Forum OpenACS Development: Re: when to send out news notifications

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2: Re: when to send out news notifications (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 08/04/06 08:10 AM
I think we should do the do_notifications call in the procedure that releases the news item, so yes, the notifications should be send once the item is released.
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3: Re: Re: when to send out news notifications (response to 2)
Posted by Hamilton Chua on 08/04/06 11:07 AM
Yes, but what triggers the release ? Is there a proc in news that sets the news item as released ? If there were, that would be the best place to put do_notifications.

But I don't think there is.

The "released" state is determined solely by the release_date. The release_date is queried and compared with the current date when the user visits the news page.

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4: Re: Re: Re: when to send out news notifications (response to 3)
Posted by Jun Yamog on 08/08/06 04:18 AM
Hi Ham,

I think you will need to create a scheduled proc or something that does the notification. From what I remember and as you described, news are displayed using a query that uses release_date. I think the current implementation was simpler (reason for it just using a query) than actually changing the state of the news (as CMS package implemented it).