Community Newsletter Light 1.0.1

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Community Newsletter 1.0.0 (Light)
With our Community Newsletter modification, you can keep your members up-to-date with all the latest on your website. One of almost every website's busiest days of the month are the days in which news letters and such are sent out to its members. Why? Keeping existing members updated will more than likely regain or keep their interest based on what they see.


As simple as:
- Upload The Product
- Configure Options
- Enjoy!

Features on light:
Send Community Newletters via html email - Adapts style from current theme
Custom Heading Message (html enabled)
Include Recent Topics
Incude New Members
Incude News
Select how many emails to send at once


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You may not alter the template to take out our link titled "Community Forum Newsletter".

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[GoTTi]

nice...what is the difference though in this compared to the mass email users option ?

[Gio~Logist]

nice...what is the difference though in this compared to the mass email users option ?

Way different ;) This is meant as a means for a Newsletter, provides statistics and information retrieved from your database.

[realmr]

Is it possible to schedule it to be sent once in a week rather than daily or is it sent only after selecting send community newsletter ?

[Gio~Logist]

Is it possible to schedule it to be sent once in a week rather than daily or is it sent only after selecting send community newsletter ?

It's sent when once you click that button :D

[realmr]

That will be good need to test it later to check if it works well :)

[blogthea]

Nice work!
i undestand this is not supported, but if someone can help , i'll be grateful
The email appears fine at the Community newsletter Manager in Admincp, but when i see it in my inbox the style is gone (it appears grey, without adapting my current theme's style.
Any ideas?

[kingvillain]

I have installed and configured the settings for this yet when I click Community Newsletter Manager or Send News Letter I get a standard vbulletin No permission message, odd since I am the Admin, why`s that happening?

[teamgofast]

possible to have it include vbblog? will down load and try it out

Jim

[Gio~Logist]

Nice work!
i undestand this is not supported, but if someone can help , i'll be grateful
The email appears fine at the Community newsletter Manager in Admincp, but when i see it in my inbox the style is gone (it appears grey, without adapting my current theme's style.
Any ideas?

Check the readme, there's a note regarding that ; )

I have installed and configured the settings for this yet when I click Community Newsletter Manager or Send News Letter I get a standard vbulletin No permission message, odd since I am the Admin, why`s that happening?

Try resetting your cookies o_0

[Gio~Logist]

possible to have it include vbblog? will down load and try it out

Jim

Probably will do integrations and such with the premium, no plans yet for light. Sorry.

[RedeemedWarrior]

I'll check it out

[kingvillain]

Try resetting your cookies o_0

I have reset cookies and cleared cache but still get the same no permission screen :confused:

[Gio~Logist]

I have reset cookies and cleared cache but still get the same no permission screen :confused:

o_0 Sure you're in the admin usergroup? Heh. Feel free to shoot me over a pm and i'll take a look myself ;) Seems to be something clashing with it as no one else is having the problem so far and i can't reproduce it.

[Saint_I_Am]

Can it be setup so members can subscribe to it or does it just send it to every member?

[croft]

I want to know how i can change it so it sends the letter to specific usergroups.
I would alsoo need a way to use more then one forumid for news.

[veenuisthebest]

Can it be setup so members can subscribe to it or does it just send it to every member?
1. I request this feature as well. Users must be able to sub/unsub from newsletter.
2. It would be great if you create a table to store sent newsletters and allow to display them in the forum for certain usergroups as well.
3. In the email, the latest Member links aren't clickable (Its fine in the preview)


btw, nice and a much awaited mod i must say. Thank you for this !

[Barakat]

nice , but need more options , like a certain user groubs to send to , or even how many threads need to send , cron , ect ,

nice hack from you ,

[Gio~Logist]

Thanks for the kind comments ;)

Usergroups To Send To and Subscribe To Newsletter are only available in the premium modification atm.

[croft]

Thanks for the kind comments ;)

Usergroups To Send To and Subscribe To Newsletter are only available in the premium modification atm.

At the moment ? I think you mean for ever ? Unless you release the premium for free then.
I cant use this hack in its current version without being able to send to specific usergroups.

uninstalled.

[Gio~Logist]

At the moment ? I think you mean for ever ? Unless you release the premium for free then.
I cant use this hack in its current version without being able to send to specific usergroups.

uninstalled.

