email members on new post

[wcardinal]

is it possible to set it up so that a notification email is sent to all members if there is a new post in a forum?

 

[Chris D]

New thread in a forum? Or new thread in a post?

There's the Watch Thread feature which already notifies people of new posts in a thread they're watching.

There's also this add-on: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/bd-forum-watch.31112/

Which will allow your users to watch a forum and therefore receive e-mails if new threads are posted.

 

[wcardinal]

I want it to be ON by default - so that everyone gets notified unless they decide to turn it off

 

[Chris D]

You want Watch Thread to be on by default?

 

[wcardinal]

watch forum, not watch thread

 

[HenrikHansen]

Install the addon "Forum Watch", then go to options", make sure "Always Notify About New Reply" is disabled, so it is only new threads in forums, not new posts. Your members can decide if they want emails or just alerts for EACH forum

 

[wcardinal]

yes I understand that a user can choose to click "watch forum". but how do set it so that ALL members are watching a forum automatically?

 

[HenrikHansen]

yes I understand that a user can choose to click "watch forum". but how do set it so that ALL members are watching a forum automatically?

I am quite sure (ie. 98% sure) that the xml file somewhere for that mod has a setting whether the email check box should automatically be ticked or not for all watched forums. If is that important for you, I would check and edit manually.
I do not think the mod automatically signs people up for emails.

 

[wcardinal]

how do I modify this code to getUsers that are only in a certain group? or only users that are admins?

class MonthlyEmails_Model_Email extends XenForo_Model
{
    public function sendMonthlyEmails()
    {
        $users = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_User')->getUsers(array(
            'user_status' => 'valid',
            'receive_admin_email' => 1,
        ), array(
            'join' => XenForo_Model_User::FETCH_USER_FULL
        ));
 
        $viewParams = array(
            'options' => XenForo_Application::get('options'),
            'threads' => $this->_getRecentPublicThreads()
        );
 
        foreach ($users as $user)
        {
            $mail = XenForo_Mail::create('monthly_email', array_merge($viewParams, array('user' => $user)), $user['language_id']);
            $mail->enableAllLanguagePreCache();
            $mail->queue($user['email'], $user['username']);
        }
    }
 
    protected function _getRecentPublicThreads()
    {
        $nodeModel = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_Node');
        $nodes = $nodeModel->getAllNodes(false, true);
        $nodePermissions = $nodeModel->getNodePermissionsForPermissionCombination(1);
        $nodeHandlers = $nodeModel->getNodeHandlersForNodeTypes(
            $nodeModel->getUniqueNodeTypeIdsFromNodeList($nodes)
        );
        $nodes = $nodeModel->getViewableNodesFromNodeList($nodes, $nodeHandlers, $nodePermissions);
        $nodes = $nodeModel->mergeExtraNodeDataIntoNodeList($nodes, $nodeHandlers);
        $nodes = $nodeModel->prepareNodesWithHandlers($nodes, $nodeHandlers);
 
        $postIds = array();
        foreach ($nodes as $node)
        {
            if (!empty($node['last_post_id']))
                $postIds[$node['last_post_id']] = $node['last_post_date'];
        }
        arsort($postIds);
        $postIds = array_slice(array_keys($postIds), 0, 3);
        $threads = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_Post')->getPostsAndParentData($postIds);
 
        return $threads[1];
    }
 
}

 

[wcardinal]

I am sure this is a simple question (above) can anyone help me out?

 

[ragtek]

$users = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_User')->getUsers(array(
'user_status' => 'valid',
'receive_admin_email' => 1,
'secondary_group_ids' => array(1,2,3)
), array(
'join' => XenForo_Model_User::FETCH_USER_FULL
));

admin:

$users = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_User')->getUsers(array(
'user_status' => 'valid',
'receive_admin_email' => 1,
'is_admin' => true
), array(
'join' => XenForo_Model_User::FETCH_USER_FULL
));

(it's just out of my head, hadn't tested it)