--- modr8_admin.inc.dist	2009-02-04 18:28:10.000000000 -0700
+++ modr8_admin.inc	2009-02-14 10:44:49.000000000 -0700
@@ -348,6 +348,25 @@
         }
         db_query('UPDATE {node} SET moderate = 0 '. $publish .' WHERE nid = %d', $nid);
         drupal_set_message(t('The %type with title %title has been approved.', array('%title' => $values['title'], '%type' => $values['type'])));
+        
+        // Trigger a Subscriptions email when items are approved.
+        // Create event item to send to the subscriptions_queue. 
+        if ( module_exists(subscriptions) ) {
+        $node = node_load($nid, NULL, TRUE);
+        $event = array(
+          'module' => 'node', 
+          'load_function' => 'subscriptions_content_node_load', 
+          'load_args' => $nid, 
+          'nid' => $nid, 
+          'is_new' => TRUE, 
+          'type' => 'node', 
+          'uid' => $values['author_uid'], 
+          'node' => $node,
+        );
+        // Add the event to the queue.  The Subscriptions module implements this function. 
+        subscriptions_queue($event);
+        }
+
         cache_clear_all();
         modr8_log_action('approve', $nid, $values, $message);
         break;