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[Plugin Release] EMailSubscription
cdavid
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Dear all,
I have created a new plugin. Here is the description:
This is a new plugin, EMailSubscription and it comes as a better built follow-up to my EMailDiscussion addon.
It allows users to subscribe to certain categories of the forum (receive e-mail notification when a new discussion is posted) and it auto-bookmarks newly created discussions so that users will receive an e-mail notification each time a new comment is added to a discussion. Users can change their subscription settings by visiting their profile page and then choosing EMail subscription in the side panel.
Also, there is a Dashboard->EMailSubscription button that allows admin users to subscribe all users to all content (*newly created*).
I consider this plugin useful for some small communities, where the people don't visit the forums that often, but read their emails regularly, thus enabling them to be more interactive with the forums.
TODO for next release: set by default new users to be subscribed to all content.
/cd
I have created a new plugin. Here is the description:
This is a new plugin, EMailSubscription and it comes as a better built follow-up to my EMailDiscussion addon.
It allows users to subscribe to certain categories of the forum (receive e-mail notification when a new discussion is posted) and it auto-bookmarks newly created discussions so that users will receive an e-mail notification each time a new comment is added to a discussion. Users can change their subscription settings by visiting their profile page and then choosing EMail subscription in the side panel.
Also, there is a Dashboard->EMailSubscription button that allows admin users to subscribe all users to all content (*newly created*).
I consider this plugin useful for some small communities, where the people don't visit the forums that often, but read their emails regularly, thus enabling them to be more interactive with the forums.
TODO for next release: set by default new users to be subscribed to all content.
/cd
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I installed and already translated it to my local language but an error with the sent messages is happening. Well, in fact the plugin is curiously trying to send email to old and deleted users what means some emails are coming back as follows: (i´ve got 6 separate message like this one)
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
user_6@deleted.email
The mail server could not deliver mail to user_6@deleted.email. The account or domain may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.
/cd
Given the magnitude (and permanence?) of that operation:
1. Can you make it look more scary? Currently it looks downright inviting, almost like you are meant to press it.
2. Could you please add a confirmation? (To talk people out of it if the didn't really mean it?) I didn't actually press it, so I don't know if there is a confirmation, but I didn't see anything in the code that looked like it would confirm the action.
/cd
@bugslayer - I am more of a CSS-newb, so if you can suggest something, that would be great. I will dig into Vanilla for confirmations - i know that when you do something important to the dashboard, you get such a popup asking if you really really really want to do this.
Regarding the button, I don't find it that appealing to push that button, but the behavior is reversable -- every user can unsubscribe from their own profile. Still, if you could help me with that (CSS), I'd be grateful.
For the next version, I want to have in the dashboard a way to choose to what categories users should be subscribed by default and implement this for all type of registration methods.
Any more requests and bugs are welcome!
/cd
/cd
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Thanks for the nice plugin!
New version is online now.
Thanks,
/cd
First thought that comes to mind is if you have E-mail (SMTP) set up properly on the machine and maybe if the e-mail hit a spam filter. If on a new discussion, you post a comment (like 1st comment) and refresh the page you are at, does the conversation appear to be bookmarked (yellow star)?
When you say " E-mail (SMTP) set up properly on the machine", do you mean the Vanilla email settings or the host server?
Yup its bookmarked (i.e. has a star).
/cd
Are there some obvious settings in the dashboard I need to check? The backend interface is pretty straightforward but some I dont understand their purpose.
/cd