Send first email¶
Audience: Integrators
This tutorial walks you through the required steps to get your first email
sent to some frontend users. By the way: A front end user is the user from the
website where a backend user works in the back, the administration side from the
website. The backend is accessible by adding typo3
to the domain.
Test login
Make sure you can login to the website. In most cases the system extension
felogin
is used for that. In case no login page is available it has to be created. Visit the felogin manual to learn more about setting up a login page.Installation
Install the extension
fromes
. For further information head over to the tutorial on working with extensions.Create folder to store users
Add a folder to the page tree and name it
Fromes users
. Make sure the page is visible.Add user group(s)
Select the folder created in the previous step and add a user group with the name
Fromes group
. You might add more user groups to be able to select different groups later in the messenger panel.Add user(s)
To the same folder where we added a user group add a user with the following field values: username =
fromesuser1
, Groups =Fromes group
, First name =First
, Last name =Last
, Email = [your email address]. You might add more users and assign different groups to them to see how the group selection in the messenger panel works.Create page to show the messenger
Add a page to the page tree and name it
Fromes test page
. Make sure the page is visible.Add messenger plugin
Select the page created in the previous step and add the plugin
Email messenger
to it. Hint: The plugin is located in thePlugins
-tab from the “New content element wizard”. Don’t forget to save…Create extension template
Select the template module as well as the page
Fromes test page
and create an extension template.Include fromes template
Edit the template created in the precious step and add
Frontend messenger (fromes)
to the field “Include static (from extension)”.Set fromes constants
Leaving the template module as well as the page
Fromes test page
selected edit the fromes related constants by help of the constant editor. Adjust the constantsUser groups PIDs
andUser groups UIDs
Send email
Login to the website and visit the
Fromes test page
, select a user group from the filter section, select a user from the filter result section, add the selected user to the receiver list, compose the message and send it.