hi!

can I set the default behavior of the Notify me of follow-up replies via email button when posting to the forum or whatsoever?
I would like it to be checked by default.
Im pretty sure i could write some JS to do this on page load but was wondering if you guys have some built in solution for this?

[@robin-w Moderator 9 years, 6 months ago]

Reply Subscribed

enjoy!

[@boriskamp1991 Participant 9 years, 6 months ago]

Perfect! thanks @robin-w

[@geog272 Participant 9 years, 4 months ago]

Hey there, I just tried to install the plugin and I got:

The package could not be installed. PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature

I’m a newbie so I might be doing something wrong? I just downloaded it and then browsed to the file from the add plugins part of my dashboard.

Thanks in advance.

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 4 months ago]

Bunch of plugins can do this.

This one also has auto subscribe to topics too.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-auto-subscribe-for-new-topics-and-replies/

[@geog272 Participant 9 years, 4 months ago]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@stevew928 Participant 9 years, 4 months ago]

Thanks Robin! (and Robkk) (I just ran across this looking for a solution too.)

I guess my question though… why isn’t this the default behavior in general?

It’s pretty much how BBSs have worked since Internet and email have been around.
(Sorry to sound a bit snarky, but I sometimes wonder if people developing social media and newer BBS systems have even used the tried & true stuff that’s been around forever. Subscription and notification functionality are kind of 1.0 stuff, IMO. And, I know it’s a lot of development work… but even Facebook – with their army of developers – doesn’t seem to get this. So, I have to wonder if it isn’t more oversight than workload oriented.)

[@devyncjohnson Participant 9 years, 4 months ago]

Why not add the below code to the theme’s functions.php file?

//Subscribe by default
function subscribed_by_default(){
echo '<script type="text/javascript">jQuery("#bbp_topic_subscription").prop("checked","checked");</script>';
}
add_filter('bbp_theme_after_topic_form_subscriptions','subscribed_by_default');
add_filter('bbp_theme_after_reply_form_subscription','subscribed_by_default');

[@renegadeempire Participant 8 years, 11 months ago]

Nice one @devyncjohnson that works well, thanks!

[@aprilschmitt27 Participant 1 year, 4 months ago]

It may be 8 years later, but this is extremely valuable to me @devyncjohnson. Thank you!

//Subscribe by default
function subscribed_by_default(){
echo ‘<script type=”text/javascript”>jQuery(“#bbp_topic_subscription”).prop(“checked”,”checked”);</script>’;
}
add_filter(‘bbp_theme_after_topic_form_subscriptions’,’subscribed_by_default’);
add_filter(‘bbp_theme_after_reply_form_subscription’,’subscribed_by_default’);