Title: Update Notify info
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Update Notify info

 *  [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * (@serendipity)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-notify-info/)
 * . It does what I want it to, but there’s an error in the text of the email it
   produces I thought I might post here for your information:
    If your WP root directory
   is not the same as the root of your blog, the email sent out contains the wrong
   URL (the one for the WP root). To fix this, go to line 41 of the php file and
   change â€œget_settings(â€™siteurlâ€™)â€? to â€œget_settings(â€™homeâ€™)â€? . 
   On a different note, I ran into the internal consistency of WP (and php with 
   CSS positioning) for the first time when I used the previous_post() and next_post()
   tags to create a nav bar. It was the first time I tried putting in something 
   new (as opposed to shifting around the parts of index.php). I added the tags,
   arguments and CSS style and then wondered how to get the nav bar to be present
   only if it’s a single-post page. Worrying about if statements I tried what I 
   had done so far and ‘lo and behold, if the page contains multple posts, “previous”
   and “next” are undefined and the navbar is automatically absent. Three cheers
   to WordPress!

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 *  Thread Starter [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * (@serendipity)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-notify-info/#post-71316)
 * Grrr.. sorry, mistyped something in the tags. First sentence: I just installed
   [Gudlyf’s Update Notify plugin](http://www.gudlyf.com/archives/2004/05/24/wordpress-plugin-update-notify/)…
 *  [_mf_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_mf_/)
 * (@_mf_)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-notify-info/#post-71348)
 * I find [this similar plugin](http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=vthread&forum=10&topic=8625&page=0&anchor=15)
   a bit better. What did you like about Gudlyf’s ?
 *  Thread Starter [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * (@serendipity)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-notify-info/#post-71377)
 * I like that it’s simple and that I understand what it does. I don’t like that
   there’s no “content-type” header but I’m learning to add one.
    My ISP has disabled
   the php mail() function to prevent spamming. It’s an undocumented feature that
   I can still use it to send mail to addresses **in my ISP’s domain**. Therefore,
   I’ve set up a mailing list, which provides the auto subscribe/unsubscribe functionality,
   and the only address the plugin is sending mail to is the mailing list address.
   I have no idea how WP manages to send comment notification emails to my admin
   address, which is a gmail address and not in the same domain… Seriocomic’s plugin
   looks great and much more powerful, but I didn’t want to install something I 
   don’t understand and then realize that I still need the “mailing list” wokaround.
   Maybe I wouldn’t — no idea. It’s all a very educational experience.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [serendipity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serendipity/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-notify-info/#post-71377)
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