Forum posts default set to "subscribe"

I have a new site which will probably never be very big, but will serve an important function I think    When someone participates in a thread, it is unlikely that they will go back repeatedly to see if anyone has responded.   This is a common problem with smaller sites.

I was one of the people here who put a great deal of energy into arguing for the subscribe function when D7 was being developed, and Boonex did make this function.   The problem is, with the tiny little tab the put it in, hardly anyone ever sees it.

The other day I came across a forum that solved this nicely.   When you responded to a post, at the bottom of the post was a link that said:

"You have subscribed to alerts for this post, click here to unsubscribe"

If you clicked this link this text would change to:

"You are not subscribed to alerts for this post, click here to subscribe"

How can I do something similar with forums on D7?  If not the bottom message, at least changing the default, so that anyone who responds to a post is subscribed to it.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?  This would be a simple mod that could be useful to many here I think.

Ok, forget about the special link, does anyone know how to make it so the default is set to "subscribe" on any post where the member has participated?  This is almost mandatory for low volume forums I think.  I'm pretty sure someone did this for D6.1.   Must just be a small tweek somewhere?   Can anyone help with this?

Don't everybody rush up to help all at once now.  Does anyone have an idea even how to approach this?

It's a great idea to have the auto-subscribe.

I was trying to get this to work not too long ago.  Some of the things attempted here was to add an additional function to the submit button.

Haven't been able to get it to work though.  The forum is an odd beast.

Yeah, it might not be as simple as just a "setting" as I had hoped, but I do know people had it working with 6.1.  Can't really afford a paid mod right now - and I want this for several sites anyway.  In my opinion, this is almost mandatory for smaller sites.  If anyone knows how to approach it, please let me know.

One more quixotic bump here.   Does anyone know if this is possible?   I need this for a site I have that has just a few members and a low volume forum.   No one will go back repeatedly to check to see if someone has responded to a forum post, so I want "subscribe" to be the default for any forum post where you have participated at all.   There is already a "subscribe" tab there, of course - I was one of the people who lobbied for it while D7 was being developed, but Boonex implemented it poorly.   This may not be that difficult of a mod - maybe even just a small tweek.   I think it would be useful - almost mandatory, for all low volume forums if anyone cares to take a shot at it.

I would really like to have a solution for this.... It's a standard function in standard forum scripts.

Of course it is johnl, and like you mentioned on another post is absolutely critical for my application also.  With this, a newer site without too many members has a chance to become a community, without it there is almost none.  I totally agree that you shouldn't have to buy a mod for something this basic.

It's so annoying... Don't you feel like talking to yourself? I do.... no one from Boonex is answering our posts....

 this forum has turned into just a search database for me.. no one really knows WTF is going on here.

I am still absolutely desperate for this.  Sites that have it are simply wonderful, and get all sorts of interaction from their users.  I have a site that essentially failed from not having it.  No one goes back and looks to see if someone has replied to a thread - no one - and that "subscribe" button is hidden, and the defaults are set incorrectly. 

Again, the way I have seen this work the best - when you make a post or reply on on a thread, a link appears at the bottom of the post that says "you are subscribed to this post, click to unsubscribe".   When you click that, it toggles it, and says "you are not subscribed to this post, click to subscribe".

That's it! - and it can make the difference between a successful site and an unsuccessful one.  I would far rather Boonex be working on things like this then whatever they are doing in the sandbox now.   I would be eternally grateful if someone came up with a solution for this for me.

Thank you

Rob

p.s. Sorry, no money right now - totally broke as usual.

By the way, the site that I believe "failed" because of this was a site I developed earlier this year for people developing communities with D7.   I think Boonex can be sometimes be pretty good for people getting support but I wanted something a little different - more "business oriented" and to the extent possible asking people to use their real names.  Also as "secured" as I can make it - I wanted people to be comfortable posting their sites - even adult sites - without increasing the danger of them being hacked, and even if the sites are in early stages of development.  I think I am going to try to revisit this - the site is actually pretty good, but it is not very active for the reasons already mentioned.    Anyone here can feel free to join.  The site is at http://social-accelerator.com

I think I need some help with this though - another administrator or community manager.   I don't plan on making any money with this site, I was just trying to find people to work with more closely on these projects. 

Rob

I would love to see this feature as well, especially in groups and events forums.

I can help you guys with this.. give me couple of minutes 

Okay, open /modules/boonex/forum/index.php and go to below line of code around line no. # 309 and add the 2 lines marked in GREEN

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case 'post_reply':

// Auto subscribe 

$f->flag ((int)$_POST['topic_id']);

echo_utf8 ($f->postReplyXML($_POST));

break;

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Now, when someone reply to a forum post he/she will automatically subscribed to it

When I insert

    case 'post_new_topic':

// Auto subscribe 

$f->flag ((int)$_POST['topic_id']);

echo_utf8 ($f->postNewTopicXML($_POST));

break;

Is this working too??

Oh my gosh, I have been asking for this for like 100 years, and it is like 5 lines of code!  Thank you Keven, thank you!  Muchas Gracias!

Rob

p.s.  Could you answer Rappi's question as well?  I am going to test this today.

Nope, the "new post" mod doesn't work - it blows up.  Still testing Kevin's mod.

Damn, doesn't work :-(

The tab does change to "unsubscribe" but the alert messages never come.  Checked my spam folder even. 

Did anyone here find any solution for this auto-subscribe issue??

 No idea if this has been sorted or not but my idea is to place this code:

transCheck ($f->flag ((int)$_GET['topic_id']), '', 0);

after

case 'post_success':

At about line 303 in /modules/boonex/forum/index.php

Now all I need is a test system to see if it works.

No, it does not work when the user creates the topic, any suggestions?