Comment Notifications

This table has been really helpful. Might want to also add Comment Mail.

--Andrew

I think more importantly, is a metric which shows which of these notification modules work with node-comments:
http://drupalmodules.com/module/node-comments

Node-comments convert comments into nodes. (This opens the door for CCK types to be comments, for comments to have uploaded files, taxonomy, revisions, and anything else that comes from the goodness of nodes....)

Greggles,

Thanks for putting this together.

What would notify module need to do to earn your 'Lightweight' designation? IMO, it's a feather compared to Subscriptions, and my primary purpose in keeping it running is to provide a lighter, simpler alternative. Are you counting lines of code? Configuration options? (Comparing recommended D6 version tarballs, notify comes in at 27kb versus subscriptions at 101kb...)

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Matt

I've updated the table as Watcher is now available for D6 and allows anonymous users to subscribe to nodes.

Jakob Persson
NodeOne

http://drupal.org/project/notifications_team also offers similar admin-generated functionality. -NP

Comment notification modules are great, but what we really need is an auto subscription framework.

See what I've written in the Dries blog post.

Gabriel wrote "IMHO, it's essential to allow users to subscribe without having to post a comment"

His comment uncovers a much deeper issue which must be dealt with correctly - the issue of auto registration workflow - a term I've phrased more then two years ago.

Really, nobody wants to subscribe. Regular users wants to instantly post! That's why it's important to make the subscription process as smooth as possible, and a part of core.

We all want real users to easily post content. That's the whole point of a CMS. That's why subscription must be a SMOOTH, INVISIBLE part of the drupal CMS.

My design above is ready to use - to allow every user purchasing a product, adding a comment, subscribing or rating a post to be auto-subscribed. Otherwise it's a TOWER of BABEL. This is the real need! United framework!

This architectural point is essential to make drupal rule the world. And you can make it happen! It's really not a large task - but it's very important!

This can be done in D6 with an addon module. I've once asked Roshan Shah for an estimate and the investment is modest. Or a student can do it - under our mentoring. And you may have other ideas as well. This is one of the biggest drupal usability issues

Please forward this post to the people who can make it happen.

Thanks

Amnon Levav

_{Web Architect | Funder - Drupal Israel | Drupal Project Management | Ecological Entreprenour}

I'm looking to integrate Organic Groups to split forums on a small community website. On this I'd like to encourage users by notifying them of new content. Maybe there could be added a line with support for Organic Groups. I allready saw that notifications and subscriptions both support Organic Groups.

The table is of good help for selecting a module for notifications, but what's not completely clear is the difference between the last 2 modules. Maybe adding something about cron- and tokensupport could be added? Or something about notifications via other ways as e-mail? How do you think about that?

1. Add a column to the table of which Drupal versions each module supports.
2. Add a summary sentence for each module above the table that explains why it is unique ("If you want blah dee blah, use the foo module")

While this information isn't particularly relevant for core inclusion, it's a nice collection of data for people who are building sites and want to add comment notifications, and they would care about this.

Does any of these will wait until a user checks a node before sending him another notification, I meen - if there are 7 new comments on a node a user should get only one notification message and not seven.
I think this is very important feature for not annoying users because they are flooded with emails and I don't think notification does it.

I am no programmer, so tell me if this makes any sense : Drupal core tracks how many new (not viewed) comments a user have on each node, what I suggest is that the module will check :
- if there is 1 new comment - send notification mail.
- if there are 2 or more - wait for the user to view the thread.
I know that I will go with any module that will provide this feature even if it means loosing all the corrent subscriptions.
BTW there is a surprisingly quiet thread about exactly this issue here : http://drupal.org/node/359883

FYI, There is a proposal on the table to either discontinue Notify and provide it's features under Notifications, or else rewrite it for better integration with notify_by_views. At that point, views could be used to set up some fairly complex rules for comment notifications, if desired.

Details are here:

http://drupal.org/project/notify_by_views

Best,

Matt

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The comparison table is useful, but needs more information. For example, both "subscriptions" and "notifications" modules look exactly the same on the table, but I am sure they have important differences. Could you please add more information? For example, an important question is "which modules have an option to select whether you want to be notified about comments and updates to nodes?". A comment on the page http://groups.drupal.org/node/12645 says that "Notifications there is no option to select whether you get notified on an update", but subscriptions module has. However, the comment was written 8 months ago, so situation may have changed. Uptodate information on this table would be very helpful.

What does "Extensible" in the table above mean?

Each row header should have a description.

Jakob Persson - NodeOne

Comment Subscribe is being merged back with Comment Notify. The users of comment_subscribe is being provided an update that will migrate them seamlessly to comment_notify - #361449. Also see the discussion (#224782) and the work greggles have done to convince us of this merge.

With Watcher module I can't subscribe to replies to comment, only to node :(

Thanks much for this, greggles!

A few suggestions:

It'd be great to have project info in the table, such as:

• last commit,
• # of commits, and
• # of open and closed issues

Dunno if it's possible to gather this dynamically...

Module dependencies would also be helpful.
I might reorder rows to put Extensible directly after Lightweight, too, since they seem somewhat [cor]related...

