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Apr 29: Q2A 1.5.2

Ability for all users to be notified when a new question is posted

+1 vote
Is there any way presently (or planned in the future) to have all users on a Q2A site notified when a new question is asked? I know superadmins get notified but that is insufficient for what I am after.
asked Jan 5, 2011 in Q2A Core by KS

3 Answers

0 votes

Not currently, but you could always modify the PHP code to do this. The function you want to change is qa_question_create(...) in qa-app-post-create.php.

answered Jan 5, 2011 by gidgreen
I could probably do this quite easily, but what I want to avoid is a maintenance headache when the next version comes out.
I understand, but if you write your notification script in a function in a separate PHP file, and simply include your file and call your function from the Q2A core, there will be very little maintenance for the next version.
Has anyone written a module/pho code to do this?
Tried looking the qa_question_create function. Not an php expert I'm afraid
+2 votes
this might annoy some users, you can ask user to subscribe for feed and sent list of questions everyday by using feedburner.
answered Jan 6, 2011 by ProThoughts
Hadn't thought of that - great suggestion.
0 votes
This way your website may be known as a "spam" sender website by gmail, yahoo, etc. Especially if you have quite number of users.
answered Mar 17, 2011 by fazil