I'm using Open Topic 3.1.0. I want to be able to set a flag such that, when any post occurs in any topic I have participated in, an email is sent to me. Ideally, I'd like a flag to be notified of any post in any topic (until the forum gets 'jump started'). Currently, our forum is under-used because no one replies.

I'm aware that I can 'pop it!' to get notification on a particular topic, but I'm looking for a more global setting. Also, if I do 'pop it' to get notified, how do I know, by looking at the topic, that this topic is set for such notification?

Thanks!

Hmm, an interesting suggestion, in deed...

Unfortunately, OpenTopic doesn't allow for such notification - you have to physically subscribe to each topic. And unfortunately, looking at the topic, there's no way to know whether or not you're subscribed with out clicking the PopIt! button to find out...

Hi Chris,

You have a couple of options. Your first option is to subscribe to an entire forum to get notifications of all posts on that forum. You'll get more notifications than I think you want in that case, however. Your other option is to utilize the user preferences. Go into your MyPop and update your default delivery options so that you get an immediate notification by default. What that will do is pre-populate the posting form on the posting page so that whenever you post a new topic or a reply, it will automatically subscribe you to new posts in that topic. Make sense? Give that a shot and let me know how it goes.

Thanks Brian ... I got the part about subscribing to an entire forum, and I know I can 'pop it' within a topic; but I don't get the bit about "Go into your MyPop and update your default delivery options so that you get an immediate notification by default" - I don't see a 'myPop' link on the page. Where would that be hidden?

OOOps - I see it. But - it says 'you have not added any myPop subscriptions'. But I have set 'pop it' notifications on one whole forum and a few topics. There is a 'profile' section but that seems to be not relevant to this; there is a 'popit preferences', but this just seems to confirm that I've either set delivery settings, and/or contributed to, some forums.

Are you saying I can, by default, cause any and all topics I participate in to send me notification by email?

My issue is ... our forums are practically dead, and I believe it's because no-one responds to posts. But since there are so few posts, it's not worth visiting daily. So I want, for a period of time, to get an email when any topic in a number of forums are updated (and forum-level popit should handle that) and also, longer term, get an email when any topic I participate in gets updated.

Thanks, Chris.
Thanks, Chris

Hi Chris,

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Are you saying I can, by default, cause any and all topics I participate in to send me notification by email?

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Yes. Sorry about the ambiguous description. Try this:
MySpace -> Preferences -> Notifications

Check the box for "Immediate Notification by Email" and save your preferences. That will cause you, by default, to be automatically subscribed to all topics you post in.

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Originally posted by Brian Lenz:
Try this:
MySpace -> Preferences -> Notifications

Check the box for "Immediate Notification by Email" and save your preferences. That will cause you, by default, to be automatically subscribed to all topics you post in.

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Sorry for being dumb, but I don't see 'MySpace'anywhere ...

Hi Chris,

My Space is the area where your profile is located. You should see a link to "Preferences" in there somewhere. Depending on the templates you are using, it may be called MyPop as well. If you still can't find it, please post a link to your site.

Thanks!

Thanks Brian. Here's what I see: MyPop. what's new|popit preferences|Profile|group Memberships|about myPop'.

Under 'mypop', it says 'you have not added any mypop subscriptions. When you do, this page will display the new and updated topics. Learn how to add subscriptions to your mypop pages.

But if I click 'popit preferences', I see 'new topics and replies', with entries below it. These correspond to topics I've subscribed to (but maybe 'subscribed to' is not the right term, given that it just told me I have no subscriptions?).

Our forum is at
http://synergen.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&s=355093663
does that link work for you? Thanks, Chris

Hi Chris,

I see the problem (I registed a test user on your site). You're using some of the older templates on your site, and those templates don't support the functionality I'm referring to. If you update your template settings so that your site uses the newer UI, the preferences I'm talking about will be available to you. The "side effect" is that this will change the look and feel of your site. You might give it a try and see what you think of the other UI. IF you want to change it, from your control panel go to Templates and select the Infopop III (Current) as your Primary Template and Infopop II (Old) as your Secondary Template.

I hope that helps!