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This document explains how to create subscription notifications for files and directories.

Subscriptions Icon. Creating Subscriptions

Subscriptions are requests to be notified via email when files or directories, to which you have read access, are viewed, changed, or commented.

Create Subscription Button. To create a new Subscription:

    This is a picture showing the options when creating a new subscription.
  1. From your directory listing, choose the file or directory to which you wish to subscribe by clicking on that file's or directory's Manage icon.
  2. From either the file's or directory's Collaboration section, click on the "Subscriptions" link.
  3. Next, click the "Create Subscription" button new_subscron the top toolbar.
  4. Check off the type of subscription according to the table below.
  5. Choose the frequency of the report as either when the event occurs for an immediate notification or "Daily Report" which sends all notifications for all of your subscriptions together at 12:00am daily.
  6. Click "Ok" when you are done creating your subscription.
  7. To return to the directory listing, click on your directory of choice from the directory path in the gray bar.


Note: If choosing the "Daily Report" option for your subscription, the time of day the daily report is set to 12:00am

"Notify me of" Options

Change Events

Change Events on files include:

  • When a file is uploaded and an existing file is overwritten or a file is moved or deleted
  • When a file has been copied or downloaded

Change Events on folders include:

  • When any of the above file events occur to any file or sub-folder within the specified folder
  • When a file is initially uploaded to a folder and when a file within the specified folder has been moved
  • When a sub-folder is created within the specified folder
  • When the folder itself has been deleted

Read Events

A file read event occurs whenever a file is viewed/opened. A folder read event occurs whenever a file within the folder is viewed/opened.

Comment Events

A comment event occurs whenever a comment is created on a file or folder.



To cancel an existing Subscription:

  1. From either the file's or directory's Manage screen, click on the "Subscriptions" link.
  2. Click the "x" icon in the Unsubscribe column of the subscription you wish to cancel.
  3. Click "Back" when you have finished canceling subscriptions.




Keywords: my webspace create directory folder file subscription notificationDoc ID: 3330
Owner: Cathy R.Group: My Webspace
Created: 2004-11-10Updated: 2008-05-28
Sites: Help Desk, My Webspace

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