BellTower brings a complete in-app notification system to your CMS Made Simple frontend. Built for sites using MAMS authentication, it lets you deliver alerts, announcements, and subscription-based updates directly to your users without relying on email or third-party services.

Key Features

• Direct notifications - Send targeted alerts to individual users
• Group broadcasts - Announce to specific MAMS groups or all users at once
• Subscriptions - Users can follow subjects and receive updates automatically
• Unread tracking - Per-user read/unread state with badge counter
• AJAX-powered - Mark as read, subscribe/unsubscribe without page reloads
• Automatic cleanup - Expired and excess notifications are pruned daily
• Design Manager templates - Four fully customizable template types
• Developer API - Simple PHP methods for other modules to send notifications

Frontend Actions

• Paginated notification list with type filtering
• Unread count badge for nav bars and headers
• Follow/unfollow button for any subscribable entity
• Mark single or all notifications as read
• Click-through tracking (marks read on navigation)