New BBCodes
BBCodes are those useful little buttons you see at the top of the textbox when you create or reply to a post, that insert [tags]xxx[/tag] tags to the message.
Hashtag
Now you can hashtag. Simply click the "hashtag" button and type the word you want between the tags.
Example
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[hashtag]Mousinho[/hashtag]If clicked, it will show search results (on this forum) of the word "Mousinho".
Mention
Now you can Mention another poster i.e. prefix with the @ symbol.
Example
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[mention]RubiconCSL[/mention]If clicked, it will show the profile of the Mentioned person.
Forum Digest
Example EmailphpBB does not provide the ability to send regular emails to users with summarized postings on a board.
Digests are emails sent to users periodically with a summary of postings made on the board for discrete time periods. Digests are designed to make board users’ lives easier. You don’t have to explicitly visit the site to see what conversations are going on around there. Just read your digest and if there is some topic that seems of interest, they click on the topic link in their email program and start participating!
You can unsubscribe at any time. By default, weekly digests are sent on Sundays. You determine the hour you want to receive the digest. Whatever time they choose, you will always get the latest news so that you can pick a time that suits you.
Digests can be daily, weekly, or monthly. Posts older than this will not be sent in a digest. In addition, if you want you can elect not to see posts since you last logged in if you visited recently. You can even filter out your own posts.
If you do not want summaries of every post, they can be selective. You can pick the forum or forums that interest you. By default, you will get posts for all forums that you can access.
Digests can be sent as emails containing HTML or plain text. By default, you get the entire post as text, but you can also select to see excerpts of each post or get a list of posts with links to each post.
Please note that each digest is unique, and may have different posts in it compared to another digest going out at the same hour. It may not be perfect, as it is designed for flexibility, not efficiency. But it's there if you want to use it.
By default, no-one will get them automatically. Go to your User Control Panel and select the Digest tab to set it up. There are a lot of options! So maybe just subscribe and see what happens - you can always unsubscribe or amend the frequency, format etcetera later.
Similar Topics
This change adds a list of similar (related) topics at the bottom of the current topic's page. It matches keywords in the current topic's title with other topic titles in your board's forums and determines the most relevant and closely matched results.
Example
I'm looking at other "useful" changes I can make, so watch this space......
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