Messaging Templates - Need More Documentation
| Project: | Messaging |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Documentation |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
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Hi!
I would really appreciate some help with understanding how to modify the Messaging Templates. I have no problem with choosing and using tokens: I just don't understand what each Template does!
What is a Notification event? I don't have the Events module on my site. When is this Template used?
Notifications digest is presumably the template used when someone has requested daily or weekly digests?
What is a node event that makes it different from node creation, updates or comments? When is this Template used?
Node creation, updates and comments I understand.
What is the Mail: section that appears throughout all the Templates? They are all blank, but presumably they can be used to modify something - but what?
I'm sorry to be such a dimbo. A little help would be very much appreciated.
#1
Please read and comment here,
http://drupal.org/node/252582
http://drupal.org/node/252592
#2
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.
#3
Just FYI...
I don't think either of those documents help MedMan with his question.
To be honest, I was pretty confused when I first setup the Message Templates the first time. It's not the most intuitive UI in the world and it doesn't provide much inline explanation of what each part does.
I think explaining it on here, though, would be a bit difficult. If I have time soon, I'll create a screencast. If anyone else beats me to it, I'm sure there are people other than MadMan who would appreciate it.
Good luck.
#4
#5
Can someone provide a nested outline of how all of the individual templates (admin > messaging > template) and template parts all fit together if they were to all be used in an email that's sent out?
For example... these are all the templates and template parts that I have listed in my installation:
How do all of these parts fit together in the final email that's sent out?
#6
Done a complete rework of the template administration pages. I hope you like it now.
Anyway, this is a complex one, so specific usability suggestions still welcomed.
@NewbieToThisDrupalThing, thanks for the idea.
#7
I forgot: done only for 6.x, it won't be backported.
#8
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.
#9
From a usability point of view, the best thing and a *real* big help, would be live previews of the emails. However, I understand the complexity to build such thing.
The next best thing would be some *graphic* examples which explain which template is used where and when and together with which other templates.