It's a rather simple feature actually that i was considering on adding. I actually wanted to bring you guys here 1-2 features more for the light version, just undecided as to what two. That is why i said not "at the moment", till i decided for sure what 1-2 options to add as i get feedback from members here. However, i can't add the top 2 best ones either of course, which is where it gets tricky :p I'll try my best to see what more i can do : )

[kingvillain]

o_0 Sure you're in the admin usergroup? Heh. Feel free to shoot me over a pm and i'll take a look myself ;) Seems to be something clashing with it as no one else is having the problem so far and i can't reproduce it.

Yup I`m admin, I bought the licence, I installed the forums, and I have master admin access, I`ll do a bit of trouble shooting the give you a shout if I have no joy:up:

[Gio~Logist]

Yup I`m admin, I bought the licence, I installed the forums, and I have master admin access, I`ll do a bit of trouble shooting the give you a shout if I have no joy:up:

Alright cool. Let me know if you want me to take a look myself, I'll be more than happy as that is rather unusual.

[puertoblack2003]

i might as well get the Gazette..thanks for the share though.

[Fireproof]

This is a great first start. Would like a "bit more" features in the light version, and definitely recommend that the "subscribe/unsubscribe" feature be added so we don't get hit with spamming violations.

[burlesque]

My forum has about 9000 members and is on a dedicated server - what would the optimal number of emails be to send out in one go? I don't want to set things too high otherwise my server will probably barf, I'd like to know a safe number which will ensure that the send doesn't crash halfway through.

[Gio~Logist]

My forum has about 9000 members and is on a dedicated server - what would the optimal number of emails be to send out in one go? I don't want to set things too high otherwise my server will probably barf, I'd like to know a safe number which will ensure that the send doesn't crash halfway through.

Well vbulletin updates about 2000 threads per cycle so I'm assuming even going with 1000 wouldn't be too bad. Unless you want to go lower.

[dtv100]

i know is a light version thanks for share but would be nice to have Opt-Out for members so we don't look as spammers i think that a basic option all newsletter should have .

[burlesque]

Well vbulletin updates about 2000 threads per cycle so I'm assuming even going with 1000 wouldn't be too bad. Unless you want to go lower.

I had set it at 25! :rolleyes:
I think I'll set it to 750 just to be on the safe side!

[Brandon Sheley]

is there a demo page? or a newsletter page?

[Gio~Logist]

is there a demo page? or a newsletter page?

Not for the light one, only screenshots.

[Gio~Logist]

The light script should be updated with usergroup option by tomorrow.

[kingvillain]

Just realised the problem I hide was no fault of this mod or due to any conflicts, was my own error, appreciate the support you provided mate. Thanks for the great mod.

[SEOvB]

very nice

[Gio~Logist]

Just realised the problem I hide was no fault of this mod or due to any conflicts, was my own error, appreciate the support you provided mate. Thanks for the great mod.

No problem ; ) Anything else just let me know :up:

[:Judge:]

The usergroup option to receive the CN is nice but I believe allowing members to choose if they want it or not is a great idea.

Not everyone will always want to receive a Community News Letter and members more vB savvy will look for an option to be removed from the list. Obviously if they cannot find how to turn it off they most likely will asked to be removed and when that cannot be done then your community is looking at a good chance of loosing that member and maybe more.

Some ideas that would be useful as add-ons (free or paid) would be Arcade and Casino alerts, new photos and new public groups.

I like what you have here but not something I would be interested in using without users having the option to recieve the Community Newsletter.

Thanks for sharing!!

[Gio~Logist]

Added the ability to pick which usergroups to send to in this light version as well! ;) Enjoy.

[burlesque]

Cheers for this - what is the best way to upgrade? Should we uninstall the old version and reimport the new one?

Also will this mean that we lose any changes we made to our newsletter templates?

[Saint_I_Am]

so what would be the big difference between the two versions now?

[Gio~Logist]

so what would be the big difference between the two versions now?

Between what two versions? Between this and the premium there are a few actually.. Can't say exactly what here since it might be considered advertising. However, there's a demo on the site.

Giovanni Martinez

[Gio~Logist]

Cheers for this - what is the best way to upgrade? Should we uninstall the old version and reimport the new one?

Also will this mean that we lose any changes we made to our newsletter templates?

Nope, just overwrite the product.

