tractorcow/silverstripe-comments-notifications

Simple email notifications for comments posted against the Comments module

Page comments email notification module for Silverstripe

This mobule provides simple email notifications for page comments, _(*1)

Credits and Authors

• Damian Mooyman - https://github.com/tractorcow/silverstripe-comments-notifications

License

• TODO

Requirements

• SilverStripe 3.1
• PHP 5.3
• Comments module - https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-comments

Installation Instructions

• Extract all files into the 'comments-notifications' folder under your Silverstripe root.

Configuration

Using the Config set the "recipient" attribute of "CommentsNotifications" class to one of:, _(*2)

• SiteConfig (configure the email under settings globally)
• Page (configure the recipient per page)
• Admin (uses the admin email address)
• Disabled
• any email address (use this explicit email address)

E.g. MyProject.yaml, _(*3)

CommentsNotifications:
  recipient: 'Page'

Extending

To hook into the outgoing email (in order to customise the template) you can extend CommentingController with an extending class with a function updateEmail, _(*4)

class EmailSenderExtension extends Extension {
    public function updateEmail(Email &$email) {
        $email->populateTemplate(array(
            'SiteConfig' => SiteConfig::current_site_config()
        ));
    }
}

Need more help?

Message or email me at damian.mooyman@gmail.com or, well, read the code!, _(*5)