Did you solve this yourself?
I am running v3.2 with the default 'More' theme.
I cannot get bell notifications for forums I am subscribed to.
The yellow 'unread' highlighting appears when I view the forum. But the bell doesn't work.
Thanks for any ideas or solutions.
Hi Frank,
As far as I know, you need to have messaging enabled (in Advanced features in the Site administration) for notifications to work.
Update: I just learnt (thanks to HQ developer Mark Nelson) that you don't need to have messaging enabled, however there is currently a bug with the bell icon not displaying when it should - MDL-57755.