INFO about newly installed plugins, themes, & other features

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(2021-01-03, 09:30 PM)Laird Wrote: I've installed the FancyBox plugin. Now, clicking on images in posts opens them in an in-page pop-up rather than on a new page. The pop-up allows you to click through all of the images in all posts on the page.

Works nicely too. Thumbs Up
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OK, I'm excited about these latest additions, and I reckon you guys are going to be too. I've installed the combination of DVZ Mentions and Automention.

What does this mean?

Type an `@` symbol in a reply in a thread, and you will be presented with a pop-up listing thread participants (up to a maximum of five, in alphabetical order). Keep on typing characters after the `@` and you will then be presented with a pop-up of all PQ members (again, up to a pop-up limit of five) whose usernames contain the consecutive characters that you entered. Select a username, and, after posting, that member will receive an alert that you "mentioned" them (unless they've disabled those alert types).

Give it a go and let us know what you think...

@Typoz @Sciborg_S_Patel @Stan Woolley @tim @Kamarling @Ninshub @Silence @nbtruthman @Brian @Mediochre @Obiwan @chuck @stephenw  ... dja hear that I mentioned ya?
(This post was last modified: 2021-03-24, 06:03 AM by Laird.)
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Well @Laird I didn't get any sort of alert from your previous post.

The formatting above with quotes and #1 was auto-generated when I typed @ and clicked your name in the pop-up. It does indeed generate the shortlist for this thread and then the all-members list, I got that part.
(2021-03-24, 07:11 AM)Typoz Wrote: Well @Laird  I didn't get any sort of alert from your previous post.

Ah! I forgot that it's necessary to click a little link to integrate DVZ Mentions with MyAlerts in the Plugins section of the Admin Control Panel. Now see if you get an alert for this mention, @Typoz!

(2021-03-24, 07:11 AM)Typoz Wrote: The formatting above with quotes and #1 was auto-generated when I typed @ and clicked your name in the pop-up. It does indeed generate the shortlist for this thread and then the all-members list, I got that part.

OK, good, now let's hope the other part works.
(2021-03-24, 07:22 AM)Laird Wrote: Ah! I forgot that it's necessary to click a little link to integrate DVZ Mentions with MyAlerts in the Plugins section of the Admin Control Panel. Now see if you get an alert for this mention, @Typoz!


OK, good, now let's hope the other part works.

Yes @Laird, your previous post gave me two alerts, one for the quote, the other for the mention.

Thanks for this, could be useful in future.
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(2021-03-24, 07:35 AM)Typoz Wrote: Yes @Laird, your previous post gave me two alerts, one for the quote, the other for the mention.

Thanks for this, could be useful in future.

Great, we've got it working. Glad you think it could be useful.

Now let me retry that mass call-out:

@Sciborg_S_Patel @Stan Woolley @tim @Kamarling @Ninshub @Silence @nbtruthman @Brian @Mediochre @Obiwan @chuck @stephenw - consider yourselves mentioned!
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I got an alert for this one, but not the prior one Thumbs Up
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I got an alert, which is cool, that's always a useful system.
"The cure for bad information is more information."
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Got the alert.
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