Mention Users with @ Download 1.9.1

This component/theme doesn't work with the latest OSSN version.

bryce alvord 5 years ago

OSSN MENTION USERS COMPONENT

This component enables a user to mention other users in posts and comments by using the syntax @Full Name or conditionally @username and that will send the mentioned user a notification telling them that they were mentioned in a post or comment with a link to that item.

This can be used in conjunction with the Display Username component as of v1.2 if you want to display usernames and mention @username instead of display Full Name and mention @Full Name. It will dynamically switch based whether or not the Display Username component is installed and turned on. You can find more info on it here: https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/component/view/3065/display-username

When mentioning usernames using the Display Username component the exact casing must be used to match the user.
When mentioning user full names the casing DOES matter as that can help find uniqueness.
Mentions are not limited to the friends of the user, the entire user base can be mentioned
Multiple mentions can be done in a post or comment.

CHANGE LOG
-------------------1.9.1------------------

Added ability to parse off trailing '(apostrophe) and 's for use in plurals and ownership
Added recommended method and hooks from Z-Man

-------------------1.9--------------------

Added 'ossn:notifications:mention:post:created' to en locale
Added 'ossn:notifications:mention:comment:created' to en locale
Renamed init method from basic name to prevent potential collision with other components

POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENTS

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Comments

Arsalan Shah Replied 5 years ago

The only problem i see is you used the type post:created for mentions which is wrong. you should do something like : (type should be mentions:component or something else , here you are injecting type of callback which may later create issues.

$notifications->add('mentions:component:post'...

then adjust

 ossn_add_hook("notification:add", "mentionds:component:post", "com_mention_notifier");
 ossn_add_hook("notification:view", "mentionds:component:post", "com_mention_notifier_view_notification");
// similar for comments

Bryce alvord Replied 5 years ago

Johannes,

The only way it works with usernames is to use in conjunction with Z Man's Display Username component like you had guessed. I don't understand how users would know each other's user names without having them displayed in some fashion.

JACK AMPERES Replied 5 years ago

Excellent! just what i was about to suggest ., and there it is already available., thank you

Johannes Genberg Replied 5 years ago

I like this component and I will use it! While full name seems to work as advertised, I can't get notifications to work for usernames for some reason. Can it have something to do with me not using the Display Username component?