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GravityOps Forum includes a subscription system for tracking forum activity. This feature is available on Premium.
1. What Can Be Followed #
The subscription system supports:
- Forums: Follow a forum to receive notifications for activity in that forum.
- Topics: Follow a single topic to receive notifications for replies in that topic.
2. Front-End Follow Controls #
When Premium is active and a user is logged in:
- A Follow Forum / Unfollow Forum button is shown on forum pages.
- A Follow Topic / Unfollow Topic button is shown on topic pages.
Topic-level follow behavior:
- If the user already follows the parent forum, the topic-level follow control is replaced with a disabled Following Forum state.
3. My Subscriptions in Profile #
The profile page includes a My Subscriptions section on Premium plans.
- It lists current forum, topic, and user subscriptions.
- Each item includes an Unfollow action.
4. Auto-Follow Behavior #
When a logged-in user creates a new topic, the system auto-subscribes that user to the topic.
5. Notification Scope #
Subscriber merge-tag resolution can include:
- Followers of the topic (for replies)
- Followers of the forum
- Followers of the author (user subscriptions)
The post author is excluded from their own subscriber notification recipient list.
6. Technical Notes #
- Subscription toggling is handled asynchronously in the front end.
- Subscription records are stored in the plugin subscription table.
