(NE) New member awareness

[Nathan Explosion]

Forum plugin which allows you to bring awareness to new members and then display a message to other members

• criteria used is member group and content count
• message is configurable as follows:
  • message can be displayed within the post content, either above or below that content.
  • or message can be displayed above or below the post container itself
  • message uses rich-text editor, so can contain links etc. if you wish
  • message can be enclosed within an 'ipsmessage' box if you wish, with further personal customisation possible via the .neNewMemberIpsMessage theme template
  • or you can style the message's container yourself using the rich-text editor and/or the provided neNewMemberNonIpsMessage theme template
• message is not displayed to Guests, nor is it displayed to the author of a post if that author meets the criteria put in place

Plugin made based on this request

 

Edited February 18, 2019 by Nathan Explosion

[Nathan Explosion]

What's new in v1.1.0

• Addition of a 'topic message' function to allow you to show a general message before or after the topic instead of/as well as showing a message inline with a user's posts within the topic.
• Ability to limit the display of the posts message to only have it displayed for the first post by a user on each topic page, instead of displaying inline with every post by that user.

[James101]

Hey @Nathan Explosion -

Thank you for making this. It works perfectly fine. I wanted to ask if its possible to Align the IPS message box icon and the new awareness sentence - http://prntscr.com/rv0lrz

[Unlucky]

Hi,

Can you select which forums this is displayed in?

[Nathan Explosion]

On 4/7/2020 at 10:53 PM, James101 said:

Hey @Nathan Explosion -

Thank you for making this. It works perfectly fine. I wanted to ask if its possible to Align the IPS message box icon and the new awareness sentence - http://prntscr.com/rv0lrz

As the content added to the IPS message box is from an Editor, it's likely got the <p> </p> tags around the content. I'll look into that for you...see about stripping those out of the content

On 4/9/2020 at 1:16 PM, Unlucky said:

Hi,

Can you select which forums this is displayed in?

I don't believe I added in an option for this - I'll take a look, and will add it in if it isn't there already.

[Nathan Explosion]

On 4/7/2020 at 10:53 PM, James101 said:

Hey @Nathan Explosion -

Thank you for making this. It works perfectly fine. I wanted to ask if its possible to Align the IPS message box icon and the new awareness sentence - http://prntscr.com/rv0lrz

@James101 for the moment, add the following to your custom.css in your theme:

.neNewMemberIpsMessage p:first-of-type{
  margin:0;
}

I'll be adding that as commented out entry in the nenewmember.css file for the plugin when I release a new version - it can then be removed from custom.css and edited in the nenewmember.css file instead.

Edited June 24, 2020 by Nathan Explosion

[Nathan Explosion]

What's new in v1.1.1

1. addition of a css tweak to bring first paragraph in line with icon in the ipsMessage box
   • to use this tweak, edit the nenewmember.css file and remove the /* and */ around the following item:

   • /*.neNewMemberIpsMessage p:first-of-type{
       margin:0;
     }*/

      

2. added option to configure in which forums the message is displayed

Edited June 24, 2020 by Nathan Explosion

[James101]

@Nathan Explosion : Hi, after the latest update the New Member Awareness does not show up on posts. Its does not work on my forum.

[Nathan Explosion]

Ok...that, on it's own, doesn't help.

Give more details....what are your settings? What version of IPS are you running? Is this the default theme, or a custom theme?

[Nathan Explosion]

@James101 I'll be doing some testing later today; would appreciate getting at least a screenshot of what you have for your settings, please.

[Nathan Explosion]

Testing completed - post message appears fine in all scenarios except one.

1. Please provide a screenshot of your settings as they are now
2. Please advise what version of IPS you are using.

[James101]

@Nathan Explosion- Sorry for the delay. It was night for me

Settings Screenshots : 

1. http://prntscr.com/t81oe8
2. http://prntscr.com/t81ojn

IPB Version : 4.4.10

[Nathan Explosion]

Thanks - I'll take a closer look tomorrow morning.

[Nathan Explosion]

@James101 - not seeing any issues on my local test board. The one scenario where I can reproduce an issue is with IPS 4.5 Beta, so a little stumped here.

Could you send me your site URL, and a login for an account that is in your Members group please?

[James101]

@Nathan Explosion - Sent you the details via PM 🙂

[James101]

Hi,

@Nathan Explosion - after the latest update (4.5) the New Member Awareness does not show up on posts again. We faced a similar issue before but you sorted it. Please help me again 🙂

[Nathan Explosion]

It was caused by your theme last time - uninstall/reinstall the plugin.

[James101]

@Nathan Explosion - Hi, thank you for getting back so quickly. I uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin again but facing the same issue. I tried on IPS Default theme to see if it shows up on that but still does not show up. Sorry for being a pain.

[Nathan Explosion]

Same as last time - provide login credentials, give it the permissions I need in the ACP (see the PM)

[Nathan Explosion]

Thanks for the details - I've tracked the issue down to occurring with the "Posts" 'Where?" settings for 'Above the post content' and 'Below the post content', and the "Topic" 'Where?' settings.

I'll take a closer look later this evening, see what has changed between 4.5.0 and 4.5.2 (version 1.1.1 was released and compatible with 4.5.0)

[abobader]

Hi @Nathan Explosion

I test it on with a test user, it do not show anything to that user, but when I login as admin, I see the plugin working, so is something not working, this on IPB 4.4.10

Regards,

[abobader]

I disable it now.

I wish it only apply to the OP of the first post, not to every replies he did in that thread, as well, let say he/she pass the requirement regarding the post count, then it all disappear, was hoping it stay, for other to see it, maybe I did not fully understand this plugin.

[abobader]

I see what this plugin suppose to do, it meant for others not for the thread OP to see, I do not need this in my forum, as I thought it new thread rules for new user.

Either way it good plugin for whom need it.

[Nathan Explosion]

Sorry to @James101 for delay in getting the issue resolved - got a work callout on Saturday evening, had to go to a "dark site" customer and been off the grid as a result (don't be an IT consultant, people!!)

What's fixed in v1.1.3?

1. Modifications to support some new Post/Postcontainer template structures in IPS 4.5
2. Fixed issue with the 'Topic message' settings not resulting in a display of the message in IPS 4.4 and IPS 4.5

This update is currently pending IPS approval at this time I'll be submitting a newer version of this one, following review by IPS.

 

On 9/20/2020 at 3:01 PM, abobader said:

I see what this plugin suppose to do, it meant for others not for the thread OP to see, I do not need this in my forum, as I thought it new thread rules for new user.

Either way it good plugin for whom need it.

Yes, this is a plugin to display an awareness message to other users, and not the poster themselves.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Nathan Explosion

[James101]

@Nathan Explosion - Hi, any update on this?

 

Thank you!