Tech Note: Email Comment Notifications

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I have a coding project today: I’m adding an often-requested feature to the LGF Blog that will let registered users choose to receive any new comments posted in a thread via email. This will make it easier to keep track of comments for any threads you’re interested in, or any Pages you post.

The emails will be sent to the email address in your account, so if it isn’t current you should update it in the My Account page.

The user interface for this will be very simple — a checkbox in the comment posting form labeled “Email new comments.” If you check the box, it will trigger an Ajax function that sets the notification option, and you’ll start receiving emails every time a new comment is posted in the thread. If you un-check the box, the emails for that thread will stop.

LGF comments are automatically disabled when a thread is older than 7 days, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting which threads you’re subscribed to; emails for any thread will stop after a week anyway.

While I iron out all the little wrinkles, here’s an open thread.

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Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT
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