Advanced @User Tagging v1.0

Belazor · 17th May 2010, 23:04

Advanced @User Tagging Mod: What is it?

The @user Tagging mod is designed to increase activity on your forum by allowing members to mention each other in posts when talking about them.
This is done in a very easy way, very similar to how Twitter mentions people. We use @ ; as the tags, so for instance you could say:
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This new mod from @Dragonbyte Tech; is pretty cool.
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The “@DragonByte Tech;” Will become a link to the DragonByte Tech users profile, it will also inform DragonByte Tech they had been mentioned, and link to the relevant thread/post via a new area in the profile section, as well as a new tab in the shoutbox.

It also allows members to “tag” the thread for specific other members by inputting their usernames in the tag box above the posts of the thread.

This is a great way to increase your forum activity with no extra admin input required – people will start to mention posts/threads to their friends, which will increase the amount of posting. This is especially useful of forums which have an international contingent (so threads posted in during the night for some of your members don't go overlooked) or forums which have a lot of posts/threads each day – again to make sure that a post a person might want to read doesn't get lost in the crowd.

For feature lists and more information, click here.

Trekkan · 17th May 2010, 23:27

So... this is what @wesome is that @decado; mentioned!! =) Checking it out. =)

Belazor · 17th May 2010, 23:30

Testing lowercase: @decado;
Testing uppercase: @Decado:

Trekkan · 17th May 2010, 23:34

Originally Posted by Belazor

Testing lowercase: @decado;
Testing uppercase: @Decado:

Aha! you did see that bug! =) Which brought up a question, can you tell whether user tagging is on for a specific forum or not? Meanign as an end user, how can they tell it SHOULD of worked or not? Is the User Tag List (at the top) always there or just on enabled forums?

Also, it looks like you used a colon, instead of a semi-colon and it worked.

Belazor · 17th May 2010, 23:36

Nah it's not the colon that made it work, I change it to a colon when it works so that it doesn't try to select the username again if you edit the post