Badge Notification
This module displays unread content notifications for logged-in users. It shows a new or updated status directly on nodes and the total count of unread items on a menu link. The module uses Drupal's history table and JavaScript to efficiently update notifications without impacting page load performance.
Overview
Only for logged-in users:
Display unread statuts on node view: new or updated
Display the amount of unread node on a menu item.
How it work
Data are based on the Drupal core history table.
It just add an extra field on every content type to display the status.
The extra field display a placeholder. A javascript is launch after the page load and get unread status badge trough ajax and insert it in each placeholders.
No page load performance loss. Works with every kind of cache
After each node page display drupal core save the timestamp in history table.
So the status are updated on every node page load.
Configuration
Simple and fast :
Exemple : A page display one or multiples views :
- Install and configure the module
- Edit the menu link -> select the displayed views on the notifications handler field.
- Add the Content Notification Status on the node view mode
- Done !
Extend
This module could be extended with custom plugins.