Extension:FormMailer
From MediaWiki.org
 Release status: beta |
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|---|---|
| Implementation | Notify |
| Description | Formats and sends posted forms to email recipients. |
| Author(s) | User:Nad |
| Version | 1.0.1 (2007-08-08) |
| MediaWiki | 1.6.x and above |
| Download | FormMailer.php |
This extension allows forms in the wiki to be sent to a specified list of recipients. This is useful for people using their MediaWiki to maintain website content who wish to have enquiry forms in the site. This extension only handles the sending of the data in the form, but does not offer any means to create forms, for that you can use Extension:Simple Forms.
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[edit] Installation
The extension is a single script which you can obtain from OrganicDesign:Extension:FormMailer.php and save into your extensions directory and include in your LocalSettings.php file as in the following example,
include("$IP/extensions/FormMailer.php");
[edit] Usage
Any standard form can be mailed with this extension, all that needs to be done is to ensure that the form contains a value called "formmailer" in it. As long as a value of that name is posted, the formmailer will know that the data from the form is to be sent. The name of this special variable can be set to something else in the $wgFormMailerVarName global configuration variable.
[edit] Configuration
Configuration of this extension is done via two global variables which can be set in your LocalSettings file after the include of the FormMailer.php script.
| Variable | Default value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| $wgFormMailerRecipients | empty list | A list of email addresses which should recieve posted forms. |
| $wgFormMailerVarName | formmailer | If a variable of this name is posted, the data is assumed to be for mailing. |
| $wgFormMailerFrom | formmailer | The FROM field in the mailed forms. |
| $wgFormMailerDontSend | list of title, action | The items in this list are considered as part of the environment and are not included in the mailed data. |
| $wgFormMailerMessage | Thanks, your enquiry has been submitted! | Message to display after sending the form (can also be set in the form by posting formmailer_message. |
| $wgFormMailerSubject | Form submitted from SiteName | Message to display after sending the form (can also be set in the form by posting formmailer_subject. |
[edit] Todo & Bugs
- Allow named recipient lists which can be specified in forms
[edit] See also
- Extension:Simple Forms - A set of simple mechanisms for making forms, these can be used with FormMailer
- Extension:EmailArticle - Send fully rendered articles with embedded CSS to users, groups or contact lists
- Extension:EmailToWiki - Allows emails to be sent to and appended to articles in the wiki using pagename@your-wiki-domain
