Notifications module - V2 alternatives? Sends email on event

[paulbaker]

I use the notifications module on every V1 site. It's great, it notifies me by email every time an admin logs in to the backend. So I can easily see which clients are updating their sites - and which are not. It also emails me on every unsuccessful backend login (e.g. wrong password) so I can tell if someone, or something, is trying to hack in.

I would like to continue using it in V2 but it hasn't been updated in a while and it is unlikely to be updated because it was created by a couple of guys who have left the CMSMS world:
http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/notifications

I tried installing in to a V 2.1.3 site - it seemed to install without error but unsurprisingly it did not work, giving a white unstyled page when accessing the admin page.

Is there an alternative method of getting the functionality described without using this module?

Thanks

[Rolf]

Yep, a simple Mail UDT like http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/general-i ... s#mail-udt


Ps. I also use it for http://www.cmscanbesimple.org/blog/mous ... ate-errors

[paulbaker]

Thanks for the swift reply Rolf!

I tried the Mail UDT. It worked great. So I am now notified on a failed login.

I made a similar UDT and linked it to the LoginPost event, hoping to be told every time someone successfully logs in. The UDT fires OK but the $_POST["username"] field is blank. It would be great if anyone had some ideas on that.

[Rolf]

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$_SESSION['login_user_username']

[velden]

LoginPost

Description: Sent after a user logs into the Admin panel
Parameters

'user' - Reference to the affected user object.

Event Handlers

None

[velden]

Generic (for both failed en success):

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$to = 'YOUREMAIL@YOURDOMAIN.COM';
$headers = 'From: CMS Made Simple website.com <noreply@website.com>';

$user = $params['user'];
if ($params['_eventname'] == 'LoginPost') {

$subject  = 'Successful login: ' . $user->username . ' - ' . cms_utils::get_real_ip();

$message_template  =<<<'EOD'
There has been a successful login in your admin panel.
Username: %s
IP Address: %s
First Name: %s
Last Name: %s
Email %s
EOD;

$message = sprintf($message_template,
  $user->username,
  cms_utils::get_real_ip(),
  $user->firstname,
  $user->lastname,
  $user->email
);
} elseif($params['_eventname'] == 'LoginFailed') {

$subject  = 'Failed login: ' . $user . ' - ' . cms_utils::get_real_ip();

$message_template  =<<<'EOD'
There has been a failed login in your admin panel.
Username: %s
IP Address: %s
EOD;

$message = sprintf($message_template,
  $user,
  cms_utils::get_real_ip()
);

}
@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

Personally I'd rather use the CMSMS api to send the email out (instead of 'mail') but don't have time now to find out how.

[calguy1000]

in 2.x:

$mailer = new cms_mailer();
$mailer->SetSubject($subject);
$mailer->SetBody($body);
$mailer->AddAddress($email_address);
$mailer->Send();

[Rolf]

Extended version of Veldens UDT
http://www.cmscanbesimple.org/blog/admi ... tification