Send a Private Message to user (and optional user note) when approved for a usergroup

Send a Private Message to user (and optional user note) when approved for a usergroup

This is a product that will send an automatic private message to a user (and optionally place a profile note in their profile) after being approved for a usergroup using the 'group memberships' system (and only the group memberships system).

Difficulty of installation: Easy!
Time to install: About 1 minute.

There are two versions of this product. One will add the profile note and the other will not. The one that adds a profile note works nicely with this plugin that places a note when a user requests to join. These help moderators and admins know who placed a request when and if they were approved, who did the approval and when (without having to dig into the logs).

This was inspired by Amykhar's plugin that emails the usergroup leaders upon a request (but does not replace it). With her permission, I used a bit of her code and thank her greatly for that plugin.

Download Instructions
Choose your version (do not install both):

• product_ug_approval_pm_un.xml
  This version sends the user who was approved a private message and adds the user note to the member's profile
• product_ug_approval_pm.xml
  This version only sends the user who was approved a private message

Install Instructions
Go to your admin cp, then:
Plugin System -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product] -> Browse and select the plugin you downloaded to your computer then press 'Import'.

This installs one plugin and one phrase.


Upgrade Instructions
Go to your admin cp, then:
Plugin System -> Manage Products -> find "PM to user when approved by Majorxp" and choose uninstall from the dropdown box. Then reinstall using instructions above.



Usage Instructions
You can edit the phrase UG_approval_pm to change the approval PM. The version that adds the usernote has the usernote hard coded. If enough folks want it phrased, let me know.

Misc Notes
This does not send out a PM or user note if the user request is denied. This was done below by another coder, but I have not yet fully tested it personally.

This also does not send a PM if you use the admincp or moderatorcp to promote users and I have no intentions of working on such a mod.


** If you use this product, please click install so I know that folks actually use this! **


1.0.1 Fixed bug with product_ug_approval_pm_un version
1.0.0 Initial Release Version

Keywords: Private Message, PM, user group, user note, approval, approve, email

[Snake]

Thanks for the update!

[gcphost]

Great work, I need it mainly for when the request is denied, if the user doesnt supply information I ask for on the request form they cant join so I deny them but theres no notification letting them know their not in so they sit there like, duhh...

I'll post my changes.

[gcphost]

Ok all I made the changes so this now works with approve, deny and ignore.

Its a cross between Majorxp and 3.5's joinrequests.php , Major was using the php's generated arrays to build his list, well this only stores approved.

The plugin is now using the post request list of users you have selected, it will do the e-mails in the start of the process instead of when its completed, this way you know whos being ignored or denied, if its done afterwords the user information is removed from the group table so and only approved information is stored in php.

Only minor changes, works good in my testing, hope this helps.

Make sure to edit the xml to change your e-mails, or you can do it in the admin panel later.

[Stop]

I installed it and moved a member to another group but there was no PM sent.

?

[gcphost]

I belive this mod only notifys when the initial accept is done.

[majorxp]

@Stop

My version or the other one posted above? If mine, then it only works using the request/approve group process

[Stop]

majorxp

can you add an option so it sends a pm upon any changes in the usergroups ?

thanks a lot.

[bada_bing]

Will this work if im using subscriptions and when a member pays for a subscription and complates the paypay transaction and moved to the Premium Member usergroups this hack will shoot them a PM with a message letting them know that they have been upgraded or whatever message I want it to say?

[majorxp]

Originally Posted by Stop

can you add an option so it sends a pm upon any changes in the usergroups ?

This would be outside of the scope of this project.

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Will this work if im using subscriptions and when a member pays for a subscription and complates the paypay transaction and moved to the Premium Member usergroups this hack will shoot them a PM with a message letting them know that they have been upgraded or whatever message I want it to say?

Nope.


Sorry, but both of these aren't part of or going to be part of it. This mod is only for when the request/approve process is used, not for admin/modcp or other ways members have their usergroup changes.

[Snake]

Works great now!