Chapter 9. Communicating with Our Users

With our social network almost complete, there is only one feature left for us to add, which is the ability to communicate with our users. While we can contact users individually (using the contact module, or by looking up their e-mail address), we can't get in touch with large groups, or our entire user base, at once. For instance, how will we inform our users of new changes to our site, which they may not know about?

In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

• Mailing lists, and how to integrate them to our signup process

• Allowing anonymous users to sign up to a mailing list using content blocks

• How to remind inactive users about your site

• Using content blocks to get our message across