How to edit summary email template?

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Aniket asked whether Discourse email templates like the summary or weekly digest can be edited and requested the path to do so. thoka replied with an AI-generated answer sourced from ask.discourse.com, explaining that templates can be customized via Admin > Customize > Emails. Key settings like post excerpts in emails and post excerpt maxlength allow control over content length. For advanced changes, a custom plugin may be needed. Jagster noted a small but important typo in the response. The discussion highlights available customization options while pointing to community resources for deeper guidance.

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Hey, can we edit email templates like the summary and weekly digest? If yes, what is the path for it?
Thanks

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Here the answer of ask.discourse.com:

How to Edit Discourse Email Templates AI

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Hey, can we edit email template like summary, weekly digest,

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You can edit Discourse email templates, such as the summary or weekly digest, through the admin interface. Here’s an overview:

  1. Access Email Templates:

    • Navigate to Admin > Customize > Emails.
    • From here, you can edit various email templates such as those for notifications or summaries.

  2. Modifying Content:

    • For customizing summaries like limiting their length, you might want to enable the post excerpts in emails setting:
      • Setting Name: post excerpts in emails
      • This ensures only excerpts of posts appear in the emails.
    • You can adjust the maximum excerpt length with another setting:
      • Setting Name: post excerpt maxlength.

  3. Further Customization:

    • If you require more in-depth customization like altering the structure or adding features, a custom plugin is necessary. Discourse emails use predefined variables in their core, which may need to be overridden.

  4. Example:

    • To make summaries concise, you could configure these settings:
      • Enable post excerpts in emails.
      • Adjust the excerpt length with the post excerpt maxlength setting to suit your needs.

If these options aren’t sufficient, and you require even more flexibility, consider reaching out to Discourse plugin developers or using professional services.

For more context, you can review discussions here.

It seems easier to ask there as to search for Documentation

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You have a small, but important typo there :smirking_face: