coldtrick/digest

Sends out a digest mail for site and group activity

Digest

, _(*1)

Send out a digest to your users, _(*2)

Features

Sends mails with update information to your site or group members based on default or personal intervals (monthly, fortnightly, weekly or daily), _(*3)

• site wide digest
• group digest
• html mail (or fallback to online link if not supported)
• sent digest can also be viewed online (not only in mail)
• extend/replace layout or content of digests with own views
• exclude groups from delivery with a hook

Plugin developers

If you wish to supply content for either the Site digest of Group digest you can easily extend the digest., _(*4)

For the Site digest

Please extend the view "digest/elements/site" with the content from your plugin and extend the view "css/digest/site" with the CSS that's part of this content., _(*5)

You can find out which variables your have available in your view by checking the view "digest/elements/site"., _(*6)

We suggest you put your content in "digest/elements/site/" and the CSS in "css/digest/site/". This is just a suggestion, but it would make it easier for theme developers., _(*7)

For the Group digest

Please extend the view "digest/elements/group" with the content from your plugin and extend the view "css/digest/group" with the CSS that's part of this content., _(*8)

You can find out which variables your have available in your view by checking the view "digest/elements/group"., _(*9)

We suggest you put your content in "digest/elements/group/" and the CSS in "css/digest/group/". This is just a suggestion, but it would make it easier for theme developers., _(*10)

Theme developers

If you want to adjust the Digest to look like your theme, please check to following elements, _(*11)

Shell

The base layout of the digest can be found in the view "page/layouts/digest". The CSS that's part of the base layout can be found in the view "css/digest/core"., _(*12)

Elements

The base layout consists of a few default elements, _(*13)

Header

In the view "digest/elements/header" this contains the title of the current digest., _(*14)

Online link

In the view "digest/elements/online" this contains a link to the online view of the digest. In case the digest can't be viewed correctly in the e-mail client., _(*15)

Content

The content of the digest will be made using the view view "digest/elements/site" for the Site digest or "digest/elements/group" for the Group digest., _(*16)

Both view are just empty wrapper view, all plugins are required to extend to these views in order to display content., _(*17)

Footer

In the view "digest/elements/footer" this contains a description of either the Site or the Group, depending on the digest., _(*18)

Unsubscribe

In the view "digest/elements/unsubscribe" this contains some information about where the digest came from, how the user can change the settings of the digest and a direct link to unsubscribe from the digest., _(*19)