For the Answers module (you know the dril: I'm a co-maintainer ...) to function, you must have the Rules module enabled also.
Therefor, have a look at this rule (in Rules export format, use the Rules UI to import it in your own site):
{ "rules_subscribe_question_author_automatically" : {
"LABEL" : "Subscribe question author automatically",
"PLUGIN" : "reaction rule",
"OWNER" : "rules",
"REQUIRES" : [ "flag", "rules" ],
"ON" : { "node_insert--answers_question" : { "bundle" : "answers_question" } },
"DO" : [
{ "flag_flagnode" : {
"flag" : "subscribe_answers_notifications",
"node" : [ "node" ],
"flagging_user" : [ "site:current-user" ],
"permission_check" : "1"
}
},
{ "drupal_message" : { "message" : "You\u0027ve been subscribed to your own post automatically (use the unsubscribe link if that\u0027s not what you want)." } }
]
}
}
For those who are not an expert in Rules-ese, this is what the above rule will do:
- Rules Event: after saving a new node of type "Question".
Rules Actions:
- flag that node by the user who created it, by the flag with machine name
subscribe_answers_notifications
(which by accident is exactly also what happens if a user manually clicks the "subscribe" link (below the question).
- Show an informational message like "You've been subscribed to your own post automatically (use the unsubscribe link if that's not what you want)."
I think this Answers (oeps: answers) the question ... which was "... authors are automatically subscribed to those types of nodes that they author ...
"
Notes:
- in case some author does not want to be subscribed to a question author by that author, it is still possible to use the
unsubscribe
link (typically bottom right below the question) after they created their question (node).
- the above rule only applies to nodes of type "Question", though with a minor improvement you could as well make it work for type "Answer".