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Editing Notification Emails

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Pro. This feature requires WB Member Blog Pro. The free plugin must be installed and active first. See the Pro index for every Pro module.

Every email Member Blog sends, from the free plugin and from Pro, is listed on one screen. Switch any of them off for everybody, or change its subject and text to match your site’s voice.

The screen is WB Plugins > Member Blog > Notification Emails. It appears while the Notifications module is on.

One Shared Design

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All emails use the free plugin’s shared template: a heading, a short message, one button, and an unsubscribe link, in your site’s email design with a plain-text version alongside. You can change the subject and the message. The heading and the button stay as built, so every email keeps the same look whatever you write.

Change an Email’s Wording

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  1. Go to WB Plugins > Member Blog > Notification Emails.
  2. Find the email. Each row shows its name, what triggers it and “Sent to:” who receives it.
  3. Open Edit subject and text under the row.
  4. Type a new Subject and Message. Leave a box empty to keep the built-in wording. Leave a blank line between paragraphs. Built-in subjects start with your site name (Site: Your post "Title" is published); a subject you type is sent exactly as you wrote it, so add {site_name} yourself if you want it.
  5. Use the placeholders listed under the fields for that email.
  6. Click Save Settings.

The reading digest is built from the posts it lists, so it offers Edit subject only.

Switch an Email Off

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Turn off the switch on the email’s row and click Save Settings. It stops for everybody. To stop an email for one person only, that member uses the unsubscribe link in it, or their own preferences (see Your Notification Preferences).

The Emails

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Email Sent to When Placeholders
Reading digest Followers A periodic round-up of new posts from the writers and topics a member follows (subject only) {post_count}
A writer you follow published Followers A writer they follow publishes a post {author_name} {post_title} {post_url}
A post needs approval Selected administrators A member submits a post for review {site_admin} {blog_name}
Your post was approved The post author Their post is approved and published {publisher_name} {blog_name}
Your post was sent back The post author A reviewer sends a post back instead of publishing it {post_title} {reason} {edit_url}

{site_name} (your site’s title) works in every email. All five emails are sent by the free plugin; Pro adds this screen to switch them off or reword them.

Placeholders

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Placeholder Inserts
{site_name} Site title
{post_title}, {blog_name} Title of the post
{post_url} Link to the post
{edit_url} Link to edit the post
{author_name} Name of the writer
{publisher_name} Name of the post author
{site_admin} Name of the administrator receiving it
{reason} The reason given
{post_count} Number of posts in the digest

Only use the placeholders listed for an email. A misspelled placeholder, such as {posttitle}, is sent as typed.

Example: The Sent-Back Email

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Subject:

About your post on {site_name}

Message:

Hi, a reviewer sent "{post_title}" back with this note: {reason}


You can edit it and submit it again whenever you are ready.

The button to edit the post is added by the template, so the message does not need the link.

Tips

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  • Keep it short. The message sits above one button. A sentence or two is enough.
  • Test after a change. Trigger the email (submit a post, approve one, send one back) and read it as received.
  • Match your voice across all the emails you change, not only one.
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