In order to give parents and teachers control over the emails they receive, I added four new tables to the database:
General Email Types
General Email Types / Translations
User / General Email Preferences
User / Student / Email Preferences
The General Email Types table lists the user's own events that could trigger an email (if the user chose): logging in, logging out, or subscription expiring. If anyone would like an email for another event, I could add that to this table and insert the appropriate code where needed.
The translations table links the languages table with translations of the email types (logging in, logging out) into whatever languages the program will eventually be translated. The email-types table will be in English, but the types in English will also be listed in the translation table. For the list the users sees, the code will get the words from the translation table so that when I add other languages I won't have to rewrite the code. The program will get the appropriate entries from the translation table for the user's language ID.
The User / General Email Preferences table will link the user ID with one of the email types and show whether or not the user wants to receive an email for that event. The program will query records containing the user's ID, and the IDs of any of that user's students. If the user ID is for a student, then that will tell the program whether the teacher wants to receive an email for that event for that specific student, such as when the student logs in or out.
The User / Student / Email Preferences table will link the user ID with the types of assignment that a student can do (which are listed in an existing table, and include classwork and homework), and with the ID for the individual student. I probably could have made the table with only the student's ID, but having the parent/teacher's ID will be helpful when I adapt the program so that a student could have more than one teacher, such as two parents. That way each parent could have different settings for the same child.
When I used the program with my daughters, I wrote it to send me emails for when I logged in (for security), for when each of my daughters logged in, and for each assignment that they completed. However, due to laws regarding unsolicited emails, all of the email notifications will be turned off by default, and the user will have to opt in to any emails they want to receive.
Eventually I want to add an in-app messaging function which would probably replace the need for sending emails, but I'll leave the email capability for anyone who prefers emails to in-app messages.
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
I recently proposed a theory of matter and energy called Wave Physics. In this theory, the only things in the universe are energy and the universal membrane, which is the medium through which all energy is transfered and stored.
Tonight I realized that according to this theory, everyone and everything in the universe are connected to each other at all times. Things that would be impossible according to the standard model of particle physics, are very possible in the universe of wave physics. Psychic transmissions and the power of prayer are physically possible and make sense if the universe works in any way like the theory I proposed.
If you've ever heard the phone ring and felt sure who it was before answering it, and were proven correct, this makes sense in wave physics, but not with particle physics. If you've ever looked intently at someone, and had that person quickly turn and look directly at you (I have), that phenomenon makes sense if all of us are parts of the same vast, ...
I was only scheduled to work three days this week, so I decided to work on a theory I'd been playing around with for fun over the last few years. I'd never been a big fan of the standard model of particle physics, so a few years ago, just for fun, I thought about exploring some alternate ideas, with zero training and zero experiments.
This week I wrapped up a few loose ends, and posted it to a community I created called Wave Physics. Originally I had called it Alternative Physics, but I changed my mind, so the link still has alternativephysics in it, but the community name is Wave Physics. I'd love for people to pay $5.00 a month to tell me how wrong I am.
https://alternativephysics.locals.com/
I also posted it on my personal website:
