New notification system

[Dr K Harris]

We are beta testing for Pro Boards a new notification system. If you go into your profile and then edit profile then notifications you can change how you get your notifications.

You will also notice that the emails you get will be in HTML not plain text any more.

Any feedback would be great so I can pass it on...

Kriss

[karinsuezen]

You will also notice that the emails you get will be in HTML not plain test any more.

I have no clue on what that even means....

susan

[lisuni]

"No plain test"... so we're having tests now?? I hate studying, you know...

[Dr K Harris]

Aug 15, 2015 20:22:23 GMT lisuni said:

"No plain test"... so we're having tests now?? I hate studying, you know...

Ok I have changed it now...

Kriss

[Dr K Harris]

Aug 15, 2015 20:17:21 GMT karinsuezen said:

You will also notice that the emails you get will be in HTML not plain test any more.

I have no clue on what that even means....

susan

It means it will come to you all pretty and just as a very plain text message.

Kriss

[manicmea]

Aug 15, 2015 20:17:21 GMT karinsuezen said:

You will also notice that the emails you get will be in HTML not plain test any more.

I have no clue on what that even means....

susan

Plain text is just a page with writing and nothing else.
HTML is great for browsers and email providers so basicly you can make a page look fancy since their will be some code it can read. Plus with HTML you can add images to your posts with plain text you cannot do this.

Here's an example of plain text.
Here's an example of html with an image. And here's an idea of what a page could look like.

Or just thought of another way to look at it think of it as a book. Plain text you'll get in a novel but if you look in a kids book you have pictures with the text. So think of a baby book as html and looks fancy so a kid would look and want to learn. Only difference here the browsers/email clients are only interested in the code to read and do cool things with it. 

I hope I've helped but can't explain any better as I know very little about html.

[priggy]

manicmea is right.

Plain Text emails are just plain text, no formatting, colours, images, links or anything. If links or email addresses are used, they may not be clickable, dependent on the receivers mail client.

HTML emails however look far more like an actual webpage, with formatting, colours. Links will always work.

Plain text is like the dark ages of the web, when Tim Berners-Lee first invented it or like your plain text editor, there are no formatting capabilities, it will save it as the inbuilt font and size. No editing of the margins at the sides or at the top or bottom.

Nearly all emails sent from businesses are html emails.

[manicmea]

Dr K Harris since started using the new system I love that I get notifications straight away rather than wait a few hours to be notified. I love the clean looking emails I'm getting and I know what a person likes with posts I've shared or taken part in.

[Dr K Harris]

I will pass it on

Kriss