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neiljdawson

Joined: 2004-11-20
Posts: 2

Posted: Mon, 2004-11-29 19:23

Firstly, congrats on producing an excellent product! :wink:

Not sure if this has been suggested before ...but here it is anyway!

I recently set up a family photo album using version 1.4.1 of Gallery. I would like if possible to have a mailing list of all the family users so that when a change, upload or new album has been added, an email is set out automatically to all users summarising the changes, so that they know when to login and have a look.

cs40

Joined: 2004-10-19
Posts: 2

Posted: Fri, 2004-12-10 01:02

This isn't exactly e-mail, but the current version of Gallery has RSS Publishing which allows notifications to RSS Readers. I know Mozilla Thunderbird now has an RSS reader integrated into it, but I'm not sure about other clients.

That said, e-mail would be nice since explaining to everyone how to set up RSS, possibly asking them to switch e-mail clients, etc is unnecessary.

fryfrog

Joined: 2002-10-30
Posts: 3236

Posted: Fri, 2004-12-10 10:35

Uh, doesn't Gallery already have this? Can't you subscribe to the "new comments" or "changes"?

neiljdawson

Joined: 2004-11-20
Posts: 2

Posted: Wed, 2004-12-29 20:28

Hi Fryfrog,

Yes, but this relies on users going into the gallery site and subscribing.

I just want a faily simple email message to be sent to an editable email list of all known users when a new photograph or album has been added to the gallery.

For example, if a user has created a new album, users will never know about it until they eventually login and find it. Only then can they get a chance to "subscribe" which is then a bit late!

Otherwise users will get fed up going onto the gallery regularly to find no changes and stop visiting!

The messages could be

" User Fred has added the following photos to album xxxx :-

abcd.jpg
kjhkjh.jpg

Please visit the gallery to view updates"

or

"User Joe has created a new album xxxxx, please visit gallery to view update"

Again the messages / text could be edited in the config to suit any gallery.

maggard

Joined: 2004-12-01
Posts: 24

Posted: Mon, 2005-01-10 23:51

Frankly it sounds like a great way to annoy lots of friends & family.

Sending an email and inviting folks to subscribe to your photos list is one thing. Unilaterally setting them up to get notified of your photo updates, which they can't disable themselves, is quite another.

I've already had to send out "thanks but please stop forwarding me your jokes/urban legends/pithy quotes" emails to several relatives, and those were being sent out manually. The thought of having photos of their children and holidays being forced at me and then having to explicitly ask that thanks, please don't, all over again leaves me unenthusiastic.

Perhaps setting up a real mailing list, and then manually sending out notices of photo updates & whatever to it else might be a better strategy. Thus folks can decide for themselves if they like to participate, it'll greatly ease the burdens of managing changing addresses, bounces, etc. and you'll be able to communicate news of more general interest, not just photo gallery updates.

neiljdawson Joined: 2004-11-20 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon, 2004-11-29 19:23
	Firstly, congrats on producing an excellent product! :wink: Not sure if this has been suggested before ...but here it is anyway! I recently set up a family photo album using version 1.4.1 of Gallery. I would like if possible to have a mailing list of all the family users so that when a change, upload or new album has been added, an email is set out automatically to all users summarising the changes, so that they know when to login and have a look.
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cs40 Joined: 2004-10-19 Posts: 2	Posted: Fri, 2004-12-10 01:02
	This isn't exactly e-mail, but the current version of Gallery has RSS Publishing which allows notifications to RSS Readers. I know Mozilla Thunderbird now has an RSS reader integrated into it, but I'm not sure about other clients. That said, e-mail would be nice since explaining to everyone how to set up RSS, possibly asking them to switch e-mail clients, etc is unnecessary.

fryfrog Joined: 2002-10-30 Posts: 3236	Posted: Fri, 2004-12-10 10:35
	Uh, doesn't Gallery already have this? Can't you subscribe to the "new comments" or "changes"?

neiljdawson Joined: 2004-11-20 Posts: 2	Posted: Wed, 2004-12-29 20:28
	Hi Fryfrog, Yes, but this relies on users going into the gallery site and subscribing. I just want a faily simple email message to be sent to an editable email list of all known users when a new photograph or album has been added to the gallery. For example, if a user has created a new album, users will never know about it until they eventually login and find it. Only then can they get a chance to "subscribe" which is then a bit late! Otherwise users will get fed up going onto the gallery regularly to find no changes and stop visiting! The messages could be " User Fred has added the following photos to album xxxx :- abcd.jpg kjhkjh.jpg Please visit the gallery to view updates" or "User Joe has created a new album xxxxx, please visit gallery to view update" Again the messages / text could be edited in the config to suit any gallery.

maggard Joined: 2004-12-01 Posts: 24	Posted: Mon, 2005-01-10 23:51
	Frankly it sounds like a great way to annoy lots of friends & family. Sending an email and inviting folks to subscribe to your photos list is one thing. Unilaterally setting them up to get notified of your photo updates, which they can't disable themselves, is quite another. I've already had to send out "thanks but please stop forwarding me your jokes/urban legends/pithy quotes" emails to several relatives, and those were being sent out manually. The thought of having photos of their children and holidays being forced at me and then having to explicitly ask that thanks, please don't, all over again leaves me unenthusiastic. Perhaps setting up a real mailing list, and then manually sending out notices of photo updates & whatever to it else might be a better strategy. Thus folks can decide for themselves if they like to participate, it'll greatly ease the burdens of managing changing addresses, bounces, etc. and you'll be able to communicate news of more general interest, not just photo gallery updates.

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