Notifications

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.

Subscribing to notifications

To receive notifications, you first need to subscribe. Notifications are meant to inform about very specific events in a single context (e.g., page approvals in a particular namespace).

A note for wiki administrators:If you are an administrator and need to monitor the entire wiki, it is more efficient to habitually check the overview pages that show all changes in the wiki (e.g., the pages for Recent changes or the Quality overview page for the approval status of all pages) That way, you can avoid beeing flooded with notifications.

Subscription options

Setting
Receive notifications for	get notified: Namespace: if pages change in a namespace. To get notifiied about multiple namespaces, you need to create separate subscriptions. Category: if pages change in a category. To get notifiied about multiple categories, you need to create separate subscriptions. Subcategories are also not included in a category subscriptions. They each require their own notification. Watchlist: if pages change that are on your watchlist. Assigned pages: if pages change that are on your assignments list.
Type of notifications	Low-frequency: create / move / delete page; edit / delete discussion or blog topic / comment High-frequency: edit page; create blog post or discussion topic; create blog or discussion comment Quality monitoring: page expiry; add / remove page assignment; approval of assigned page
Delivery method	By default, notifications appear in the wiki itself. If you want to additionally get email notifications, you need to activate the email checkbox.

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:

1. Click on Preferences in your user menu.
2. Switch to the tab Notifications.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Create your notification subscription.
   

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.

Technical Reference: Notifications

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