kal w's dashboard

They can go to their PBwiki Account and recheck the "Enable notifications" checkbox. – Rachel Pennig, on July 17, 2008 16:31

I'm using 2.0. If they need to sign up again...is that sign up again to receive notifications? If so, where can I direct them to do that? Thanks!! – Stolzie, on July 17, 2008 16:22

Yes- this removes the person from getting notifications. They will need to sign up again. Are you using a 1.0 or 2.0 wiki? – Rachel Pennig, on July 17, 2008 16:15

I was playing with this and went to "Settings" and clicked on "Notifications" then I said to delete a name.

Aaaah. How do I get the name back on the list? Will that person now get zero notifications???

Thanks for your quick reply. Neither of the work-arounds are a good fit for us. The first is a bit to techy for most of our users, and violates our keep-the-user-experience-simple rule. The second is what we used in our 1.0 Pbwiki. It was servicable, but we had quite a few technical difficulties and down-times. Se we were excited to switch over to the integrated in-line comments in 2.0.

We're very happy with it. Only two things would perfect our experience. A permission level that allows comments but no editing, and comment-only email notifications. We're looking forward to both of those things!

Thanks for the hard work.

I'm sorry to hear that the additional emails are aggravating some commenters. I will pass on your suggestion here formally in our reporting system.

Suggestions / Work-Arounds:

1. (geeky fix) Have them set to receive notifies as they are made, then have them create email filters the only allow them to see the comment notifies.

2. (better fix) Add your own inline comment system from Haloscan.com or a similar provider. That kills two birds with one stone. People using Haloscan do not need to be a member of the wiki, and receiving email notifies is an option given by a checkbox on each comment that they make. See my help page.
http://help4all.pbwiki.com/AddingHalo...

Thanks again for mentioning this problem.

I have an additional request in this area. Because people have to become members in order to comment, they are not only getting notifications for new comments, but for every page edit as well. Our admins and contributor team appreciate those notifications, but the people who are registered just so they can comment are getting overwhelmed with the emails. Even if they select to receive only one email a day, they are still getting a long email with lots of changes that they have to dig through in order to find the comments.

The new notification emails are miles better than the 1.0 version, but I think it would be very helpful to separate the notification systems. One email for edits and changes, a second email for comments. People could select which one they want - and then when you solve the problem of having to making people "writers" in order to comment (still a huge problem for us), then people who comment could get the comment email, while all regular contributors could get both.

Or some other solution you think of... bottom line, some people ONLY want to be notified for comments.

Thanks.

Hi Everyone,

Since the Notifications 2.0 has been released, you will no longer see a "Sneak Preview". The new notifications features are live in every wiki now. There is no need to check mark any boxes.

Thanks for all the great questions and suggestions.

I don't get a "Sneak Preview" checkbox either....