I don't know if you resolved your issue, but I was just reviewing the JED and came across this https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... s/automsg/ under "new extensions" (only released 21 June) - does exactly what you want: notifies users when new articles are published.
(you wanted to develop your own, but this response may help others, reading this thread).
(you wanted to develop your own, but this response may help others, reading this thread).
Statistics: Posted by AMurray — Fri Jun 21, 2024 10:23 pm