Mobile-friendly links in boards.ie notifications

edanto

In the standard notification that vBulletin sends out to notify us of new posts to subscribed threads, would it be possible to add in a line that gave a mobile-friendly link?

It would probably just look like:

The email that boards.ie sends out to you when someone replies to your post wrote:

This thread is located at:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=XXXXXXXX&goto=newpost

To best view this thread on a mobile device, use this link:
http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=XXXXXXXX&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:

Blah, blah, rant, rave etc, etc. Oh and edanto was right the whole time.

Is this the best forum to suggest something like that?

DeVore

Heya Edanto, long time mate.

I moved your thread to here because its more relevant here and also the real tech brains behind Boards hang out here. I dunno how easily it can be done or if at all but if so, here is the place.

DeV.

edanto

Cheers DeV, thanks for moving it. It has indeed been a while, but 'tis great to see boards so active.

This morning I've looked through the m.boards.ie thread above in this forum and realised that this idea was suggested first by Captain Morgan about 6 months ago, so kudos due there!

If it's a trivial enough improvement, it would sure make my mobile boards experience a little quicker and easier.

Currently I click the link, pause the load, and then pop in the 'm' and reload the page. Not at all a major hassle, but I'd much prefer the mobile friendly link!

JohnK

This'd be a very handy feature alright since I use boards quite a lot on my mobile these days.

Mimikyu

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edanto

Just a friendly nudge to ask if there's any chance this feature request might be implemented?

thanks guys

Conor

I'll stick it on the list of things to do.

Random

Conor wrote: »

I'll stick it on the list of things to do.

can you put it up near the top?

axer

This would be a great feature. It is a bit of a pain to have to put in the m every time.

Random

where abouts is this on the "to do" list then conor? thanks

Conor

Random wrote: »

where abouts is this on the "to do" list then conor? thanks

It's not currently scheduled.

Tallon

This would be a good addition
+1

edanto

Conor, we appreciate that there are a lot of other priorities at the moment, and you guys are doing a great job. In the interests of helping out, would it be OK to explore this feature request on-thread?

Does anyone else know if it's possible to implement this change - i.e. is the notification email stored as a template somewhere in a standard vB install, if so, where? And if it were changed, would there be any possible implications to be aware of?

We might be able to pitch in and do some of the legwork on this thread so that it's less research/work for Conor and co, acknowledging that there is lots of other development work that's going on and only a limited amount of time for them to get through the list.

I'm sure there was a whole load of work done in developing the m.boards.ie site, and this idea would really just be doing the extra X% of work to make that great work more easily accessibly to the community.

Do we have any stats on the proportion of visitors that come through m.boards.ie as a percentage of the whole? It might be interesting to watch that trend before and after this proposed change to the notification email.

Conor

Please don't waste your time on that stuff.

Technically, it's a trivial change.

The only thinking required is on UI/UX and one of us in the office will get around to that eventually. We're going to have to do that regardless of whether or not you have provided input, so feel free to post options but bear in mind that a) it's not saving my time and b) the likelihood of it turning into a bikeshed argument is high.

edanto

Noted. Reason (a) makes it a waste of time and reason (b) also seems like a waste of time. I just never like to be suggesting a change without being prepared to do some of the work, but I'm out of my depth here.

thanks

edanto

Big fan of the whole touch.boards.ie thang that ye rolled out, it make my luas ride in the morning a lot more enjoyable.

One thing that would just be sooooper-dooooper would be if when I clicked on the 'new reply notification' link from my mobile if I were brought straight to the newest post on the thread since my last visit instead of to the first post, as is currently the case.

Oh - and totally unrelated, but just 'cos Dev and the rest of ye will get an email when I post this - Fair ****s Tom on the AH 'let's laugh at depression' thread. That has to be one of the most heartfelt, relevant and inspiring pieces of writing I've ever had the privilege to read. I'll drop you a text, but wanted to thank you in front of some boardsies!

Boards.ie: Danny

DeVore will only get an email in here if he's subscribed to the forum, and that's not a certainty. You can thank him where everybody else did, in the thread in After Hours