The number one request at the feedback website was a subscription plugin that would allow readers to be notified by email when a new post is added. While it seems that this would be an easy plugin to develop, it has some issues such as what to do when a post has a publishing date in the future, or a draft is published.
Two developers took on the task of creating the plugin, and they released their plugins within the same week. So take your pick!
Scribe has been developed by Adam Tuttle. It has some special features such as taking care of the future posting date, and giving you the option of customizing the email using a template.
Blog Subscriber has been developed by Mel Williams and she has already released an update based on some user suggestions.
Thanks to Adam and Mel for providing these plugins! I am thinking on adding this to the main Mango distribution since it was such a requested plugin (if they let me do it :) ).
4 Comments
I released a new version today. Could you update the download link on the "Plugins" page for me?
http://blogsubscriber.riaforge.org/
Mel
Apr 12, 20096:23 PM
Your plug-in is causing some issues with my website. I had to deactivate it. Not sure if it's my custom skin or what, but when I activate your plug-in it adds some <script> tags to the top of my template which is reeking havoc with IE7 and IE8.
Has anyone else seen this?
Doug
Jun 23, 200910:52 AM
Doug,
Please direct your question to the plugin authors, they will be able to help you.
Laura
Jun 23, 200911:52 AM
Most definitely! It was a surprisingly complex plugin and would be far easier to implement in the core.
Mel
Apr 11, 200910:15 AM