Giovanni Martinez

[Saint_I_Am]

yes between the free and the paid. Would you mind PM'ing me?

[karlm]

This does look nice (I went straight to the premium demo on your site)... sadly, at this time I don't think it's something I could use in its current format. I agree with some other posts, that multiple NEWS forumID's are needed (I have different types of news on my forum; site specific news (downtime, etc.), global news, UK specific news, Father's rights news, etc. etc.)

Forgive my tone, if it comes over as snobbish, but I do tthink this application needs a little more to offer for $35.

That aside, it's a great product to keep small forums together I think. Good stuff!!!

[Storyteller69]

Added the ability to pick which usergroups to send to in this light version as well! ;) Enjoy.

Hi,
i just installed it on my testforum. But i can`t find the ability anywhere.
The downloadzipfile is still version 1.0.0 shouldnt it be version 1.0.1? Forget to change the file?

@:Judge:
What do you think about creating a new public usergroup for the newsletter-users? So the users can join the group via user-cp/or go out (when the group is without a group-leader there is nothing to do) and then only this group-id must picked for send the newsletter.

[Gio~Logist]

Hi,
i just installed it on my testforum. But i can`t find the ability anywhere.
The downloadzipfile is still version 1.0.0 shouldnt it be version 1.0.1? Forget to change the file?

@:Judge:
What do you think about creating a new public usergroup for the newsletter-users? So the users can join the group via user-cp/or go out (when the group is without a group-leader there is nothing to do) and then only this group-id must picked for send the newsletter.

The zip's fine, just forgot to edit it but it should be updated. It's when you go to send the newsletter, don't see it?

Giovanni Martinez

[Gio~Logist]

This does look nice (I went straight to the premium demo on your site)... sadly, at this time I don't think it's something I could use in its current format. I agree with some other posts, that multiple NEWS forumID's are needed (I have different types of news on my forum; site specific news (downtime, etc.), global news, UK specific news, Father's rights news, etc. etc.)

Forgive my tone, if it comes over as snobbish, but I do tthink this application needs a little more to offer for $35.

That aside, it's a great product to keep small forums together I think. Good stuff!!!

No problem Karlm, everyone will always have their own view on things. I deal with several vb owners a day and it will always be nearly impossible to satisfy all of them at once. With that said, what i will always do is continue to see what more they'd like, etc. and try and integrate it with what my customers seek as a whole, so feel free to shoot me over a message with any suggestions :up:

And thanks for the kind comment btw. Appreciated as always ;)

[Storyteller69]

The zip's fine, just forgot to edit it but it should be updated. It's when you go to send the newsletter, don't see it?

Giovanni Martinez

The only entry i can see under send newsletter is: E-mail Cycle (Amount of users to send E-Mails to at once)
It look`s like the third picture of your screenshots. When i look at installed addons there is also version 1.0.0, is that correct so?

Greetings
Storyteller

[burlesque]

I've reinstalled the mod twice now and can confirm that there is no option for usergroups. I've also searched the entire package and there doesn't seem to be any mention of this functionality.

[thompson]

sounds good. will try it.

[Goomzee]

it will work with vb 3.7.3

[gbml4u]

Does it work with VBB 3.6.x ?

[Caddyman]

my images paths are abslute and style sheet not stored in acp settings and the images arent coming up (1 is, but not the rest)

[Storyteller69]

Is there, actually, somebody with him the pick usergroups function exists?

[Gio~Logist]

my images paths are abslute and style sheet not stored in acp settings and the images arent coming up (1 is, but not the rest)

Hm, thats odd indeed. You sure you're right about that style path? That would be the only logical explanation. What email client are you using?

[Gio~Logist]

Is there, actually, somebody with him the pick usergroups function exists?

Sorry about that. Got caught up with premium support and a few things on my end. Just updated the zip now, it appears it didn't update properly last time. Let me know if that does the trick ;)

[Storyteller69]

Hi,

yep know it`s there and works well for a first little test! :up:

Thanks
Storyteller

[Gio~Logist]

Hi,

yep know it`s there and works well for a first little test! :up:

Thanks
Storyteller

:up:

[Caddyman]

Hm, thats odd indeed. You sure you're right about that style path? That would be the only logical explanation. What email client are you using?

outlook, and i did "right click to d/l images"

[gbml4u]

@gio~logist

I sure that all style patch are at the right place.

