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dheltzel
Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2004/2/23 16:44

  • dheltzel

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 164

  • Since: 2003/1/8 1


I understand that the intent is to drive traffic to the site, but it would be nice if the emailed notifications could contain the post contents, not just the title and a link to the contents. This would make the forums a more viable mail list replacement, where new topics and monitored topics could be send to the interested members, while allowing them to effectively "ignore" topics they are uninterested in.

I'm not suggesting changing the default behavior, just making this an options.

Dennis
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dheltzel
Re: Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2004/3/1 14:32

  • dheltzel

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 164

  • Since: 2003/1/8 1


No one cares about me

I assume that no one else has ever thought of this, so I guess I need to hack it in myself. It seemed like a good idea to me.

Dennis
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Dave_L
Re: Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2004/3/5 19:06

  • Dave_L

  • XOOPS is my life!

  • Posts: 2277

  • Since: 2003/11/7


One of the global notification options is "Notify me of any new posts (include full text in message)." Apparently that's not available for individual forums or individual threads.
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dheltzel
Re: Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2004/3/11 21:22

  • dheltzel

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 164

  • Since: 2003/1/8 1


Quote:

I wrote:
I understand that the intent is to drive traffic to the site, but it would be nice if the emailed notifications could contain the post contents, not just the title and a link to the contents. This would make the forums a more viable mail list replacement, where new topics and monitored topics could be send to the interested members, while allowing them to effectively "ignore" topics they are uninterested in.


The answer is yes!

To make the notifications send the contents, edit the template files in the modules/newbb/language/english/mail_template directory. Use the one called global_newfullpost_notify.tpl as a guide for modifying the others. You might need to change the order of some lines in post.php also to get it to work in some places.

Hope this helps someone else!

Dennis
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greggo
Re: Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2005/8/19 2:43

  • greggo

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 7

  • Since: 2003/3/20


I can't get this to work. I just get {POST_CONTENT} in the email rather than the actual content. How do I need to change the order in post.php?
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Rickb
Re: Can forum notifications send the content of the post, not just a link

  • 2005/8/19 19:21

  • Rickb

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 118

  • Since: 2004/10/24


See tutorial -

Click here to play

rick

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