1 Topic by Devon

  • Registered: 2008-06-14
  • Posts: 20

Topic: [Extension] Email Updates

This extension is useful for medium sized forums looking to make sure their user's are updated regularly with new content. If the user checks the setting in Profile->Settings they will be sent a email every time a new post is created (excluding new topics). Even if they haven't posted in that topic before...

Name
Email Updates

Author
Devon Burkle

Current Version
0.1b

Download
Here

Change Log
v0.1b - Initial Release

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2 Reply by liquidat0r

  • From: London, England
  • Registered: 2008-05-22
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Perhaps it would be best to make it more customizable. In that users (or indeed, admins) can choose how users are notified, what they're notified about, for what reasons, and how often.

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3 Reply by Connor

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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

why do you only allow mysql(i) for the install? and why include your language file in common.php?

4 Reply by Devon

  • Registered: 2008-06-14
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

liquidat0r wrote:

Perhaps it would be best to make it more customizable. In that users (or indeed, admins) can choose how users are notified, what they're notified about, for what reasons, and how often.

I plan on making it more customizable next release. I'm still new to extensions tongue

Connor wrote:

why do you only allow mysql(i) for the install? and why include your language file in common.php?

I only know mysql. I did that because I saw it before, is there a better place? I'm willing to learn!

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5 Reply by Reines

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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Devon wrote:

I only know mysql. I did that because I saw it before, is there a better place? I'm willing to learn!

As long as you use the helper functions (which you seem to be doing) it should work for all database types.

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6 Reply by Connor

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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

You only need to include language files in the files where you use them, including them in common.php means they are included for every page, which isn't great wink

7 Reply by Devon

  • Registered: 2008-06-14
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Okay, so just use commas for every header hook on a page I need it in?

AKA:

<hook id="page_header,page2_header">
LANG FILE
</hook>

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8 Reply by Connor

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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

yeh thats perfectly fine smile

9 Reply by gerhard

  • From: Austria
  • Registered: 2008-05-30
  • Posts: 59

Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Hi Devon,

not trying to push you, but are there any updates on the multiple email issue? Don't know whether the number provides any clue, but I always receive 10 emails per new post - which quickly fills up my mail box wink

Thanks a bunch!

10 Reply by Devon

  • Registered: 2008-06-14
  • Posts: 20

Re: [Extension] Email Updates

I'm about 50% done with the next release, which will contain the ability to not receive updates from certain topics. I didn't do any programming yesterday, so that's why its taking a little longer. Sorry...

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11 Reply by gerhard

  • From: Austria
  • Registered: 2008-05-30
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Bug related to creating/updating signature with 0.1b

12 Reply by Devon

  • Registered: 2008-06-14
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

I can't update this for a while due to computer restraints... If anyone else wants to take this up, they are more than welcomed to.

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13 Reply by gerhard

  • From: Austria
  • Registered: 2008-05-30
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Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Another bug report:

Once extension version 0.1b is enabled via the extensions tab, all subscriptions are suspended even when a user has chosen not to activate this extension via the settings tab. (Disabling the extension brings back the default subscription behaviour.)

14 Reply by Ketchup

  • Registered: 2009-09-03
  • Posts: 1

Re: [Extension] Email Updates

Hello Devon,

really nice idea that extension. Did you have time to solve gerhard's problem (10mails/post) and finish the denotification of some of the topics in the forum? I would be glade to test your new release.

Cheerz