Apr 2012
WhoNews Notification Tips
28/04/12 09:01 Filed in: Updates
Checking the reviews of WhoNews this morning on iTunes, I’d received a 1 star review. The review said “Can't stand the constant updates. Receiving updates even after all updates disabled. Uninstalling product”
This really is a shame as the user hadn’t contacted me to see if I could help but had taken the time to write a negative review. WhoNews has a “Contact Developer” button on the Settings tab, so nothing could have been easier.
So I thought I’d give a little explanation on how to configure WhoNews notifications. Firstly you can configure which notifications you receive on the Settings tab but you need to be in connected to the internet as WhoNews contacts the notification server to tell it what your preferences are. It does this the instant the you change a setting.
Once you’ve changed a setting it may take a little while to stop receiving those notifications as they may already be queued in the Apple Push Notification System.
Whenever WhoNews starts it resends your settings to the Notification server just in case your app and the server are out of sync. So if your notification settings seem incorrect, try killing WhoNews and then starting it again.
Don’t forget if you want to disable sounds, change the way notifications are displayed or disable ALL notifications from WhoNews you have to do this via your iOS device Settings -> Notifications -> WhoNews which is outside WhoNews itself.
Above all if you have a problem with WhoNews please just contact me, I will always strive to help. WhoNews has received over 70 5 Star reviews from around the world and it is a record I’d like to maintain if given the chance.
Thanks
Paul.
This really is a shame as the user hadn’t contacted me to see if I could help but had taken the time to write a negative review. WhoNews has a “Contact Developer” button on the Settings tab, so nothing could have been easier.
So I thought I’d give a little explanation on how to configure WhoNews notifications. Firstly you can configure which notifications you receive on the Settings tab but you need to be in connected to the internet as WhoNews contacts the notification server to tell it what your preferences are. It does this the instant the you change a setting.
Once you’ve changed a setting it may take a little while to stop receiving those notifications as they may already be queued in the Apple Push Notification System.
Whenever WhoNews starts it resends your settings to the Notification server just in case your app and the server are out of sync. So if your notification settings seem incorrect, try killing WhoNews and then starting it again.
Don’t forget if you want to disable sounds, change the way notifications are displayed or disable ALL notifications from WhoNews you have to do this via your iOS device Settings -> Notifications -> WhoNews which is outside WhoNews itself.
Above all if you have a problem with WhoNews please just contact me, I will always strive to help. WhoNews has received over 70 5 Star reviews from around the world and it is a record I’d like to maintain if given the chance.
Thanks
Paul.
WhoNews Notification Update
27/04/12 09:43 Filed in: Updates
The WhoNews notification issue where repeated notifications were being sent has been identified as a performance issue on the server. I’ve implemented a fix and will be testing today, so I apologise for any duplicate notifications you may receive today.
*Update*
The fix appears to be working well and normal service has been resumed.
*Update*
The fix appears to be working well and normal service has been resumed.
Doctor Who Online site tests
18/04/12 22:15 Filed in: Feed news
Doctor Who Online are upgrading their news page and have introduced some test articles. WhoNews is picking up the test pages and you may have received notifications of “This is a test”
DWO said they hope to have the tests removed shortly.
DWO said they hope to have the tests removed shortly.
WhoNews 2.05 iOS Released
16/04/12 13:28 Filed in: Updates
WhoNews 2.05 for iOS is now available from the App Store.
Notifications have been stopped for previous versions of WhoNews.
This version includes support for the new notifications pushed out by the latest version of the WhoNews server. This means notifications are:
Here is a image of the settings page:
Notifications have been stopped for previous versions of WhoNews.
This version includes support for the new notifications pushed out by the latest version of the WhoNews server. This means notifications are:
- Generated as they are detected by WhoNews server and not on the current hourly basis.
- Notifications for News, Blogs, Podcasts and Special/Art streams
- Control from within WhoNews on the settings page to choose what notifications, if any, you want to receive.
Here is a image of the settings page:
WhoNews Push Notifications
06/04/12 20:28 Filed in: Updates
Over the past few months there have been periods where the notifications pushed to the WhoNews have stopped for short periods. This has been down to service interruptions by the push notification service provider used by WhoNews.
Rest assured I’ve been looking into this and I’m working on modifications to make the service not only more reliable but also more frequent. I’m currently developing my own service which interfaces directly to Apple to send notifications. This also removes a limit of 1 million notifications a month which WhoNews has to use. Some months WhoNews has hit this limit.
The new server modifications will allow me to provide more notifications in future versions of WhoNews. However I appreciate that some users love notifications and a constant stream of updates and others hate them. So future versions of WhoNews will allow you to fully configure notifications.
I’m currently testing the next version of WhoNews and the update service and will keep you informed of developments.
Rest assured I’ve been looking into this and I’m working on modifications to make the service not only more reliable but also more frequent. I’m currently developing my own service which interfaces directly to Apple to send notifications. This also removes a limit of 1 million notifications a month which WhoNews has to use. Some months WhoNews has hit this limit.
The new server modifications will allow me to provide more notifications in future versions of WhoNews. However I appreciate that some users love notifications and a constant stream of updates and others hate them. So future versions of WhoNews will allow you to fully configure notifications.
I’m currently testing the next version of WhoNews and the update service and will keep you informed of developments.
WhoNews 2.04 iOS Released
04/04/12 07:38 Filed in: Updates
WhoNews 2.04 is now available to download. This release includes the new iPad retina icons and also fixes a problem on iPads using iOS 5.1 which caused WhoNews to crash in portrait orientation.
