Activity and Notifications

New forum topics and replies can reach members in two ways: a post in the PeepSo activity stream, and a PeepSo notification. They are separate. Turning stream posts off never turns notifications off, and the other way round.

Stream posts

A new topic posts like this, followed by the first words of the topic:

Maya Chen started Weekend ride plans in Portland Makers.

A reply posts as “{member} replied to {topic} in {forum}.” with an excerpt of the reply. The member, topic and forum names are links. The topic link on a reply opens that exact reply.

When a topic or reply posts

It posts only when all of these are true:

1. It is approved. Topics and replies held for moderation post when a moderator approves them.
2. The topic is not private.
3. The site switch is on: Post new topics or Post new replies.
4. The forum’s own switch is not ticked (see Per-forum switches below).
5. The author shares this kind of post (see Member choice below).
6. Readers are allowed to see it. A forum guests cannot read never posts to the public stream. A group forum posts to its group instead (see below).

Each topic and each reply posts once, even if it is approved again later.

Group forums

Topics and replies in a group’s forum post to that group’s stream, under the group’s privacy. A new topic also tells the group’s followers, the same way PeepSo does for other group posts. See Usage > Group Forums.

Member choice

Members choose for themselves under Profile > Preferences > Forums:

• Share topics I start in the activity stream
• Share my forum replies in the activity stream

ON means share. Each switch shows only when the matching site switch is on. Members who have not chosen follow Members share forum activity by default. A member who opted out in version 2.0 stays opted out.

Per-forum switches

Edit a forum in wpForo (wp-admin). In the PeepSo box:

• Do not post new topics from this forum to the activity stream
• Do not post replies from this forum to the activity stream

These work per board, so a forum on Board Two has its own switches. They do not affect notifications.

Posts made by version 2.0

Stream posts created by 2.0 still show, with the same “started” or “replied to” heading. If a viewer can no longer read that topic, they see “This forum post is no longer available.” instead.

Notifications

Event	Who is notified	Text after the member’s name
New topic	Members subscribed to the forum, or to all forums	started a new topic: {topic}
New reply	The topic author	replied to your topic: {topic}
New reply	Members subscribed to the topic or its forum	replied to a topic you follow: {topic}

Rules:

• Nobody is notified about their own post.
• Nobody is notified twice for the same reply. The topic author gets only the “your topic” notification.
• Only members who can read the forum and topic are notified. This includes group privacy and private topics.
• Held posts notify once, when approved.
• Clicking the notification opens the topic or the exact reply.
• Posts by guests do not send PeepSo notifications.
• wpForo’s own subscription emails are unchanged.

Site switches

Under PeepSo > Configuration > wpForo > Notifications:

• New topic - sent to members subscribed to the forum.
• New reply - sent to the topic author and members subscribed to the topic or its forum.

Member switches

Members turn each notification off under Profile > Preferences > Notifications, in the Forums group:

• Someone replies to my topic
• Someone replies to a topic I subscribe to
• Someone starts a topic in a forum I subscribe to

A switch shows only when the matching site switch is on.

Cross-posted content

With the wpForo Cross Posting add-on, publishing a blog post can create a topic on several boards at once. The stream gets one post for the article, not one per board. A developer can turn these posts off with the peepsowpforo_activity_for_crosspost filter. See Developer Guide > Hooks and Filters.