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Send An Email from within A Page
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:35 pm
by calguy1000
Here's a simple example of an advanced topic: Accessing CMSMailer from within your page content.
Here's my code.... for reference:
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{if isset($smarty.post.submit)}
{cmsmailer} {* udt *}
{$cmsmailer->reset()}
{$cmsmailer->SetSubject('Test Message')}
{$cmsmailer->AddAddress('calguy1000@cmsmadesimple.org')}
{$cmsmailer->SetBody('This is a test message')}
{$cmsmailer->Send()}
Message Sent
{else}
<form name="test" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Test Message">
</form>
{/if}
This code creates a simple form with a single submit button on it. When the button is clicked, the result is returned to the same page, and the smarty logic kicks in.
First the {cmsmailer} udt is invoked which simply assigns the cmsmailer object to smarty for use in our page
Then I call the various cmsmailer methods to send an email.
This example kinds blurs the lines between programming and layout and design, but only a little bit
I'm sure you can find many uses for code like this to send messages from within your page.
Here's the code for the cmsmailer UDT:
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global $gCms;
$smarty =& $gCms->GetSmarty();
$cmsmailer =& $gCms->modules['CMSMailer']['object'];
$smarty->assign_by_ref('cmsmailer',$cmsmailer);
Re: Send An Email from within A Page
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:51 pm
by vaughnt
that's a good building block, thanks.
Re: Send An Email from within A Page
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:02 pm
by calguy1000
Continuing on the above note.... Here's a simple contact form that uses the udt I created above. Essentially, the {contact_form} plugin, and the contact_form form in formbuilder are not really needed.
Though this example doesn't have captcha... I'm pretty sure that if I applied myself for a few minutes, I could get that to work in this example too.
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{* a simple contact form writtten entirely in smarty *}
{if isset($smarty.post.submit)}
{* process the form *}
{if empty($smarty.post.name)}
<p><font color="red">Error: You must specify A name</font></p>
{elseif empty($smarty.post.email)}
<p><font color="red">Error: You must specify An Email Address</font></p>
{elseif empty($smarty.post.subject)}
<p><font color="red">Error: You must specify A message subject</font></p>
{elseif empty($smarty.post.message)}
<p><font color="red">Error: You must specify A message body</font></p>
{else}
{* prepare the message body *}
{capture assign='body'}
Message From: {$smarty.post.name} ({$smarty.post.email})
Message Sent: {$smarty.now|cms_date_format}
Message Text:
-------------------
{$smarty.post.message}
{/capture}
{* send it *}
{cmsmailer}
{$cmsmailer->reset()}
{$cmsmailer->AddAddress('calguy1000@cmsmadesimple.org')}
{$cmsmailer->SetSubject($smarty.post.subject)}
{$cmsmailer->SetBody($body)}
{capture assign='junk'}{$cmsmailer->Send()}{/capture}
{/if}
{/if}
{* display the form *}
<form name="contactform" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Your Name:</td>
<td><input name="name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="50"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Your Email Address:</td>
<td><input name="email" type="text" size="50" maxlength="50"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subject:</td>
<td><input name="subject" type="text" size="50" maxlength="50"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mesage:</td>
<td><textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="8">Enter Your Message Here</textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Send It"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
Edit: I cleaned up the code a bit and did the error checking a bit better.... I also capture the output from the email sending so that it doesn't get output to the page....
Re: Send An Email from within A Page
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:55 am
by pixelita
Would this be what I'd use for something like "email this page to a friend"? Because that's what I'm looking for right now.
Re: Send An Email from within A Page
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:14 pm
by vaughnt
pixelita wrote:
Would this be what I'd use for something like "email this page to a friend"? Because that's what I'm looking for right now.
Pixelita-
Try this tag/plugin I made:
http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/tellafriend
See it in action here:
http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.ph ... et-on-moss
(the button is under the photo)
The hide/show is not part of the functionality, I added that for my site. But the captcha support is included.