Email to Filtered Users: XiUSEmail

Problem: If You want to broadcast a message to all site user or want to send email to individual user or selected users who belong to United States and whose ages are in between 18 to 25 or any kind of filtered users.

Solution: JoomlaXi Team came with a solution to email filtered users. The solution named as "XiUS Email". XiUS Email is a Information type of XiUS, it will work in the same way as other XIUS information works. By using XiUS Email, User can send mails to searched users.

Feature

1. XiUS Email uses Joomla mail settings.
2. It provides following way to send email to filtered users:
   • Email to Individual : There is link on Individual users' mini profile to send him/her email.
   • Email to Selected : User can also select one or more than one user (through check-box) by using this option. But User needs to select at least one user. This option is shown with search result's tool-bar.
   • Email to All : Through this option User can send email to all users, which are the result of search condition.
3. XiUS Email provides text formatting for the message.
4. It gives popup when message is sent successfully.

How to Configure XiUS Email

These are the steps to create XiUS Email information:

1. Create an Information for getting Email-id. This can be done by two ways:
   • First way to create information is by Joomla Information type.
   • Second way for JomSocial Users, If you have profile field for Email-id and want to send mail at this id then Create information for Email-id by jsfield Information type.
2. Now create another information by selecting XiUSEmail. After selecting, click on Next button.
3. On next page select information "Email" and click on Next button.
4. This page will show you all the parameters of the XiUSEmail. Here You have to set the parameters as described below:
   • Name : You can give any name to the information created or going to be created.
   • Published : If you want to publish the information then set it to Yes, otherwise set it to No.
   • Plugin Parameters : It shows the parameters of XiUSEmail. Here You have to set Email Information which has been created in Step-1.
   • Other Parameters are same as Information.
5. Click on the Save button shown at the top-right corner. Enable the information. Your mailing function is created and applied.

How to Use XiUS Email

These are the steps to use Emailing functionality:

1. Login at the front end.
2. Make any Search.
3. You will get three icon for sending Emails.(Icons are described in features)
4. When you click on any icon, A popup window will open to write and send message.
5. When message sending is completed, it will show a message indicating successful delivery to receiver.

Note:

• Admin can send the email to users through front-end.
• Admin can set accessibility level on Joomla Users who can send Email.