Hi, I maintain the authorcontact module http://drupal.org/project/authorcontact which allows users to contact the author of any particulr node. Useful for auction sites, multi-blogs etc.

In my issue queue I get lots of requests for functionality similar to that of webform: configurable fields, attachments, etc. If Webform Block could include an option to send to the author of the current node, then authorcontact could possibly be dropped altogether, or at least remain a very simple module with webform block doing anything that needed fancier forms.

Let me know what you think - I'm happy to share how my module sends emails to the current node owner from a block.

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budda
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Project: Webform Block » Webform
Version: 6.x-1.1 » 6.x-3.x-dev

This sounds like functionality to incorporate in to webform module itself, then the webform block module can make use of it.

if it wont be included in webform module then maybe it's a case for its own simple companion module for webform ?

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nravens commented

This is exactly the functionality I need on a webform. I have different content types. The content will be user generated and I need a contact form on each node to allow mail sending to the author of that particular node.

Any suggestions on how I can achieve this?

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This is pretty much a combination of #353748: Add the option for a form to use the submitter username and email address as the from address. and #428982: New hooks for additional token replacements.

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JmsCrk commented

Nakes, the authorcontact module does exactly that, but only with a simple email form. http://drupal.org/project/authorcontact

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JmsCrk commented

@budda I'm not sure how the 'normal' webform module would achieve this as each webform is itself a node - it is pointless sending to the owner of the current node when the webform is appearing on its own node - this is only a useful addition when using webforms in a block when the block appears on a different node.

My instinct is therefore that this is a webform_block issue, not webform itself. But I'll leave that to you to decide.

@quicksketch it's the owner of the node on which the webform block is placed that we want to be able to send the form to, a little different to #353748 but down the same path.

... I can have a go at making an addon module but I'm unfamiliar with webform and webform_block.

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Project: Webform » Webform Block
Version: 6.x-3.x-dev » 6.x-1.x-dev

@quicksketch it's the owner of the node on which the webform block is placed that we want to be able to send the form to, a little different to #353748 but down the same path.

You're quite correct then, Webform shouldn't be handling this situation, since it doesn't have any idea of where the form is actually placed. I'm moving this back to Webform Block. If the author isn't interested in adding this, then you'll be down to a custom module.

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matteoraggi commented

Option to send emails to authors or nodes is greatly appreciated from my side, tell me please if some donation could help in that direction.

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JmsCrk commented

Do any of the new hooks in webform 3 allow me to change the recipient of the email before it is sent? If so this may be a way forward.

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matteoraggi commented

could you please me link to these hooks? because I can't find it

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BeaPower commented

Is this now possible in the current release?

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budda
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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Sorry no plans to develop this module further since Webform 3.3

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matteoraggi commented

But webform 3.3 is a past vesion of webform:
http://drupal.org/project/issues/webform?text=6.x-3.3&status=All&priorit...
Maybe you want to mean 6.x-3.30 ? actual stable is 6.x-3.15 .
the last .15 releases was developed in about 1-2 years, it mean that we have to wait 1-2 years to start to really hope abot the "Option to send form results to author of current node" ? Or maybe it will be done first?
When do you think that webform 6.x-3.30 will be published?