But when reading email by Gmail. THese images still not there. only text.

Can u help me about it ?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

omg!! been looking for a newletter add-on! don't know how I missed this :(

thx!

btw, what's the difference between pro and lite? is there a listing of feature differences?

[RedTrinity]

I've reinstalled the mod twice now and can confirm that there is no option for usergroups. I've also searched the entire package and there doesn't seem to be any mention of this functionality.

Same, I just installed it for the first time using the current version (1.0.1) and cannot find any option for usergroups either. That is the reason I have migrated back to this topic after installation, to actually see if it was an included feature or not in the current one.

Look forward to using it once I work out what the issue is :D

[kingvillain]

I just updated to 1.0.1, and confirm there are no usergroup options.

Also I have set absolute paths for images and the newsletters are still not displaying images, googlemail doesn`t keep the layout or colours, hotmail shows colours and correct layout but no images.

[Gio~Logist]

Hm
Hi,

yep know it`s there and works well for a first little test! :up:

Thanks
Storyteller



You guys sure you updated correctly and overwrote the product and stuff?

[Gio~Logist]

Just installed again on the fresh copy and i'm able to see the following option when going to send a newsletter

"The usergroup id's of the usergroups in which you would like to send this to (separated by a comma, no spaces). Leave this blank to send to all."

Be sure to overwrite the product.

[kingvillain]

Oh yes, sorry it is there, maybe that should be made clear as to where it is in the read me since the previous version just sent the newsletters when clicking that. Thanks alot :D

PS: Any ideas on what could be wrong with images not showing in the news letters? As stated I have set absolute paths for the images.

[RedTrinity]

You guys sure you updated correctly and overwrote the product and stuff?

I didn't have anything to overwrite, it was a first time install :confused:

I uploaded the files and imported the xml file... not sure what else to do. But there is definitely no setting there for me related to usergroups, unless its in the "send newsletter" option which I haven't clicked on yet... was concerned that it would send out the newsletters to everyone immediately without any further notice. I'm not ready to do that just yet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[kingvillain]

Yes the option to send to particular usergroups is in the send news letter, when you click that it asks what usergroups id to send to or leave blank to send to all,

[faisj]

I am getting this error msg from the browser when i try to send a test email:

Content Encoding Error













The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.







The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

* Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Please HELP

[Gio~Logist]

I didn't have anything to overwrite, it was a first time install :confused:

I uploaded the files and imported the xml file... not sure what else to do. But there is definitely no setting there for me related to usergroups, unless its in the "send newsletter" option which I haven't clicked on yet... was concerned that it would send out the newsletters to everyone immediately without any further notice. I'm not ready to do that just yet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Yep, it's there ;)

[Gio~Logist]

I am getting this error msg from the browser when i try to send a test email:



Please HELP

What browser are you using?

Oh yes, sorry it is there, maybe that should be made clear as to where it is in the read me since the previous version just sent the newsletters when clicking that. Thanks alot :D

PS: Any ideas on what could be wrong with images not showing in the news letters? As stated I have set absolute paths for the images.

What images are not showing? Can you provide me with a screenshot?

[Alfa1]

As a newsletter will send out many thousands of emails, it would be essential to have functionality to process those emails that bounce back. Otherwise the sender has high risk to get blacklisted as a spammer.

Please consider adding this functionality or releasing it as a separate mod: How to keep your board from getting blacklisted as a spammer. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1533552)

[Gio~Logist]

As a newsletter will send out many thousands of emails, it would be essential to have functionality to process those emails that bounce back. Otherwise the sender has high risk to get blacklisted as a spammer.

Please consider adding this functionality or releasing it as a separate mod: How to keep your board from getting blacklisted as a spammer. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1533552)

Great suggestion. Bookmarked your link to look into further implementing changes.

[fulviods]

Great addon, but What I'm looking for is the possibility to have more newsletters on different subjects, and so I can have 500 subscribers to the first one, 2000 to the second one...
And write them an html message when I want.

In fact the best thing every, would be to have or a bridge with the system of phplist.com or to have those funcionnalities (click-tracking, muliple list....)

[Alfa1]

Adding PHP list integration would be awesome and has been requested many times on vborg.

[BigDog56]

Tells me I don't have permission also. "Clicks Uninstalled"

[logicuk]

Installed, but when i sent a test newsletter to myself it dont show up skinned, but it does in the preview

[jlew24asu]

nice mod. can I include most popular threads instead of most recent?

