Formatting the node output in print_mail

Thanks for the reply

I had looked for that file previously but it was not in the module directory.

I want to re-create the styling I created in the print_html file - - so I tried print_mail.tpl (which it did not see) and then tried print_mail.CONTENT-TYPE.tpl.php - - but neither worked - - not sure why it does not see this - - this file is co-located with the print template.

BTW - - I can see the default styling in the e-mail (with tables and

I will continue to paw through the module and the .inc but I do appreciate your guidance.

Also, your documentation is excellent - - as good or better than as any module I have seen - -but I could not find this reference there - - I would be happy to help update it once I see the solution

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Hi

Sorry for my negligence there. I will be more careful as you are very diligent in answering my questions.

So, for the "print-a-node tpl", for my custom content-type "activity", the file name should be:

print_html.node-activity.tpl.php

This is what I did and the styling works great - - and this is what I understood from the documentation.

But for formatting e-mail - - please excuse my ignorance here - - I am not sure what the documentation means.

The documentation says

print_[format].node-[type].tpl.php

But I understood the [format] to mean html versus pdf - - but now I think this may not be so

In any case, is the correct format for me:

print_mail.node-activity.tpl.php?

Thanks so much for your assistance

S

As an update - - per my other reply, I tried

print_mail.node-activity.tpl.php
(where activity is my custom content type)

I began by this file placing my theme directory, then tried my custom mail module directory, then in the print module, then in the sub-directory in the print module, print_mail - - none of these worked - - in every caseprovides to the default styling.

Note the following:

1) I duplicated the html and styling for the print case - - that is, the tpl files are identical - - so the css should also apply.

2) I found that the printing tpl required a full hmtl syntax (head, body and so on) since it did not appear to build from page.tpl
- - again, this works great (and again, kudos for executing a very tricky-to-do functionality)

3) I re-confirmed that the print module settings were calling the css file
- - in this respect, I wonder if the html in the mail wants a full path
- - I will try this since I am not getting images either

Have I made another careless error?

N

I have tried a bunch of things with no luck

Will not see the theming - - can upload screen shot of the print output (which works great) and the mail output (which would like you would expect since it uses the table-based formatting from the default)

one possibility is to hack the default css with my own styling?
- - if so, which css file would this be?

Note that I do have a custom module for both print and mail and currently, the print-formatting css code is controlled from my master theme css
- - perhaps I could load a custom print mail css from that module?

Lastly, might it be better to export to mail as a pdf? I wonder if I can put links in - - I think I can but have not tried this yet

Hi

I appreciate so much how much time and effort you give to this module -- but I wonder if it is possible to resolve this issue. I am going into beta soon and need to retire this pending issue.

Any guidance or suggestions would greatly appreciated

thx

N

Hi

thanks for the reply.

No , I did not modify the module. I have written a module to handle various aspects of customization - - but it may be noteworthy that the print aspect works well.

I will re-try this and will re-create my print_mail.node-page.tpl.php file and let you know.

N

Hi

thanks for the reply.

I have done what you suggested and I cannot determine if the print module is seeing the print_mail.tpl.php file. The output in the delivered e-mail remains the same - - styled as a table. A complication here is that the styling is quite complex with many images (coded as backgrounds from a sprite).

One thought, I wonder if it might be easier to output a pdf and let this be placed into the body of the e-mail.

Is this possible?

If so, it would avoid all the issues related to accessing a style sheet and the images and so on from an unknown e-mail program.

If someone has done this, I would really appreciate tips and guidance.

Thoughts?

Thanks so much

N

Hi

I appreciate the time you are taking to help me out here.

Perhaps I am confused but I think I have followed the documentation, though I have clearly made a few mistakes.

1) The print module I installed did not have a print_mail.tpl.php file. I created one and placed in the theme directory.

2) I created a print_html.node-activity.tpl.php and placed this in the theme directory. This works great.

3) The theming is identical in both .tpl's.

4) I am not certain that the print does not see the print_mail.tpl.php file since I can only see the e-mail output as received at the address I sent it to - - and the formatting is the same with or without the print_mail.tpl.php file (formatted using tables where I do not use tables in this formatting).

5) My assumption, then was that the module is not seeing the print_mail.tpl.php file and is taking the node output and formatting it in a table style (which is what I see in the default print.css file).

So, I am not sure what to here as it is required I provide emailing capability. For the moment, I would be content to not do images but to able to format the sections with an e-mailed.

Again, thanks for taking the time to respond to these questions.

N