Geoff S Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I used to get a notification for all the topics to which I'd contributed my infinite wisdom that were added to by someone else by clicking on the Bell symbol but that seems to have stopped without my having changed anything. I've checked my Notifications Setting options and allowed everything. Has something been changed? Does anyone else have a similar problem. It's not a huge deal but it seems odd. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Have you selected the ‘Follow’ option, top right on thread heading and / or bottom left ‘Follow topic’? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Yes, I think so. It's highlighted in blue for this topic but I didn't get a notification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Have you clicked the 'Follow topic' bottom left? If you have then the top right 'Follow' should now look like this Edited March 4, 2021 by Ron Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Click on the 2 and you will see whom is following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Yes, I've done that and it tells me that Ron and I are following but it doesn't appear when I click on the Bell symbol. The last Notification I got was last Saturday and I got regular updates before that. Just puzzled why it changed. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I just Followed the Hi Start thread, it Pinged me, as soon as a post went on, not saying you've done the same Geoff, but I have undone settings accidentally, have a look at your notification setting in the bell maybe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Still not getting anything on the Notifications bell icon but I get email notifications. I'm obviously doing something wrong but I've ticked all the right 'Options'. Perhaps it's one or the other? Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 In notifications you have this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 and at the top right you have this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Does this work @Geoff S? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Yes, that's working now. Does that cover all notifications or do I have to do it each time? Because I got another notification on a topic I wasn't actually following but had replied to. Thanks EB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Geoff, What did you change to make it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 If you click the bell and then notification settings, you can then open up the "Followed Content" section and make all these choices:- The top checkbox gives you notifications for threads you started. The next one for threads you've contributed to. Then you can choose how often and how soon to get the notifications and finally whether they are just on site ones (the bell) or emails or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 This forum is a lot more complicated than the old one but the options are so much better. It's taking a bit of effort to get my head round it but I think this is a big improvement and the more I get to grips with it the more I like it. Thanks Chris Geoff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) What I am curious about is these options at the top right and how they affect/interact with the settings Chris showed. I think that leaving these options as they are above has no effect on the Notification Settings as shown by Chris. But if the email option is selected then the Notification Settings are overridden and not added to the Notification List, only an email is sent. Any thoughts? I am going to do a test, why didn't I think of that earlier. On my RF-4 topic I have changed the setting to one email per day. I will report back. Edited March 6, 2021 by EarlyBird More info added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Well I had been getting email nottifications quite happily until 15:20 Saturday. But nothing since. I am happy my settings are good as I was getting Emails, now nothing. I think Chris Bott has spotted a problem and has raised the issue. Cheers Danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenRow Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I noticed exactly the same Danny, and having checked my settings the option to receive an e-mail every time someone posted on a topic that I was either active on or following has disappeared. You can still get an e-mail on either a daily or weekly basis but it appears no longer for each individual action. You can still receive a notification (not by e-mail). I suspected that "fast moving" topics produced a large amount of e-mail traffic (if that's the right work) and perhaps this either caused issues for the forum itself, or people's own e-mails with frequent ones perhaps being regarded as likely spam? I am only surmising as to what has happened here. At the same time I received a notification that, if I understood it correctly, would, if enabled, produce a notification in my web browser that a new posting has been made even when I'n mot actually looking at the forum itself. I suspect there was an update of the forum at around mid afternoon yesterday. No doubt we will hear what has actually happened shortly. Brian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenRow Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Danny 7 minutes ago, RottenRow said: At the same time I received a notification that, if I understood it correctly, would, if enabled, produce a notification in my web browser that a new posting has been made even when I'm not actually looking at the forum itself. This statement certainly appears to be true, as I received a notification in the corner of my screen that you had reacted to my previous posting, even though I wasn't on the forum at that time. I hadn't received those until I enabled this option a few minutes ago. Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 something not right,my notifications have suddenly stopped as well,i checked my settings,thinking it was my end at fault but iv'e done nothing...i haven't had a notify since yesterday..... ken anderson...ne..1..where's me notification dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 All should now be fixed Ken. It may be worth checking your notification settings again though. Click the bell and then Notification settings. Then go through them methodically choosing what you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 yee gazooks,i've just got a notification.... ken anderson.....ne...1...notification back on dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stringer Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I take it all of my notifications from the "old" forum have gone? I now have no old threads sunscribed so do not get any of the notifications I used to get. I have also noticed entire parts of at least one thread missing ... I posted a few comments in the Twitser Ninja 250 forum and those posts have gone. Where is this now?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, Mark Stringer said: Where is this now?: This topic was started during the hand over period, between the old and new forums and as warned at the time, was therefore lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) We’re these posts made in early February during the migration period? It was widely publicised that any posts over several days would be lost. Otherwise, I do have a vague recollection of some posts going missing on the old forum. Edit: Now I know why you’re called EarlyBird! Edited March 23, 2021 by Martin Harris - Moderator Beaten to the draw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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