4.3 Notifications subscriptions

Revision as of 18:13, 4 June 2024

BlueSpice 4.5:This help page applies to the notifications functionality for BlueSpice 4.5+. For earlier versions, go to the previous documentation.

Registered wiki users receive notifications for a variety of changes to the wiki. Users can subscribe to different types of notifications.

Viewing notifications

If a user has unread notifications, the bell symbol in the top toolbar shows the number of new notifications. Clicking the notification symbols opens a mega menu with the most recent notifications.

Link to the notifications page

At the end of the notifications is a link to view all notifications. Clicking this link opens the Notification Center.

Notifications page

The following features are available:

1 - Notifications filter: The filter lists notifications by page. Clicking on a page name will only show the notifications for that page.

2 - Status tab: You can view all notifications as well as read or unread notifications.

3 - Settings menu: Here you can go to the settings page to choose the type of notifications you want to receive.

4 - Notification: Clicking on a notification will mark it as read. Alternatively, you can click the blue status icon. Read notifications are marked with a dark background and a blank status icon.

Subscribing to notifications

To receive notifications, users can subscribe to different events in the wiki in their Preferences.

Note:

You are not notified about your own edits.
No notifications are generated for page changes marked as "minor edit".

The create a notification subscription:

Click on Preferences in yourbuser menu.
Switch to the tab Notifications.
Click the Add button.

Technical Reference: NotifyMe

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-Registered wiki users receive notifications for a variety of changes to the wiki. Users can set their notification preferences as needed.
+{{Textbox|boxtype=note|header=BlueSpice 4.5:|text=This help page applies to the notifications functionality for BlueSpice 4.5+. For earlier versions, go to the [[Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceEchoConnector/archive|previous documentation]].|icon=yes}}
-== Viewing notifications ==
+Registered wiki users receive notifications for a variety of changes to the wiki. Users can subscribe to different types of notifications.
-To access the notifications page, click on your profile picture (1) and then click on ''Notifications'' in the Personal Tools (2). A red indicator is displayed if there are new notifications waiting.
+==Viewing notifications==
+If a user has unread notifications, the bell symbol in the top toolbar shows the number of new notifications. Clicking the notification symbols opens a mega menu with the most recent notifications.
 [[File:Manual:notifications-menulink.png|alt=Link to the notifications page|center|thumb|650x650px|Link to the notifications page]]
-The notifications page shows all incoming notifications.
+At the end of the notifications is a link to view all notifications. Clicking this link opens the Notification Center.
 [[File:Manual:notifications-page.png|alt=Notifications page|center|thumb|650x650px|Notifications page]]
 The following features are available:
-'''1 - Recent activity:''' The filter  lists notifications by page. Clicking on a page name will only show the notifications for that page.
+'''1 - Notifications filter:''' The filter  lists notifications by page. Clicking on a page name will only show the notifications for that page.
-'''2 - Status filter:''' You can view all notifications as well as read or unread notifications.
+'''2 - Status tab:''' You can view all notifications as well as read or unread notifications.
 '''3 - Settings menu:''' Here you can go to the settings page to choose the type of notifications you want to receive.
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 '''4 - Notification:''' Clicking on a notification will mark it as read. Alternatively, you can click the blue status icon. Read notifications are marked with a dark background and a blank status icon.
-== Notification settings==
+==Subscribing to notifications==
-{{Messagebox|boxtype=note|icon=|Note text=<br />
+To receive notifications, users can subscribe to different events in the wiki in their Preferences.{{Messagebox|boxtype=note|icon=|Note text=<br />
 *You are not notified about your own edits.
 *No notifications are generated for page changes marked as "minor edit".
 [[File:Manual:minorEdit.png|alt=Minor edit|200x200px|Minor edit]]|bgcolor=}}
-The following settings are available:
+The create a notification subscription:
-*'''E-Mail options:'''
+# '''Click''' on ''Preferences'' in yourbuser menu.
-**''Send me:'' Frequency of notifications (none, immediately, daily, weekly)
+# '''Switch''' to the tab ''Notifications''.
-**''Send to:'' If you enter or change the e-mail address here, it will be changed for the entire wiki (i.e., under your profile data).
+# '''Click''' the ''Add'' button.
-**''Email format:'' (HTML or plain text)
+# [[File:notification edit subscription set.png|center|thumb|350x350px]]
-*<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">'''Notify me about these events''':</span>  E-mail and wiki notifications for different events can optionally be activated or deactivated here. You can see a description of the event by clicking on the info icon. Grayed out checkboxes cannot be activated or deactivated and are set the same for all users.
-*<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">'''Notifications on namespace events'''</span> <span class="ve-pasteProtect" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">(always both in e-mail and in the wiki):</span>
-**when creating pages in a namespace when editing pages in a namespace
-*<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">'''Notifications on categories'''</span> <span class="ve-pasteProtect" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">(always both in e-mail and in the wiki)</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37)">:</span>
-**when a page is added or removed from a category listed here
-**when a change is made to a page associated with that category
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 [[Category:Personalization]]
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