or  
set-up any special notifications in the DPWW Forum. Subscribing to  
this e-mail list will send you every post and every reply to a post  
created in the DPWW.

We have 5 days to approve this program before it is considered  
"complete" and the developer will require payment. Therefore, I would  
like your help in testing it.

To subscribe to the mailing list, visit this address and enter the  
required information:

http://dargonzine.org/mailman/listinfo/dargon-forum-notifier_dargonzine.org

Next, you will probably want to disable some settings in the DPWW  
forum so that you don't get double e-mails whenever someone posts.  
Please perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the DPWW Forum http://www.dargonzine.org/dpww/forum/index.php
2. In the upper left-hand corner of the screen, you will see a bar  
that contains the links HOME HELP SEARCH etc. Click on the link  
labeled PROFILE. Your DPWW Forum profile will be displayed.
3. On the left-hand side of the screen will be a vertical list of  
links under the words PROFILE INFO and MODIFY PROFILE. Click on the  
link labeled NOTIFICATIONS AND EMAIL. You will see a screen listing  
your notification preferences.
4. Remove the checkbox next to the setting TURN NOTIFICATION ON WHEN  
YOU POST OR REPLY TO A TOPIC. This will keep the DPWW Forum from  
sending you an e-mail when someone replies to a new post of yours.
5. Note the section on this screen that says CURRENT TOPIC  
NOTIFICATIONS. These are a list of all topics in the DPWW that you are  
subscribed to and receive notifications for. To prevent e-mails from  
these topics, put a check next to all the entries in the list and then  
click on the button labeled UNSUBSCRIBE. Note that there may be  
multiple pages of items you are subscribed to. You should unsubscribe  
from every topic to prevent double-mailings.
6. Perform the same steps you did above for the section CURRENT BOARD  
NOTIFICATIONS. These are boards within DPWW that you may have  
subscribed to.

You will now only receive mailings from the Forum-Notifier list.

Rules for the Forum-Notifier list:
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1. You cannot choose which boards or topics you subscribe to with this  
list. It will e-mail EVERYTHING that is posted in the DPWW forums.
2. You cannot reply to the Forum-Notifier-List via e-mail and have it  
appear in DPWW. You must go to the board to reply. A link is provided  
to take you to the topic.
3. All e-mails will contain the full text of the post.
4. ALL posts and replies are sent to the list, even your own.
5. The sender of the post is displayed in the title of the e-mail. It  
is the username the person uses in the DPWW Forum.

Please try to post a few things and see if it works. I'm bankrolling  
this modification and I do not want to have to get the developer  
involved later at further expense.

Thank you!

-v

-- 
Victor Cardoso
  Ann Arbor, MI
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