Help Beta Test our New Notification System!
Jul 31, 2015 16:23:15 GMT -8
pawl, Michelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti, and 8 more like this
Post by VS Admin on Jul 31, 2015 16:23:15 GMT -8
Hi everyone, we're getting close to done on a new notifications system that we're really excited about, but we'd like some help testing it out before it goes out to all forums. Here's some information:
Our new notifications system is something that's going to allow you to have fine-grained control over what you're notified for, as well as when those notifications reach you. A highly in-demand feature has been the ability to "subscribe to" or "bookmark" entire boards to be notified when new threads or posts have been made in them, or to subscribe to all boards to be notified when there is any posting activity on the forum whatsoever. To give an early impression of what this new system is capable of, you can now do that.
Not only that, but you can also decide that you'd only like to be notified weekly about your Liked posts -- or maybe you want to be notified daily about threads you've participated in. What you're notified about and when is all up to you with our new highly customizable system.
We're going to allow forums to opt-in to receive the system before it goes out to all ProBoards forums, just so we can be sure everything's working peachy keen. With that in mind, if you are the main admin of your forum, you may navigate to Profile > Groups tab here on Support, and join the Beta Tester group (it'll be on the top -- look for the "Join" button on the right hand-side), which is open for anyone to join at this time.
Once you have joined the group, head over to the homepage of ProBoards Support. You will then have access to a secret Beta Test section where you can then opt-in to get the new notifications system on your forum before everyone else does!
If you're already opted in, keep an eye on the Notifications System board for more info on that!
Sure!
What is it?
Our new notifications system is something that's going to allow you to have fine-grained control over what you're notified for, as well as when those notifications reach you. A highly in-demand feature has been the ability to "subscribe to" or "bookmark" entire boards to be notified when new threads or posts have been made in them, or to subscribe to all boards to be notified when there is any posting activity on the forum whatsoever. To give an early impression of what this new system is capable of, you can now do that.
Not only that, but you can also decide that you'd only like to be notified weekly about your Liked posts -- or maybe you want to be notified daily about threads you've participated in. What you're notified about and when is all up to you with our new highly customizable system.
How do I get it?
We're going to allow forums to opt-in to receive the system before it goes out to all ProBoards forums, just so we can be sure everything's working peachy keen. With that in mind, if you are the main admin of your forum, you may navigate to Profile > Groups tab here on Support, and join the Beta Tester group (it'll be on the top -- look for the "Join" button on the right hand-side), which is open for anyone to join at this time.
Once you have joined the group, head over to the homepage of ProBoards Support. You will then have access to a secret Beta Test section where you can then opt-in to get the new notifications system on your forum before everyone else does!
When will I get it?
If you're already opted in, keep an eye on the Notifications System board for more info on that!
Can I get a quick recap?
Sure!
- We're testing a new notifications system that lets you do cool things.
- If you want to help test it out on your forum before it goes live to everyone, you can!
- You have to be the main admin of the forum to sign it up for beta testing this new system, though.
- If you are the main admin of your forum, you can (here, right now!) go to Profile > Groups tab and click "Join" next to the "Beta Tester" group. It should the first group in the list.
- That will give you access to this board, where you can sign up to receive the system before others do, and ask any questions you have.
- Signing up for the system doesn't enable it on your forum right away. We have to roll it out on our end, and we'll let you know in the aforementioned board when we do.