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#1 2008-02-05 18:07:31

JTek

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Registered: 2008-01-22

Posts: 8

Comment Notification

Is there a way to have a comment notification e-mail go to someone other than the article’s author?

Thanks!!

#2 2008-02-05 18:58:59

jm

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From: Missoula, MT

Registered: 2005-11-27

Posts: 1,746

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Re: Comment Notification

No, unless you change the email address of the article’s author.

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#3 2008-02-05 19:26:38

maverick

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From: Southeastern Michigan, USA

Registered: 2005-01-14

Posts: 976

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Re: Comment Notification

There’s an older plugin – may or may not still work:

rvm_mail_comments

Note: There is a php solution, and two encoded plugin solutions in the thread. For Ruud’s version of the plugin you have to copy & paste the plugin from a post. Use just the encoded portion. There is also a work around (no plugin required, but creates a password insecurity) towards the end of the topic. It’s not recommended
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#4 2008-02-05 19:34:45

ruud

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From: a galaxy far far away

Registered: 2006-06-04

Posts: 5,068

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Re: Comment Notification

LOL… I forgot that I wrote that plugin. I’ve cleaned up my posts there a bit so the code/plugin parts are shown in the correct layout.

#5 2008-02-05 19:37:25

JTek

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Registered: 2008-01-22

Posts: 8

Re: Comment Notification

Thanks so much jm, maverick, and ruud. Wow, this is more complicated than I thought. It seems that there should just be a simple setting in the admin preferences to specify who receives the comment notifications. Oh well…… :)

Thanks all!

#6 2008-02-05 22:25:29

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Comment Notification

If it’s only one other person who should receive the comments email, you can also add that person as a new user, and change the author of the article(s) in question to that one.

#7 2008-02-11 17:39:42

JTek

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Registered: 2008-01-22

Posts: 8

Re: Comment Notification

Els wrote:

If it’s only one other person who should receive the comments email, you can also add that person as a new user, and change the author of the article(s) in question to that one.

Thanks very much Els. The problem with this approach is that the signature of the article will also change.

Thanks anyway for the help! :)

#8 2008-02-11 17:57:46

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Comment Notification

The problem with this approach is that the signature of the article will also change.

Well, you could replace the <txp:author /> tag in your article form with something like:

<txp:if_article_author name="...">
Other Name
<txp:else />
<txp:author />
</txp:if_article_author>

#9 2008-02-11 18:20:57

JTek

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Registered: 2008-01-22

Posts: 8

Re: Comment Notification

Els wrote:

bq. The problem with this approach is that the signature of the article will also change.

Well, you could replace the <txp:author /> tag in your article form with something like:

<txp:if_article_author name="...">
Other Name
<txp:else />
<txp:author />
</txp:if_article_author>

Excellent, I think this is the solution for making “person a” appear to be the author, while “person b” actually receives the comment notifications!

Thanks very much Els!