Mentions

The Mentions module offers Twitter like functionality, recording all references to a user's username - using the [@username] or [@#uid] filter format - from various locations, providing a centralized page to track all mentions (via the Views module).

 

Features

• Tracks Mentions on any Entity.
• An Input filter to convert [@username] or [@#uid] to the user's profile, e.g., [@deciphered] and [@#103796] become @deciphered.
• Customizable input ([@username], [@#uid]) and output (@username) patterns, including support for Tokens.
• Autocompletion of mentions; Using the jQuery textcomplete library usernames will be suggested while mentioning.
• Integrations with:
  • Machine name - Use a Machine name field as the mention source.
  • Rules - React to created, updated and deleted mentions.
  • Views - Display a list of all mentions, mentions by user, and more.

 

Recommended Modules

• Libraries API
• Token
• Views

 

jQuery textcomplete - Autocompletion of mentions

The jQuery textcomplete library adds autocompletion of mentions, to install it follow these steps:

1. (optional) Download and install the Libraries API module.
2. Download the jQuery textcomplete library and extract and move it into your libraries folder as 'textcomplete' (eg. sites/all/libraries/textcomplete).

Alternatively, you can use the Drush command 'mentions-library' or the Drush make entry provided below:

libraries[textcomplete][download][type] = get
libraries[textcomplete][download][url] = https://github.com/Decipher/jquery-textcomplete/archive/master.zip

 

Usage/Configuration

Once installed, the Mentions filter needs to be enabled on your desired Text formats, this can be done via the Text formats page.

• http://[www.yoursite.com/path/to/drupal]/admin/config/content/formats

Customisation settings for input and output patterns are available via the Mentions configuration form:

• http://[www.yoursite.com/path/to/drupal]/admin/config/content/mentions