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msn alerts by saralk on 01-08-2005 at 06:37 PM

it would be cool if you enabled MSN Alerts for these forums, so it alerts you to threads that you subscribe to.

http://www.messagecast.net/brochure/index.html

RE: msn alerts by RaceProUK on 01-08-2005 at 11:05 PM

Don't you get the e-mail notifications then?

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 04:19 AM

I don't understand... how can you do MSN Alerts unless you're Microsoft?

RE: msn alerts by ddunk on 01-09-2005 at 04:21 AM

Sites like Neowin and Mess.be do em..., ~~somehow~~

They use the site that saralk posted

RE: msn alerts by MC.POP on 01-09-2005 at 04:21 AM

well mess.be have msn alerts and i dont think anyone fo them members were micrososft?!?!

RE: msn alerts by Titty on 01-09-2005 at 04:28 AM

I think this is a good idea.
My inbox would be a lot cleaner.

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 04:28 AM

Blah... I looked at the site quickly with images disabled and I didn't see everything...

http://www.messagecast.net/brochure/prod_blog_home.html -> Is that what you think could be used? It's free? O_o

I dunno if that would work, because every user has a different set of subscriptions. Everyone subscribed to the alert service would get the same alerts. :-/

quote:
Originally posted by Titty
I think this is a good idea.
My inbox would be a lot cleaner.

You'd still get the e-mails though...

Unless I added an option to disable them... :dodgy:

RE: RE: msn alerts by Titty on 01-09-2005 at 04:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ

quote:
Originally posted by Titty
I think this is a good idea.
My inbox would be a lot cleaner.
You'd still get the e-mails though...

Unless I added an option to disable them...

Or, I could go to User CP / Edit options

Use Email Notification by default:
Selecting yes will automatically subscribe you to threads when you make a post in them.

And change that to No :]

RE: msn alerts by ddunk on 01-09-2005 at 04:32 AM

" Fill out a quick form with information and RSS feed URL."

That would mean creating a non-personalized RSS feed and having on RSS feed per thread and forum, wouldn't it? That could get complicated.

:dodgy: DZ edit

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 04:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Titty
Or, I could go to User CP / Edit options

Use Email Notification by default: Selecting yes will automatically subscribe you to threads when you make a post in them.

And change that to No :]

But if you're not subscribed to any threads, you can't get any alerts about them. :tongue:

quote:
Originally posted by Ddunk
" Fill out a quick form with information and RSS feed URL."

That would mean creating a non-perzonalized RSS feed and having on RSS feed per thread and forum, wouldn't it? That could get complicated.

Yeah, exactly. Read the edit I made to my post above.

RE: msn alerts by Titty on 01-09-2005 at 04:36 AM

But I thought saral was talking about thread alerts.

That's why I said it'd be cleaner for my inbox.

Anyway, I'm confused at what your talking about WDZ ;p

Are you looking into the idea though ?

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 04:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Titty
But I thought saral was talking about thread alerts.

I think he is. When you're subscribed to a thread, you get e-mail alerts when a reply is made. The same goes for subscribing to a forum: you get e-mail alerts when a new thread is made in a subscribed forum.

No subscription = no alerts.

RE: msn alerts by Titty on 01-09-2005 at 04:41 AM

Yes. No subsciptions = no alerts = cleaner inbox.

;p

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 05:03 AM

When I say "alerts" I mean both e-mail and MSN.

RE: msn alerts by saralk on 01-09-2005 at 09:56 AM

what about if the script made a personalised rss feed for every person on the forum?

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 10:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by saralk
what about if the script made a personalised rss feed for every person on the forum?

I'd make a subscriptions RSS feed if there was enough demand, because it sounds like a kinda fun project. How many people have RSS readers though? In other words: how many people would be able to take advantage of the feed? :^)

RE: msn alerts by Eljay on 01-09-2005 at 10:13 AM

i like the idea a lot (Y)
iirc there was an rss reader plugin for msgplus somewhere......

RE: msn alerts by WDZ on 01-09-2005 at 10:27 AM

Did a quick search...

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=34272
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=32998 (Blah, useless thread)

RE: msn alerts by saralk on 01-09-2005 at 10:28 AM

i'd use RSS feeds, and you could use that RSS plugin in the first topic :banana:

RE: msn alerts by surfichris on 01-09-2005 at 10:39 AM

LiveMessage is actually a pretty big bandwidth waste if you ask me. It downloads the whole feed every time it "crawls" which is about every 15 minutes or so. It does no checking on the last modified time or anything.

If you search this forum there is a similar thread where I said I was working on a system which would intergrate in to MyBB and provide personalised alerts. I haven't done anything with it since that time..