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In this thread, @andrew posted:

That's intersting - it certainly shouldn't matter, but if I've learned anything during my time with XF, logic isn't in play! If you want to test a few threads in the testing forum and see if it consistently doesn't notify from WP initiated posts and does from direct XF posts I'd be interested see the results.

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly--by using the "@" notifications--but I am trying to see if this works and answers any questions for us regarding notifications. For one thing, I'm not sure what @bujaki is subscribed to to get some notifications from me, but not others. Is he subscribed to the Bargains & Deals forum, my member ID?? I dunno.

I am now going to go into WP and post a thread to the Testing forum to see how that works. I will, again, be making that post using the two "@" notifications to Andrew and Jose.

Andrew, if I should be doing things differently to make proper testing, let me know.
 

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In this thread, @andrew posted:



I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly--by using the "@" notifications--but I am trying to see if this works and answers any questions for us regarding notifications. For one thing, I'm not sure what @bujaki is subscribed to to get some notifications from me, but not others. Is he subscribed to the Bargains & Deals forum, my member ID?? I dunno.

I am now going to go into WP and post a thread to the Testing forum to see how that works. I will, again, be making that post using the two "@" notifications to Andrew and Jose.

Andrew, if I should be doing things differently to make proper testing, let me know.
I subscribed to you so I would receive notifications originating from you. Hasn't worked.
 

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Thanks for the info, Jose!

Did you get notified about this thread that we're posting in now? Or did you just happen upon it?
 

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Andrew, if I should be doing things differently to make proper testing, let me know.
It looks good, the only change for future testing is to trick WP and adjust the published date on the WP side a week (or longer) prior to the current date, that's just to keep it from showing up on the home page because it will display the four newest posts in various places depending on the chosen category. No worries, I fixed this one when I saw it.

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I was notified!
@bujaki how about the 2nd Notifications thread in the testing forum? Did you get notified about that one?

@andrew Huh! I never thought of that!

Since Jose subscribed to me and gets notified about threads I start, but NOT apparently the threads I start via WordPress, do you think THAT'S fixable?
 

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@bujaki how about the 2nd Notifications thread in the testing forum? Did you get notified about that one?

@andrew Huh! I never thought of that!

Since Jose subscribed to me and gets notified about threads I start, but NOT apparently the threads I start via WordPress, do you think THAT'S fixable?
I got this because you quoted my post. Otherwise, nada. I chanced on your new thread for next week's releases, but was not notified. Something is still amiss.
 

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Right. So I think its clear that you're not getting notifications when I make new threads via WordPress which is the built-in program we use for things like the RoundUp and disc reviews.

You see, I also posted a "notifications" thread like this one (also in the TESTING forum) which originated in WordPress. But, as far as I can tell, you haven't seen it. Just like you don't get notified about my RoundUps. But you got notified about my December 24th RoundUp because its the first one since we've switched to this software that wasn't posted in WordPress.

Now, we'll see if @andrew can do anything about it! :D
 

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@Mike Frezon Really good call out! I would imagine it has to do with how the plugin that links WP and XF works and there may not be a lot we can (reasonably) do about it but I'll check with our dev guys and see what they think since you got me a specific scenario they can look into.
 

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Actually, they were online and we looked at it and they think we've got a fix in, if you want to test it again you're welcome to or we'll see how it goes on some future posts.
 

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Right. So I think its clear that you're not getting notifications when I make new threads via WordPress which is the built-in program we use for things like the RoundUp and disc reviews.

You see, I also posted a "notifications" thread like this one (also in the TESTING forum) which originated in WordPress. But, as far as I can tell, you haven't seen it. Just like you don't get notified about my RoundUps. But you got notified about my December 24th RoundUp because its the first one since we've switched to this software that wasn't posted in WordPress.

Now, we'll see if @andrew can do anything about it! :D
Thanks for all the trouble shooting. And you're right. I don't get notified when new reviews are posted. I read them when I stumble upon them.
 

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they think we've got a fix in, if you want to test it again you're welcome to or we'll see how it goes on some future posts.
I'll be glad to...except I looked and I can't see how/where to change the date on a WordPress article to keep it from showing up on the home page. Can you point me to it, @andrew ? Thanks!
 

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