Hello John,

By default, before sending the notification, Easyblog will check the permission of the blog whether it is Public or Private. If it is Private (for registered user only is considered as private), Easyblog will skip the email notification. As for the RSS, can you elaborate more? Because I've checked your site and seems like the RSS is working fine: http://screencast.com/t/gFN9R3sNH . Please advise.

Hello Nick
Is there an easy fix to be able to send email notifications for Private (registered only) blogs / posts so that users can know there has been an update?
As for the RSS nothing is coming through to Feedly or being picked up by Mailchimp for the RSS driven newsletter. Again I assume it is because the posts are marked as registered user only..
Thanks
John B

Hello John,

For the email notification, please replace these files:
blogs.php : ../administrator/components/com_easyblog/controllers/
dashboard.php : ../components/com_easyblog/controllers/dashboard/

As for the feed, can please try to use this RSS URL instead: http://buslawinsolv.org/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=latest&format=feed&type=rss and see how it goes.

Hello Nick
Thanks for your prompt response. Unfortunately neither the email notification of a new post or the RSS feed through Feedly and Mailchimp RSS campaign worked.
I am open to suggestions.
Regards
John B

Hello John,

The email notification might need a thoroughly fix. As for now, I'm suggesting you to use this way. First, correct me if I'm wrong, you want the blog to only can be viewed by registered user, right? If so, you can put it in private category which only can be viewed by registered members only: http://screencast.com/t/BZ2cGTRdvpF4 . For the RSS feed, can you provide us the access to one of these account (Feedly and Mailchimp RSS) so we can have a better look? Please advise.

Yes, the blog is required to be private because it is used for formulating policy for the law Society of New south Wales. The objective is to keep members up to date and provide for uninhibited contribution and collaboration. Therefore the need for privacy. I also have a situation with my children's' school and I am the class parent for one class. I was hoping to use Easyblog for a parents blog. Parents would be notified op updates and contributions. A significant number of the parents have privacy issues which requires the blog to be private and not open to the public.
In regards to Mailchimp I will put the login details under the Site URL. Similarly the Feedly details are under the FTP URL. Another Easyblog site set up at about the same time is working in Feedly. The only difference is the other blog " http://anytimeanywherebookkeeping.com/ " is not private.
Thanks again
John B

Hello John,

I've fixed your Email notification. As for your RSS feed, it is not working because your blog post is private. If you access the rss URL without logged in, there is no recent post. Hence I post a public blog and access the RSS URL, this is the result.: http://screencast.com/t/xTC4957fzpwt . There is only my post is appear because it is public. You might be re-considering about make the post private if you want to use RSS.

Hello Nick
I can understand the RSS issue and why it will not work wiith private posts.
I am still not receiving the email notifications private and public posts
Thanks
John B

Hello John,

I've checked your mail pool after made a test post, seems like the email is sent: http://screencast.com/t/DBBf2GfEUi8o . Did I miss anything? Please advise.

Thanks Nick
I wasn't getting the e-mails even though I subscribed. Was this because I was the author and in the case of the tests by StackIdeas I assume you must have logged in as me?
Regards
John B

Hello John,

Yes, I've logged in as you. You might want to check your subscribers list here: http://screencast.com/t/g42IlGwgZE . By the way, based on your blog setup which is private, a person can subscribe only if he is a member (registered user). This is because, your Easyblog menu item is only viewable by the registered member. Hence, public user cannot view and not able to subscribe. Hope this helps.

Hello Nick
Everything now working. Thanks for your great help.
John B

Hello John,

You're welcome. Thanks for using our product.