[teamgofast]

Installed, but when i sent a test newsletter to myself it dont show up skinned, but it does in the preview

i bought the premium version and was having the same issue as you. im not sure exactly what was causing the ( . ) to be dropped from the files, but he has fixed it, and spent a good deal of time making sure 1) he got it working correctly and 2) making sure he has a happy customer. he responded to all my request for assistance quickly, letting me know what the issue was every time.

look forward to working with him some more:up: and some of the new items he has in the works:D

[fulviods]

Adding PHP list integration would be awesome and has been requested many times on vborg.

I dont know why nobody tried that.... In a website there are few things very important and newsletter is one of those, and nobody tried to create something powerful like phplist or at least tried to make a bridge between vb and a professional solution.
I could pay for that...

[Alfa1]

Many would pay for that.

it would be nice to have as an add-on to vbulletin and this Community Newsletter.

[military-space]

great mod, however I wouldnt mind having the section in the options where you add excluded forums, to add forums.. I have lots of forum sections and would be a pain to go through and add maybe 60 or so to exclude, would be easier to just have it coded to add certain forums instead...other than that....great mod.

[JackFranklin]

Right now I am using the free one - used to send out just plain text emails but this seems nice.

One thing I would like is for the template for the latest member bit seems a bit plain - can you provide more code so I could show more information there like the forum stats, or also maybe show me an easy way to just have the 2 main columns and not the 3rd?

Also - I think like with VB's mass email, you should be able to use the variables like {username} to make the newsletter more personal.

Thanks, and if all goes well I may be upgrading to premium - how many GBP is 35 dollars?

Jack

[Gio~Logist]

Right now I am using the free one - used to send out just plain text emails but this seems nice.

One thing I would like is for the template for the latest member bit seems a bit plain - can you provide more code so I could show more information there like the forum stats, or also maybe show me an easy way to just have the 2 main columns and not the 3rd?

Also - I think like with VB's mass email, you should be able to use the variables like {username} to make the newsletter more personal.

Thanks, and if all goes well I may be upgrading to premium - how many GBP is 35 dollars?

Jack

Additional structure and forum details are offered in the premium version and we will soon have an update provided to make newsletters more "personal" :)

As for the conversion:
18.8908 GBP
Provided by http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?

[teamgofast]

Additional structure and forum details are offered in the premium version and we will soon have an update provided to make newsletters more "personal" :)

As for the conversion:
18.8908 GBP
Provided by http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?


sweeeeeet:up:

[Saint_I_Am]

how much is your brand free version?

[pmcnamara]

I have the mail queue mod set up to batch emails and throttle how many I send an hour.

for some odd reason, this newletter is skipping the queue.. making it impossible for me to use.

[Magnumutz]

Could it send to more e-mails other than the registered users?
I mean, i've got some e-mails from another forum and i'd like to use those as well.
Could that be done?

Please reply, thanks!

[Gio~Logist]

Could it send to more e-mails other than the registered users?
I mean, i've got some e-mails from another forum and i'd like to use those as well.
Could that be done?

Please reply, thanks!

You can specify which usergroups to send it to if that's what you mean :up:

[teamgofast]

Could it send to more e-mails other than the registered users?
I mean, i've got some e-mails from another forum and i'd like to use those as well.
Could that be done?

Please reply, thanks!


im not sure what the lite version has, but the only way to send this outside of the forum it is on, is to do it via the test email one, by one, by one.

[Magnumutz]

You can specify which usergroups to send it to if that's what you mean :up:
Nah, what i mean is that i have the e-mail list from my old forum and want to use it to send them e-mails.
List generated with "Generate e-mailing list"....

[Kalina]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what does this part do?

"News Forum: Forum ID of the forum where your "News Section" will feed the latest threads from."

[wwolf27]

nice work

[ade5675]

**Great hack**
:up:

I have two questions for you or anyone with answers.
One - does it send emails to members that have checked the options NOT to receive emails from admin?
Two - how do you change the bburl title color (in the preview email) to a different color from white. Is it a default vB setting?