Regardless, it's a tough decision to make. There's quite a lot of overlap here, which is, I assume, why the generalized frameworks cropped up... But they're not scratching everyone's itch, and they're heavy. Maybe something lightweight and extensible is what the solution space needs?

Happy to find out this subject !

I would like my users be notified about any new node in my site (powered by drupal 5.12), and then be able to subscribe to the ones they find interesting to them. For this, I currently use modules notify+subscriptions, but notify is clearly not made for simple users and send too much details. I also lack the ability to set default notification options for my users.

What would you use for sending notification of new nodes to the users ? The "notifications" module ?

Actually, in the table at the top, I lack the following row : "can notify about new nodes on the site".

Though the Rules module doesn't belong on the table, it should be mentioned as a completely custom and targeted method for dealing with notification requirements under certain circumstances. It's like using lego pieces to build something completely custom instead of using a lego set (module) that has built to create a specific thing.

I'm looking for something that will allow users "subscribed" to Taxonomies with the notifications module to get notifications for NEW CONTENT ONLY.
I've tried Rules, Comment Notify and Subscriptions.
Anyone have any ideas?

It's a simple concept.
Taxonomy Subscriptions 6.x-1.2 is great for updates/comments but doesn't allow for "New posts Only"...nothing else seems to integrate with Taxonomy.

Thanks

know what!
That's the ticket! Just tested it too... That's awesome!
Thanks

Thanks for all the contributed work to clarify, but... I don't get a clear picture from this:
* per module WHY one should prefer that specific module over the others
* Additional features that can be achieved by add-on modules
* Organic Groups integration another field; explaining the feautures and not a simple yes or no
* Then the user download statistics and trends per module
=> OK; I'll try to edit to add some of these rows, but I have no info to enter right now...

What all these modules appear to lack is the ability for an anonymous user to subscribe to new content, specifcally new blogs.

Watcher works anonymous users, but can't watch for new content.

Notifications can watch for new content, but I can't see how anonymous users can enter email addresses.

Does anyone know what integration with views each of these offer? I've looked on a few of the modules' individual pages and some are not clear on what they offer, and some clearly do not offer any. Being able to use arguments and filters based on a user's subscriptions/watches/notifications would be great. Thanks for this comparison!

I've just loaded the latest Notifications beta which requires the Messaging beta plus Autoload. That looks to be the most complete solution so far and I've tried them all.

Thank you for this comparison, yet one thing is possibly missing, or I am miss-reading the table.
Based on the comparison I downloaded and installed comment_notify thinking it would be able to notify the author of the node to which comments were made but it doesn't. It only allows notifications to users registered/anonymous who have commented. I think subscriptions might do this but will have to test.

Is it possible to extend the table with 2 rows 'sends notifications to node author' and 'sends notifications to commenter'.

Or have I just missunderstood the whole table :)

Cheers

I've had a Drupal site up for almost 3 years now and the notifications continue to be a big embarrassment for me. I'm using the "Notify" module

6.x-1.0 Enables notifications of new content and comments by e-mail.

The reason it's embarrassing is that users get these plaintext emails with hard carriage returns all over the place that look like something from 1995. I use feedblitz to give them a readable daily new post update, but I need the instantaneous comment notification so I can catch spam. Can someone recommend a simple solution?

I don't need any flexibility for the users. Most of my users can't remember their passwords and will not be logging in to set preferences or anything like that. If they go to the trouble of creating an account on my system, I want to be able to send them notifications of new posts and comments in a clean, professional-looking email. Ideally, I would have an instant email for me, the admin, but an hour delay for everyone else. But mainly, I just want to stop these awful looking emails from going out.

The line break issue is fixed in the current version of Notify. (It's been fixed in the dev branch for quite a long time.)

I might have a setting wrong or something...are you saying is was fixed in just the last couple updates? I have 6.x-1.0. I'll update the module and see what happens

http://drupal.org/project/notifications_extra provides comment notifications even for anon users, just like comment notify. Suggesting some kind of merge. :)

for thanks your comment is very good

To add to comment notification list,
I have added a module Comment Count Notify currently supporting D6
Of use for sites with comment approval enabled, it sends periodical email to the admin or moderator notifying him the number of comments pending for approval.
It is easy to configure and does not send any other info about comments than the number of comments in comment approval queue. Check the project page for more detail.

Hey, just looking to get any comments on what is the best notification module to use for anon users and in general.

Is there one where anybody can just signup with an email and get back notifications without the full user registration?

Drupal - world changes fast!

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Darrell Ulm

Super Power Planet
Emu Tile

If you only want the simplest kind of notifications (like site-owner notifications, or notifications to a user when their comment is approved (maybe)) you can use triggers and actions as described in http://randyfay.com/node/106

I think users should be able to share their subscribed threads. It's not to invade anyone's privacy but I think this would be a good idea. It would be so much easier because sometimes I enjoy seeing what other threads a user subscribed to. Will this be implemented in the future?

Thanks for your valuable collection of notification module. I am planning to use one to get the user back and contribute further. Then only the discussion goes on as chain, but even after I am confused between watcher and notifications. Hope finally I will go with notification which support Organic groups, that helps in the future.