Using an actual site

On the public site, signed-in visitors whose role grants notification/use can follow pages and manage what they follow.

Following a page

The page needs a "Keep me updated" (or "Notify me about updates") button; the design standard has one in its full view, and adding one to your design takes a small form. The button leads to a confirmation page; Notify me subscribes. From then on the visitor gets a mail when something is published at or below that page, if the visitor may read it.

The settings page

/notification/settings on the site shows the visitor's own settings:

• the followed items, with Remove selected;
• E-mail digest: one mail daily at an hour, weekly on a day, or monthly on a day, instead of a mail per change;
• Collaboration notification: the kinds of collaboration items (such as approvals) to be mailed about.

Link to it from your site's account menu, for example:

<a href={'notification/settings'|ezurl}>My notification settings</a>

Limits

• Anonymous visitors cannot follow pages; they have to sign in.
• The digest hour is the server's time.

Related pages

• Notifications: the user's guide