Sankuru Email Template Editor for Joomla Component

In connection with its user administration and contact management, Joomla sends out the following emails to users:

* User registration activation (com_user)
* User registration no activation (com_user)
* Registration message to admin (com_user)
* Forgot username (com_user)
* Forgot password (com_user)
* Send mail to new user -- during back-end creation of new user (com_users)
* Send message to contact (com_contact)
* Send copy of message to sender (com_contact)
* Send copy of message to admin (com_contact)

Normally, these emails are sent out in plain text, using a standard text provided by joomla itself.

The Sankuru Email Template Editor for Joomla allows you to edit these standard texts, add logo's and pictures, and generally format the emails in html.

The component now also supports Joomfish. The messages will be formatted according to the template for the user language.

Caveats:

* The component will not work for front-end user emails, if you have replaced the standard user management extension, com_user, by another component such as com_juser.
* We intend to add support for such user management replacement extensions in a future version of the component, on the condition that they are in widespread use, and that they are licensed under an OSI-approved license such as the GPL.



Installation Notes:

- You need to switch on the ftp layer (global configuration), as mentioned in Angelvs' review
- gpc_magic_quotes must be off (php.ini) or else you may get unwanted escaped apostrophes in the email bodies (\')

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bymalexs on October 21, 2009
Great plugin.. worked flawlessly and with joomfish too..

one thing thats not mentioned is that you are able to use extra fields in your emails such as {name} , {username} , {password} , {sitename} , {siteurl} , {activationurl} , {loginurl} , {email} etc...

when you select the type of email that you want to customise, the available fields are shown at the bottom of the page...

great stuff.. thanks.!
byElvar on May 25, 2009
Great and at last extension like this.
It is simple but effective to make your interaction in the same way as I already does with the Acaajom newsletter!
bylnorman on May 7, 2009
Easy install, worked right away. Haven't tried sending the emails yet, but it looks so straightforward I have no fears. I was able to install it, check it out, write up basic instructions and turn it over to a new admin -- brand new to Joomla -- within about 10 minutes of finding it. Now THAT is COOL. Thanks for this!
I have been looking to mod the outgoing e-mails after registration and all I could find was core code hacks in the forums. this is never a good idea so I kept looking and I found Sankuru Email Editor and installed it with no issues and then found that it was not working as advertised. I contacted Erik and he and Yos checked in to it and found that the issue was not them but a Vtiger registration form extension that I had installed. So Yos updated a file that would work with the Vtiger extension. It works as I hoped it would!

As Advertised!

Good work Sankuru Team!
byAngelvs on February 4, 2009
Great tool, but you should mention it requires FTP Layer to be active.
byMak_ on January 25, 2009
Very good component, I tested and I highly recommend it for those who want customized e-mails.

I had a problem with some characters in my language (French) because the email is not encoded in UTF-8. I contacted the author and the problem was resolved quickly.

In any case, I would like to thank you for this wonderful component, and I look forward to what you plan to add as new features in future versions.

@Erik: Very good work and good continuation for the future ;)