FYI ONLY -- I found out once the community letters are sent, each latest member link has an error in it. On the sent email, it shows 404 error page pointing to /member.php?u=2568 and not http://www.yourwebsite.com/member.php?u=2568
After looking around the files, I was able to figure it by going to the product-c_news_letter XML file to add the www.yourwebsite.com/ part in the code below

</div>]]></template>
<template name="c_news_letter_latest_memberbit" templatetype="template" date="1220381286" username="gio~logist" version="1.0.0"><![CDATA[<a href="/member.php?u=$member[userid]">$member[username]</a><if condition="$c_news_letter_latest_members_count != '10'">,</if>]]></template>
<template name="c_news_letter_latest_threadbit" templatetype="template" date="1220601887" username="gio~logist" version="1.0.0"><![CDATA[<div class="smallfont">
<div class="smallfont">




change to
</div>]]></template>
<template name="c_news_letter_latest_memberbit" templatetype="template" date="1220381286" username="gio~logist" version="1.0.0"><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/member.php?u=$member[userid]">$member[username]</a><if condition="$c_news_letter_latest_members_count != '10'">,</if>]]></template>
<template name="c_news_letter_latest_threadbit" templatetype="template" date="1220601887" username="gio~logist" version="1.0.0"><![CDATA[<div class="smallfont">
<div class="smallfont">




It worked for me so I know it is a right fix and I hope it helps others.

[Gio~Logist]

I think i made a post about that, but I haven't had a chance to update the zip. However, i just updated it with the url fix :up:

Also, it currently sends to all users in the Light version. As for editing the links, you'd need to adjust the c_news_letter template accordingly.

[haytham]

Great. Works perfectly but for 1 thing. The image icons near the posts don't show. An clues?
Also, can we increase number of shown news or posts?

[giorgioarmani]

What if my site has no news?

[Alfa1]

Then you make news!

[kartik786]

does it have cron ? ability to the number of members who receive emails and ability to opt out?

if not, does the premium one have it?

I have over 70k members on a semi dedicated and wouldnt want to mess the server up

[yumyumcat]

Is there a pay version and what's the difference?? I could've sworn this was a feature of vBulletin a while back wasn't it, but there was more to it.

[AdrianH]

I have installed this and added 3 forum id's that should be excluded from the information shown.

In each case these are ignored and the information from private/admin forums is sent out in the "Recent Threads " section.:confused:

edit : Product now uninstalled.

[denman75]

installed since i bought the premium version ;)
its great ,runs like a charm

[pmcnamara]

I have the mail queue mod set up to batch emails and throttle how many I send an hour.

for some odd reason, this newletter is skipping the queue.. making it impossible for me to use.

Gio, I didn't see a reply to this.. any advice ?

[wmlvb]

anyone know where and how to edit the # of members showing up in the OUR Community module of the New letter. I assume it is based on latest members that signed up in certain time period. I have a small site and new members trickle in at this time!! I want to have more than 10 members showing I would like to up to 50-100 member showing!

[wmlvb]

I see the skin when sent to mac acct but no skin when sent to gmail. Do I need to change setting some where.

[rockinaway]

I am having the same trouble as others. My images won't show up. Only my logo shows up, which has the full URL linking to it.

[noppid]

The complaint of missing images in html mail is a bug from the original commbull.

After grabbing the CSS and before building the output, you gotta do something like...



//Fix remote links css
if(substr($css,0, 5) == '<link' )
{
$css_url = $vbulletin->options['bburl']."/clientscript";
$css = str_replace('clientscript',$css_url,$css);
}

if($fixcss)
{
// add full site url to gradients, etc in css
$css = str_replace(' url('," url({$vbulletin->options['bburl']}/",$css);
}

[rockinaway]

Which file is this in? Can you give me the code to place it below?

[noppid]

I have no idea where to put this. It's not my project. ;)

[rockinaway]

Yeah I figured.. the code won't work anyway. I had a little look at it..

[noppid]

You can try and find where the newsletter is parsed and before that run the suggested code with any needed adjustments against $headinclude. Pass it to another var called maybe $nl_headinclude and parse that into the newsletter so the rest of the forum output is not messed up, thus leaving $headinclude as it was originally.

[PossumX]

Great idea, however, it does not recognize members that have chosen to not receive admin email, which is a MAJOR problem from an Anti-Spam perspective.

This is basic 101 for any mass email that you MUST honor the choice to receive or not receive admin emails, and this mod violates that.

PossumX Uninstalls immediately.

