Social Group and Album Enhancements - Social Group Emails

This modification will allow social group owners and administrators to send an email to all members of a social group. Each usergroup can be configured to specifically allow or disallow sending to groups they created, if you would like to limit this ability to specific trusted user groups. By default, admins will also be able to send emails to members of any group, regardless of whether they created the group or not.

Note: If a social group member has elected not to receive emails from other members or is invited to a group and has not accepted yet, they will not receive emails sent using this modification.

Installation

1. Upload bitfield_socialgroupemail.xml to your forum/includes/xml directory before you install the product.
2. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_socialgroup_email.xml.
3. Use the Style Manager to find and edit your socialgroups_group template:

Find:

                <vb:if condition="$show['postlink']">
                    <li><a href="group.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=message&amp;groupid={vb:raw group.groupid}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase new_discussion}</a></li>
                </vb:if>

Below that ADD:

                <vb:if condition="$groupoptions['email_group']">
                    <li><a href="sendmessage.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=groupemail&amp;groupid={vb:raw group.groupid}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase email_members}</a></li>
                </vb:if>

Configuration:
By default, regular members, moderators, super moderators and administrators are configured to be able to send emails to their own social groups. Additionally, administrators are configured to be able to send email to any group. To change these permissions for these or any other groups:

1. In the AdminCP, goto Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager.
2. Edit the user group.
3. Find the section "Social Groups Permissions," and set the permissions for emailing as desired.

Uninstallation (IMPORTANT)
To properly uninstall this product, follow these instructions exactly:

1. Delete the file bitfield_socialgroupemail.xml from your forum/includes/xml directory.
2. Uninstall the product.

Known Issues

• [Unconfirmed] User group settings may need to be refreshed for permissions to be correctly set. [post]

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by Jabong82

Oh I have a quick question. I just tested this in one o f my groups, and after I submit the message it says "You have successfully emailed 0 members". And then the no one receives the email. Isn't this just supposed to automatically email everyone in the group?

That being said, I didn't see an option to pick who to send the email to so I'm kinda lost here. Any help would be appreciated.

If the members are set to not receive email from other members, it won't send them an email at all. Check that out and see if that is it.

[Jabong82]

Ah yah that was it. Quick question, do you know what this is? In the social group email it gives the option to use a "form" in the email as well as provides the actual email address. But my form just comes out as /sendmessage.php yada yada. Am I supposed to set this somewhere? Thanks in advance.


=========================================
To email XXXXX, you can use this online form:
/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=1

OR, by email:
mailto:XXXXXXXX@gmail.com

This is the message:

Test Email.

[AzzidReign]

Thank you.

[daggz]

Same issue on install as https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....29&postcount=7

Otherwise great addon. Good work

[Xencored]

Thanks man awesome stuff

[Footman]

Excellent! This will fit nicely into my site.

[Phototrope]

This looks good. Tagged.

Wouldn't it be cool if social group members could reply to the email they received from this, and the email automatically got received by vB, and then generated vB messages for everyone in that social group.

I can dream...

[starman?]

Had to uninstall this after upgrading to 4.1.1 (and after reverting some templates) but then re-installed and it's working just great, but when you search for the code in the template in order to add the new code below it, search for this code instead;

<vb:if condition="$show['postlink']">
					<li><a href="{vb:link group, {vb:raw group}, 'do=message'}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase new_discussion}</a></li>
				</vb:if>

[LoveStream]

This a great what I looking for.
Let me suggest that I prefer to PM instead of Email.

Can I use this option to PM, if it is disabled could you add a select this option?

[elrafei]

Great mod

thank you !