Notifications
Learn How to Configure and Subscribe to Notifications in Squidex
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Learn How to Configure and Subscribe to Notifications in Squidex
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This documentation is based on the FoodCrunch use case. Please open the link below alongside this page to understand the examples.
Squidex provides a notification service that is power by Notifo. is an open source general purpose notification framework, initially developed for Squidex to enable users to subscribe to changes and receive notifications.
When there is a content item change.
When there are changes made to the schema.
When there are changes to contributors, such as adding contributors or changing their roles.
Notifications can also be triggered by rules.
Notifications are also triggered by mentions and comments, e.g. if you add "@user" to a comment
Notifications can be received through email or (web) push notifications.
Those subscribing to a change won't see any notifications if they initiated the changes themselves. A notification is only created if changes are made by someone else.
The notification icon is situated on the top menu bar, next to the user icon. Clicking on this displays Notifications, Archive (archived notifications) and the notification Profile.
Follow the instructions below to subscribe to changes. For this purpose of this example we are subscribing to changes in Settings > Contributors.
Navigate to Settings (1) and then Contributors (2) for your App.
Next, subscribe to the changes. To do so, click on the bell icon (3) and then toggle to the notification mediums of choice (4), Notifications can be received by Email and/or Push Notifications. Next, click Save (5).
At this point a new contributor can be added or invited. To test notifications, you can add a contributor. To do so, enter the name or email (1) address of the contributor (a drop down menu appears making it easy to select an existing user or enter an email address if you wish to add a new user). Next, select the role for example Editor (2) and click Add Contributor (3). NOTE: Subscribers will only receive a notification if the change is actioned by another user.
Whenever a new contributor is added, the subscribed user will receive a notification through their chosen notification methods (currently, only Web Push Notifications work). An example of a (eWb) Push Notification can be viewed below.
To set the notification profile, click the Notification icon (1) on the top bar and then select the Profile tab (2). You can set your notification preferences, notification email and preferred time zone amongst other settings.
