Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of ProjectNotices

Timestamp:

Feb 25, 2011, 9:10:41 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ProjectNotices

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+= Project notices =
+
+Version 6.12+ of the BOINC client software adds a mechanism called
+[Notifications notices] for conveying information to volunteers.
+
+Notices are displayed as HTML in the Manager's Notices tab.
+When there is a new notice, the volunteer is alerted via a balloon
+or a bouncing BOINC icon.
+
+Notices are intended to be used for events that either require volunteer action,
+or are likely to be of interest to the volunteer.
+
+Projects are strongly encouraged to use notices to communicate
+with their volunteers.
+For example, a new scientific accomplishment or publication could be
+communicated as a notice.
+This will be seen even by volunteers who never visit the project web site.
+
+To use this mechanism, put the following in your '''gui_urls.xml''' file:
+
+{{{
+<rss_feeds>
+    <rss_feed>
+        <url>PROJECT_URL/notices.php?userid=<userid/>&auth=<rss_auth/></url>
+        <poll_interval>86400</poll_interval>
+    </rss_feed>
+</rss_feeds>
+}}}
+
+This will cause the following items to be delivered as notices:
+
+ * Your project's news items (threads on the News message board).
+ * Private messages
+ * Friend requests
+ * Posts to subscribed threads
+
+Notes:
+
+ * Replace PROJECT_URL with your project's URL
+ * '''<poll_interval>''' specifies how often (in seconds) clients should poll for notices.
+
+Notices are delivered as RSS feeds.
+You can include additional RSS feeds in the list.
+The server software will replace '''<userid/>''' with the user's ID,
+and '''<rss_auth/>''' with an authenticator that can be used by server software
+to authenticate the user.