Spent 2+ hours MANUALLY reviewing and editing 250+ returned emails, of which 237 had already been marked as no admin email from prior returns. Waste of my time and effort to have to do this.

Like I said, great mod idea, but without this recognition in vB, it ain't ready for prime time, lite or paid version.

[AdrianH]

Great idea, however, it does not recognize members that have chosen to not receive admin email, which is a MAJOR problem from an Anti-Spam perspective.

This is basic 101 for any mass email that you MUST honor the choice to receive or not receive admin emails, and this mod violates that.

PossumX Uninstalls immediately.

Spent 2+ hours MANUALLY reviewing and editing 250+ returned emails, of which 237 had already been marked as no admin email from prior returns. Waste of my time and effort to have to do this.

Like I said, great mod idea, but without this recognition in vB, it ain't ready for prime time, lite or paid version.

Yup, I found this too when I lloked at it again,this on top of the fact that it totally ignores forum permissions (post 100) and sends out the content of your private and/or admin forums is a big problem.

[PossumX]

Too bad, had potential. The private forum thing is another MAJOR issue. Just goes to show, all mods are NOT created equal. Can you imagine having paid for this mod at the website, as from what I see, similar issues are in that routine as well.

Should be taken down as these holes are serious issues, and the not recognizing email preferences in vB could get your board blacklisted.

[Gio~Logist]

Too bad, had potential. The private forum thing is another MAJOR issue. Just goes to show, all mods are NOT created equal. Can you imagine having paid for this mod at the website, as from what I see, similar issues are in that routine as well.

Should be taken down as these holes are serious issues, and the not recognizing email preferences in vB could get your board blacklisted.

Actually, the premium version is cleared of any issues. It also has the ability for people to subscribe/unsubscribe. I have a few private projects in progress, as well as development of the premium mods, and I'm also working as a programmer for a network of 40+ websites. Hope you can see why I haven't had time to update this version yet.

As a matter of fact, the only issue i've seen are a few people on the light version not being able to see all of the images due to their css being stored as file. This is a free modification, is it really much of a hastle to switch your css to be included in the meantime (even if only while sending it)?

As for forum permissions not being intact, that is exactly why their is an option available for "Excluded Forums" :) This allows for much more flexibility imo.

[AdrianH]

As for forum permissions not being intact, that is exactly why their is an option available for "Excluded Forums" This allows for much more flexibility imo.

That is the problem though isn't it, as I stated I HAVE SET the option for excluded forums and THAT setting is ignored, the "excluded" forums are listed and content is posted.......

[River_rush]

That is the problem though isn't it, as I stated I HAVE SET the option for excluded forums and THAT setting is ignored, the "excluded" forums are listed and content is posted.......

Strange, it hasn't done that on mine....

as for the images if you included the whole path in your VBB image settings paths instead of the short ref to root path, then the images are downloaded (if you give them permission to)when you open the email.

[Gio~Logist]

Strange, it hasn't done that on mine....

as for the images if you included the whole path in your VBB image settings paths instead of the short ref to root path, then the images are downloaded (if you give them permission to)when you open the email.

Exactly :up:

Be sure to include the forumid's, separated by a comma.

[PossumX]

Actually, the premium version is cleared of any issues. It also has the ability for people to subscribe/unsubscribe. I have a few private projects in progress, as well as development of the premium mods, and I'm also working as a programmer for a network of 40+ websites. Hope you can see why I haven't had time to update this version yet.

As a matter of fact, the only issue i've seen are a few people on the light version not being able to see all of the images due to their css being stored as file. This is a free modification, is it really much of a hastle to switch your css to be included in the meantime (even if only while sending it)?

As for forum permissions not being intact, that is exactly why their is an option available for "Excluded Forums" :) This allows for much more flexibility imo.

I think you missed the point. The forum exclusions does not work properly or consistently for many, even when the forum IDs are entered, it includes them. I develop code professionally and on the side for free, so I am all too clear on how support works.

The issue of subscribe/unsubscribe is great, for the paid version however, recognition of the internal vB profile option to NOT receive admin email is critical, even in the lite version. To violate that is a straight violation of Anti-Spam rules/laws and can (and will) get your forum email blacklisted.

I already had my CSS files issue resolved, that was a no brainer, and easy to do.

