Email notifications to certain user groups on page update

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Hi, I'm curious if theres any way to have email notifications to certains group of users about updates or block additions to one page of a website. I currently have a 'resources' section thats only available to certain users, and I want those users to receive a notification if a new block was added or if the page was updated at least.

Is there any way to do this? I'm on 5.6.0.1

 
mhawke replied on at Permalink Reply
mhawke
There's a free basic add-on that allows you to send an email to a specific group.

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/mailer/...

Although there might be a way to send out an email every time you 'publish' new content on the 'Resources' page, I would advice against it because the way C5 works, there are lots of times when you publish a new page several times in 5 minutes just to tweak it or correct a typo and you wouldn't want your recipients to get 5 emails announcing new content. With this add-on, once your changes are stable, you can visit your dashboard and send out a notification to everyone in the 'Resources Notification' group of users.
doctypedesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks. Do you have experience with this add-on? seems clunky for 5.6 and I don't see options to tell it what group to send to specifically. Unless I'm looking in the wrong spot.
mhawke replied on at Permalink Reply
mhawke
No, you're not looking in the wrong spot. Apparently, I made some modifications to this add-on for my own purposes so basically my version does what you want it to do.

If you can wait until this evening, I will zip up my modified package and attach it here so you can use it also. No official warranty or support of course but you're welcome to it.
doctypedesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
Sure sounds great! Thanks!
doctypedesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
Any updates about this mhawke?
mhawke replied on at Permalink Reply
mhawke
Sorry for the delay. Right now it's in the form of a 'single page' and I'm trying to bundle it up as a block.
doctypedesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
No prob was just curious, thanks for getting back!