How to subscribe for new topics but not posts?

fyx

15 May 2014, 21:46

I would like to subscribe to a forum, but receive email only for new topics. At the moment I am receiving emails on any new activity (e.g. individual posts).

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Daniel Beardsmore

15 May 2014, 23:23

It doesn't look like it's possible — the subscription options are very limited. That's the great thing about forums — the useful features are split between different programs and between different installations of the same software. Much like all computer software really. phpBB is modular, but last time I looked at it, the "MOD" system literally involved copying bits of code here, there and everywhere — too stupid for words. A large part of this stems from the fundamental idiocy of prevailing self-serve hosting where each request involves loading a script, compiling it, loading all dependencies, compiling them all, initialising all the code, opening a database connection, and generating a page. With that ludicrous overhead, it doesn't seem worth the load to write a complex plugin system. Software like phpBB should run as a daemon, not as standalone scripts that are compiled on demand.

Once you've got all that sorted out, you can add modules so much more easily, and you won't get something that crawls like WordPress .....

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webwit
Wild Duck

15 May 2014, 23:56

We do have an opcode cache of course (xcache). PhpBB also uses it as a memory cache.

fyx

16 May 2014, 14:38

Ah ok, I wasn't aware of the cheerless state of phpBB mods. In this case I guess "View new posts" [1] will do the trick.

[1]: http://deskthority.net/search.php?search_id=newposts

fyx

18 May 2014, 13:43

Actually the newposts URL above is sorted by last activity so it is not suitable to watch new topics. However this one works: deskthority - New Topics, but only for english part of deskthority.

Edit: it does not work neither. I am still looking for a way to keep myself updated without listing through post I already saw.

amospalla
let's go

18 May 2014, 21:55


fyx

20 May 2014, 11:30

amospalla wrote:I open this to get new posts: http://deskthority.net/search.php?search_id=unreadposts.
This one to mark them all read: http://deskthority.net/index.php?hash=0 ... ark=forums
Thank you, but I am looking for a way to see new topics (i.e. threads) and not all the new posts.

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Muirium
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20 May 2014, 12:00

Have you tried the forum spy?

http://deskthority.net/spy.php

It's not exactly what you want, but it is a great overview of the current state of the whole forum.

fyx

21 May 2014, 11:52

Yeah, I did. It's fine for getting something to read.

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