Publishing back issues in OJS 3.0.2 - (NOT) informing users

ctgraham · April 24, 2017, 2:15pm

See also Email notification disabling when publish a new issue?(ojs 3).

The code to handle sending notifications about publishing a new issue is here:

pkp/ojs/blob/ojs-stable-3_0_2/classes/controllers/grid/issues/IssueGridHandler.inc.php#L463-L485


		// Send a notification to associated users if journal is publishing content online with OJS
		if ($journal->getSetting('publishingMode') != PUBLISHING_MODE_NONE) {
			import('classes.notification.NotificationManager');
			$notificationManager = new NotificationManager();
			$notificationUsers = array();
			$userGroupDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('UserGroupDAO');
			$allUsers = $userGroupDao->getUsersByContextId($journalId);
			while ($user = $allUsers->next()) {
				$notificationUsers[] = array('id' => $user->getId());
			}
			foreach ($notificationUsers as $userRole) {
				$notificationManager->createNotification(
					$request, $userRole['id'], NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PUBLISHED_ISSUE,
					$journalId
				);
			}
			$notificationManager->sendToMailingList($request,
				$notificationManager->createNotification(
					$request, UNSUBSCRIBED_USER_NOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PUBLISHED_ISSUE,
					$journalId

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The first line hints that an ugly (but potential) non-code workaround. You might be able to temporarily set the journal’s Distribution Access settings to “OJS will not be used to publish the journal’s contents online” while publishing each issue.