E-Mail alert when followed category/record has changed?

Make sure, you have "Allow record subscribe" set to "Yes" and "Record edited" to "Registered".

Double check, if you get the red notification icon on the respective record.

I can not test the email functionality at the moment, since i use a local installation without activated email.

P.S.: Like the new stable version and thinking about a subscription in the coming week

You should seriously think about it, if you get more familiar with the system. The real power of Cobalt comes with the additional fields, modules and templates.

Thank you for the fast answer, again. :)

Everything seems configured correctly, but doesn't work for me. Although "E-Mail alerts schedule" is set to immediately, I've tested it with "Public" and "Registered" for "Record edited". Doesn't work, Notifications themselves work fine.

May be because I use the Joomla integrated PHP Mailer and not Sendmail or SMTP? What could it possibly be?

To sent emails you need to add cron task

http://yourite.com/index.php?option=com_cobalt& ;task=cron.sendAlert

Set it to run at least once a day. Then those who want to receive emails will. For immediate delivery I would set it once a 3 minuts at least.

Creating a cronjob worked perfectly.

Thank you!

Is there any kind of documentation where I could have read it?

Is there any kind of documentation where I could have read it?

Just 2 days we opened

http://www.mintjoomla.com/community/knowledge.html

We will add there little by little. We will post there some videos as well. I would make a lot of them if have native english. But with my talking skill simple things become complicated tasks. S it takes time to prepare more or less acceptable video.

CRON is mandatory to get any Emails? The backend parameters do not explain that... I remember, that Resources1.5 had both options. Direct Email was send immediatetally. Easy and simple setup. Also liked the different Email-Templates. Does Cobalt work different or has minor features ;-) ?

Before there was separate email for every event. Now Cobalt sends only digest for the day or week. And email is always the same. it is in the language file.

Now Cobalt sends only digest for the day or week. And email is always the same. it is in the language file.

Less features in Cobalt than in Resources? :(( Sergey!!! ;-)

Why only one Email Template?

Only Digest?

My latest Test-Installation does not send any Digest. I can see notification marker with number, but get no email.

BTW, there is a setting that says it sends Emails at once!? Digest is second option.

Did you configure the cron job correctly? Maybe that is the problem.

BTW, section parameters "Events" -> Send Email Alerts

Is it just a toggle, that turns off sending emails?

It seems NOT to hide the Email-Alerts-Schedule "Select" in user options panel? If there are no Emails send, then the user must not see this options.

Compared to the other parameter "User can Override"... this does hide the respective notifications tab and checkboxes.

BTW, there is a setting that says it sends Emails at once!? Digest is second option.

But it use the same email template for immediate. It is just sending digest once a 2-3 minuts depending of your cron configuration.

BTW, there is a setting that says it sends Emails at once!? Digest is second option.

Is it just a toggle, that turns off sending emails?

It is default value what to do if user have not configured this parameter.

It seems NOT to hide the Email-Alerts-Schedule "Select" in user options panel? If there are no Emails send, then the user must not see this options.

By the onу the rules your letters are considered to be a spam if user do not have an option to unsubscribe. That is why we always allo end user to select tis parameter. because notification system by itself well sufficient. In most cases you do тещ need email alerts. because it is easy just open site and immediately see all notifications.

NO emails WITHOUT CRON?

Exactly. You can imagine that on more or less big site the sending of emails may reach 1000 for one event easy. We do not want users wait till notification will send all the letters before load the page. We fight for very ms :)

To sent emails you need to add cron task

http://yourite.com/index.php?option=com_cobalt& ;task=cron.sendAlert

Set it to run at least once a day. Then those who want to receive emails will. For immediate delivery I would set it once a 3 minuts at least.

Still not sure how it utilize these user settings? How does it change the interval and time according to this setting? Please, could you write an article in knowledge base.

Please, could you write an article in knowledge base.

What in particular I have to mention there? I can say how it work but how it will help others to do something?

It simple store 0,1,2,3,4,5. Then we set CRON once a minut. And cron select all notification who subscribed = 1 once a minut. 2 once a week, ...

BTW Cron code is available in controller/cron.php controller

Please, could you add a direct email sending WITHOUT CRON for very small websites or at least for developing on MAMP/XAMP etc.?

I don´t want to fiddle around with terminal stuff. You know, its not "Gefrickel-free".

I also found this post, maybe an alternative?!

Please, could you add a direct email sending WITHOUT CRON for very small websites or at least for developing on MAMP/XAMP etc.?

How do I detect that it is xamp or mamp?

include_once dirname(__FILE__).DS.'controllers'.DS.'cron.php';

$cron = new CobaltControllerCron();

$cron->_sendDaijest(1);

Insert it at the bottom of cobalt.php file in com_cobalt root.

in controller/cron.php change

private function _sendDaijest($type)

to

public function _sendDaijest($type)

I have still a little concern about the displayed user options. I mean, if Emails are set to OFF in section parameters... it does not influence the modal options window content.

I guess, if users can see and change the Email Schedule... they expect to get an Alert according to their selection.

But they never know, that this option has no effect, they do not know that the Email Alerts might be OFF.