8.3.5.3. Customizing an email notification template

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If there are new posts in the category, forum or topic that a user has watched, the user will receive the email notification like this.

This section will describe how to create and edit the email templates that can be used to send email notifications to users.

Click on the Forums Administration bar and click Notifications from the drop-down menu to open the Notifications form.

The Notifications form consists of two tabs:

New Posts Notification: Customizes the template of the email notification when there is a new post/topic in categories/forums/topics that users are watching.
Moved Notification: Customizes the template of the email notification when a category/forum/topic/post which is being watched is moved to another location.

Details:

Subject: The notification subject.
Add a prefix to notifications: Ticks the checkbox to add a prefix to the email notification.
Content Notification: The template content of the email notification of new topics/posts that can be modified with the built-in Editor.

The followings are variables which can be used in the template:

The common variables for both tabs:

VIEWPOST_LINK: Will be replaced by the public link referring to the new topic/post.
$VIEWPOST_PRIVATE_LINK: Will be replaced by the private link referring to the new topic/post.
$REPLYPOST_LINK: Will be replaced by the private link referring to the topic and a form to reply will be automatically opened.

The variables used in the New Post Notification tab:

$OBJECT_WATCH_TYPE: Will be replaced by the watched object type (category/forum/topic).
$OBJECT_NAME: Will be replaced by the name of the watched object (category/forum/topic).
$ADD_TYPE: Will be replaced by the newly added object type (topic/post).
$ADD_NAME: Will be replaced by the newly added object name (topic name/post name).
$POSTER: Will be replaced by the topic/post owner.
$POST_CONTENT: Will be replaced by the topic/post content.
$TIME: Will be replaced by the time when the topic/post was added.
$DATE: Will be replaced by the date when the topic/post was added.
$CATEGORY: Will be replaced by the category name.
$FORUM: Will be replaced by the forum name.
$TOPIC: Will be replaced by the topic name.

The variables used in the Moved Notification tab:

$OBJECT_PARENT_NAME: Will be replaced by the forum name (if moving topics) or the topic name (if moving posts).
$OBJECT_PARENT_TYPE: Will be replaced by the type of the moved parent object, such as forum (if moving topics) or topic (if moving posts).
$OBJECT_NAME: Will be replaced by the name of the moved object (topic name/post name).
$OBJECT_TYPE: Will be replaced by the type of the moved object (topic/post).

These variables are used to load the content dynamically. Thus, you should not edit them. In case the template is changed unexpectedly, you can go back to the default template by clicking . You can use the text editor to format the template as you wish.