I tried to implement a function that sends an email notification when a news item is commented. There is a topic that has code, but I can't get it to work. See https://forum.WebsiteBaker.org/index.php/topic,4699.0.html
Ideal would be a droplet that I can just put in the settings of the news module, but code snippet to put in a php file would be okay as well. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!
Hoi Argos,
Can't be done with a droplet in settings.
You need extra code wich mail a warning when and only when a submission is made, therefore the best option is to add that code to submit_comment.php,
search for: around line 121,
// Insert the comment into db
A few lines later, right before the header statement this code can be added.
// Sending the email
$mail_to = 'address@tosendmail.to';
$mail_subject = 'A comment has been made';
$mail_message = 'One newsitem has been commented on this page: '.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'?post_id='.$post_id.' !';
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,$mail_to,$mail_subject,$mail_message);
Didn't test it!! but think it'll get you started ;)
Have fun,
John
Works right away John, thank you very much! :-D
I'll post a reference in the other topic.
I have edited the snippet to contain a working link and the comment itself:
$mail_to = 'address@tosendmail.to';
$mail_subject = 'A comment has been made';
$mail_message = 'One newsitem has been commented on this page: <a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a>
Comment:
'.$comment.'' ;
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,$mail_to,$mail_subject,$mail_message);
Cool to know I can still make working code without testing ;)
PS Will be incoörporated in articles.
Quote from: pcwacht on November 10, 2010, 03:09:40 PM
Cool to know I can still make working code without testing ;)
I'm jealous :wink:
Quote
PS Will be incoörporated in articles.
Nice. Maybe you can use language variables instead of the hardcoded English text lines.
will be in settings
adminsettings, use comments? use mail notification?
settings - comments, comment layout template and email template if the above is true
Will be a heap of settings ;)
John
Thanks for this Argos and John - this works great, just what I was looking for =)
-Mike
Quote from: Argos on November 10, 2010, 02:09:56 PM
Works right away John, thank you very much! :-D
I'll post a reference in the other topic.
I have edited the snippet to contain a working link and the comment itself:
$mail_to = 'address@tosendmail.to';
$mail_subject = 'A comment has been made';
$mail_message = 'One newsitem has been commented on this page: <a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a>
Comment:
'.$comment.'' ;
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,$mail_to,$mail_subject,$mail_message);
@pcwacht
Any progress on the articles module yet?
What i saw à while ago was very promising, i have made quite some additions to the news3,5 newsmodule, I will include the commentnotification and send you a version
Please do.
Artcles is still an ongoing work in progress. The progress is being slowed down cause of the promised 2.9, , allso I was/am bizzy with some other modules needed for work. And work itself.
Allso had some operation on my hip last september, I needed a new one wich slowed me down as well.
Am coding articles when I have some spare time left wich is rarely the case ;)
John
you will receive it today
Hello,
For some time I added this code in my modules/news/submit_comment.php
$mail_to = 'mail1@tosendmail.to' . ', ';
$mail_to .= 'mail2@tosendmail.to';
$mail_subject = 'A comment has been made';
$mail_message = '<b> One item has been commented on this page: </b>
<a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a>
<b> Title: </b>
'.$title.'
<b> Comment: </b>
'.$comment.'' ;
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,$mail_to,$mail_subject,$mail_message);
That was working fine in WB 2.8.2 now I have updated to 2.8.3 it is not working any more.
With 1 email address it is working fine, but with 2 addresses nothing is happening.
So what must be changed to sent a notification mail to 2 email addresses?
Thanks,
Rob
Hi,
Quote from: CaptainRob on November 09, 2012, 01:26:45 PM
So what must be changed to sent a notification mail to 2 email addresses?
in wb 283 phpmailer was upgraded to version 5.2 which brings a validation function for email addresses. That's the reason why your solution doesn't work anymore ("email1, email2" is not a valid address).
So you could send mail by mail:
$mail_subject = 'A comment has been made';
$mail_message = '<b> One item has been commented on this page: </b>
<a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a>
<b> Title: </b>
'.$title.'
<b> Comment: </b>
'.$comment.'' ;
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,'mail1@tosendmail.to',$mail_subject,$mail_message);
$wb->mail(SERVER_EMAIL,'mail2@tosendmail.to',$mail_subject,$mail_message);
if you really need to send only one mail with 2 recipients, the only possibility I see is to change the wb core. For example in class.wb.php ~line 418 you find:
$myMail->AddAddress($toaddress); change this to
$toaddresses = explode(', ',$toaddress);
foreach($toaddresses as $to)
$myMail->AddAddress($to); none of these is tested so there is a good chance for errors in it :wink:
regards
Thank you for the solution Marmot.
It's correct, with your code WB is now sending two separate emails, but that's no problem for me. :-)
Thanks,
Rob
Found this topic and this snippet code works well.
Any idea if a 'moderate' function is possible in the news mod?
I noticed that (in my case)
<a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a>
is not working properly any more and its output is: www.domain.com/pages.php instead of the specific url on where a comment was placed.
Hi Boudi,
the wrong output of the Line <a href="'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'">'.$wb->page_link($page['link']).'</a> is an effect only.
The reason of is an empty variable $page['link'].
So you must explore, where this VAR has been set and why it's empty.
Manuela
correct place for your code lines are after the insert and before the line with the header-location
in the actual SP5 Package (http://forum.websitebaker.org/index.php/topic,28760.msg201484/boardseen.html#new) after line 160 and for line 161
Hi folks :)
THnQ for your time and answers. They did the trick! (Y)