Email Templating

About

The email-templating component contains an EmailTemplate class with one main instance method sendEmail for sending the email using the send-email component from PubSweet.

1. sendEmail():
   • uses the send-email component from PubSweet to actually send the email based on the Email properties passed in the constructor

The Email class also provides a constructor whose properties will be used when sending the email:

1. type: a String that can be either user or system which can be used in the unsubscribe process
2. fromEmail: a String indicating the from name and from email address: Coko <[email protected]>
3. toUser: an Object with two properties: email and name. The name property will be used when addressing the recipient in the email content - for example: "Dear Dr. Rachel Smith".
4. cc: can be either a string containing an email address, or an array of string with email addresses
5. bcc: can be either a string containing an email address, or an array of string with email addresses
6. content: an Object which contains properties about the email:
   • subject
   • paragraph: the main text part of the email body which informs the recipient
   • signatureName - the name which will appear in the signature
   • ctaLink - the URL which will be placed in the button
   • ctaText - the text which appears on the button
   • unsubscribeLink
   • signatureJournal - the journal or company name which will appear in the signature
7. bodyProps:
   • hasLink: a boolean which indicates if the email body contains a CTA (big button) or not
   • hasIntro: a boolean which indicates if the email body contains the "Dear Dr. John" introduction or not.
   • hasSignature: a boolean which indicates if the email body contains a typical "Kind regards," signature or not

Usage

1. Config

   In order to use this component, you need the to add the following data in your main config file:

     journal: {
       name: 'Coko Foundation',
       staffEmail: 'Coko <[email protected]>',
       logo: 'https://coko.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/logo-coko.png',
       ctaColor: '#EE2B77', // the color of the email button
       logoLink: 'https://coko.foundation/',
       publisher: 'Coko Foundation', // this will appear in the email footer
       privacy: '', // a text containing information about the privacy policy that will appear in the email footer
       address: '2973 16th St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103', // the address in the footer
       footerText: 'You have received this email in regards to the account creation, submission, or peer review process of a paper submitted to a journal published by Coko Foundation.'
     },

2. Dependencies

   • Pubsweet's Send Email
   • Configure your Node.js Applications
   • Handlebars.js

3. Notifications

   These are the most basic emails, which contain at least a piece of text, called a paragraph, and may or may not contain an intro, an action button and a signature.

   

   const EmailTemplate = require('@pubsweet/component-email-template')
   const config = require('config')
   
   const { name: journalName, fromEmail: staffEmail } = config.get('journal')
   
   const paragraph = `We are please to inform you that the manuscript has passed the technical check process and is now submitted. Please click the link below to access the manuscript.`
   
   const sendNotifications = ({ user, editor, collection, fragment }) => {
     const email = new EmailTemplate({
       type: 'user',
       fromEmail,
       toUser: {
         email: user.email,
         name: `${user.lastName}`,
       },
       content: {
         ctaText: 'MANUSCRIPT DETAILS',
         signatureJournal: journalName,
         signatureName: `${editor.name}`,
         subject: `${collection.customId}: Manuscript Update`,
         paragraph,
         unsubscribeLink: `http://localhost:3000/unsubscribe/${user.id}`,
         ctaLink: `http://localhost:3000/projects/${collection.id}/versions/${fragment.id}/details`,
       },
       bodyProps: {
         hasLink: true,
         hasIntro: true,
         hasSignature: true,
       },
     })
   
     return email.sendEmail()
   }

4. Reviewer Invitation This email template is specific to Hindawi and it requires some data that might not be available in other PubSweet apps.