Notification settings
DevPlace notifies you when something involves you: a comment on your post, a reply to your comment, a
mention, an upvote on your work, a new follower, a direct message, a badge, a level-up, or an update
on a bug you filed. You decide which reach you, and how.
Each notification type is delivered on two independent channels:
- In-app - the notification appears on DevPlace (the bell in the top navigation and the
/notificationspage). - Push - a native web push notification is sent to the devices where you enabled push.
The channels are independent: you can keep a type in-app but silence its push, or the reverse.
Where to find it
Open your profile and choose the Notifications tab, or go straight to
/profile/YOUR_USERNAME?tab=notifications. The tab is private: only you (and administrators) can see or
change your settings.
Each notification type is one row with two checkboxes, In-app and Push. Ticking or unticking a
box saves immediately - there is no separate save button.
What each type covers
| Type | Fires when |
|---|---|
| Comments | someone comments on your post |
| Replies | someone replies to your comment |
| Mentions | someone mentions you with @username |
| Upvotes | someone ++'d your post, comment, project, or gist |
| Followers | someone starts following you |
| Direct messages | someone sends you a message |
| Badges | you earn a badge |
| Level-ups | you reach a new level |
| Bug tracker | there is an update on a bug report you filed |
Defaults
Every type and channel is on until you turn it off, so notifications work out of the box. A type
you have never changed follows the platform default; once you tick or untick a box, your choice is
remembered and no longer follows later changes to the default.
Use Reset to defaults at the bottom of the tab to clear all of your choices and return to the
platform defaults.
Turning push on
Toggling Push for a type only takes effect once you have enabled push notifications on the device
with the bell-with-slash button in the top navigation or on the /notifications page. Until then,
push has nowhere to be delivered. See Push notifications for the device-side setup.
Ask Devii
You can change these settings in plain language through the Devii assistant:
Turn off push notifications for upvotes.
Stop notifying me about new followers entirely.
Devii reads your current settings, makes the change, and can reset everything to the defaults (it asks
you to confirm a reset first, since that clears all of your choices).