Uner Customize -> Email templates (as well as under Emails -> Templates) there are three very similar sounding templates:
custom invite mailer
invite forum mailer
custom invite forum mailer
(to add to the confusion, the latter two are currently both labelled as “invite forum mailer” in the menu -
as reported here)
Could someone clarify the difference between these, i.e. where each is used. In particular, I would like to know which one I should edit if I want to change the email sent to bulk invitees.
Aaah, so “custom” in these names refers to the custom message the user can enter just before sending the invite, not a message customized by the admin, right?
How do I enable the ability to invite people to a topic with a custom message? I see no setting for this, and when I invite someone, I’m only given the option of entering their username.
Sorry, I’m not sure what that means. I’m inviting someone to a topic, not as a new member to the site. The invite button works, it just only lets me enter the username. Does not give me the option to share a message with them as well.
Sorry, to clarify this is to existing users. Not trying to invite new users to the Discourse. Just invite existing, SSO enabled users to the specific topic. In fact I’m only given the option of username (so it wouldn’t be possible to invite new users)
Existing users just get a notification, there is no place for that text to go. New users would get an email which contains a body which could have lots of text. Notifications do not contain anywhere close to the volume of text a full email does.
Make it obvious which invite text will go with the bulk invite - much more difficult to send the wrong invitation text to the bulk invited users
Enable setting the interface language for invited users (bonus points, helpful for global, multi-lingual communities)
Enable saving the settings as a template (“Invite Australian Alumni”) so that the invitation text and interface language can be set and forgotten. Then all the admin needs to do is open that template, add the .csv file, and those group invitations are on their way.
Thanks, but when I send an invitation that way (user profile>messages>invites>“send an invite” I get a message with a subject line including a specific topic and the template from a specific topic (seems like it is the “invite mailer” template).
I would have thought that would use the “invite forum mailer” template, but doesn’t seem to. (I guess I could switch the templates, but that seems backwards)
Ahh, I think I figured it out. I am testing the invite system and so sending multiple invitations to the same email address (I only have so many). It looks like the invite link from the user profile “reuses” previous invitations. So, If I invited you to join a topic first, then I send an invitation from the user profile (to the forum)-- you get the topic invitation sent a 2nd time.
I just tried with a new email address and the user profile invitation is to the forum, not a topic.