[Zope] Wiki change notification
Shane Hathaway
shathaway@earthling.net
Mon, 29 May 2000 18:02:58 -0600
Chris Withers wrote:
>
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
>
> [snip wiki change notification]
>
> What's does NetMind actually do?
>
> The problem I see here is getting an email everytime someone hits
> update, which can mean you get a storm of emails when a coupla people
> edit a Wiki.
>
> I thought of a Zope-based solution for this but haven't had time to
> implement, not to mention it requires product that's bust:
>
> The idea is to only get notified once a day when a Wiki _Web_ has been
> changed...
>
> The folder the web is in would have a lines-type property containing the
> email addresses of everyone 'subscribed' to that web. And a flag called
> changed... any page changes, the flag gets set.
>
> Once a day (needs ZScheduler :( ) a method goes and checks the flag,
> compiles a message containing links to all the pages that have changed
> (including being created or deleted...) and mails it to everyone in the
> list.
Heh heh... that's almost exactly what NetMind does, Chris. <g>
Shane