I understand you have many pokers in the fire, and can appreciate that, however, the issue I raised makes this mod completely unusable for anyone concerned about being blacklisted (which should be any responsible forum admin, and I admin many forums).

[Alfa1]

the issue I raised makes this mod completely unusable for anyone concerned about being blacklisted (which should be any responsible forum admin).
The same could be said for any newsletter mod without bounced email handling. Still many admins choose to send out bulk mail / newsletters without this function, simply because there is no newsletter that offers this. My point is that admins are already running a large risk on getting blacklisted.

[Gio~Logist]

Good point, thank you ^^

Getting blacklisted is a risk a lot of people take. I can tell you personally even when i've been blacklisted in the past it was lifted in about a day or so. Making it so that only users who have "Receive email from admins" checked, will not help your chances of not getting blacklisted so much. And if the forumid's aren't working, feel free to send me a private message to troubleshoot, or just make sure you're entering them right as loads of people have been able to use it just fine o_0.

Any other questions, just let me know :up:

[sheep92032]

I dono if this has been thought through. Using the forum template relies on every path in the style sheet to be absolute.

Also, when you do a test send, the email sends but the page redirects to non existent page.

Another point: I have 18,000 members. I told it to send 10 emails per cycle.. So maybe you could explain that better. I then set it to send 9000 per cycle. The screen's gone white and the page has stopped loading, so i'm not sure if i've send the email or not.

I'm sure it's fine for forums with one or two members in, but not mine :(

[Gio~Logist]

I dono if this has been thought through. Using the forum template relies on every path in the style sheet to be absolute.

Also, when you do a test send, the email sends but the page redirects to non existent page.

Another point: I have 18,000 members. I told it to send 10 emails per cycle.. So maybe you could explain that better. I then set it to send 9000 per cycle. The screen's gone white and the page has stopped loading, so i'm not sure if i've send the email or not.

I'm sure it's fine for forums with one or two members in, but not mine :(

The mail function in this version is called per user in this version, so you may want to keep it at about 1000 or so (try less if you'd like). And when you do a test send, it shouldn't redirect at all heh.

[Akyeame Kwame]

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Could not execute mail delivery program '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i' in [path]/c_news_letter.php on line 271

I get the above code for some (but not all users). I set to send to 500 members per cycle and I only have 1,000 members.

Any ideas on what might be going wrong here?

[bigcurt]

Does your pro version work with 3.6? Also, I have a quick question gio about buying one of your pro mods - could you message me? AIM: tripalot8998

[Kaycee123]

Strange, it hasn't done that on mine....

as for the images if you included the whole path in your VBB image settings paths instead of the short ref to root path, then the images are downloaded (if you give them permission to)when you open the email.


This is probably a really stupid question, but I can't seem to find where to find the VBB image settings path??

[user02934123123]

Unfortunately, this mod only works if your style uses only basic style formatting, as done entirely through the CSS settings available in AdminCP's style manager. For forums with advacned styling, that use any customised CSS, the mod doesn't work - it completely fails on both of my forums.

[Gio~Logist]

Unfortunately, this mod only works if your style uses only basic style formatting, as done entirely through the CSS settings available in AdminCP's style manager. For forums with advacned styling, that use any customised CSS, the mod doesn't work - it completely fails on both of my forums.

Link me over to a demo or pm me so that you can forward me a copy. As I've said before, even though the light mod isn't built with the same style handling, etc.. It should still cover general layouts and stuff for the most part and not break on you.. So if you're having a problem, just let me know :up:

[WildAmbitions]

OK, i am a newbie for uploading and installing any mods, please be gentle. I entered my cpanel and found the forum folder in the web-root directory. I created a new folder and uploaded the files from the upload folder.

I have tried it by uploading all of the files within the upload folder as well as all but the .xml file and placing the .xml file into the admincp of my vBullitin.

I think I am uploading to the wrong place but I don't know what else to try.

Where did I go wrong?

[Kaycee123]

You need to upload c_news_letter to your main forum directory (where you see your admincp, modcp folders etc) and then go into the /includes/xml directory and upload the cpnav_c_news_letter file there.

There's no need to make a new folder under forums.

[Leo Brazil]

It works fine, just two things:

- When you click "GO" to sent a test newsletter it gives me the typical IE screen of "No Page Found" but the e-mail is sent anyway and arrive OK at destination.

- When I send the newsletter to my users most e-mails came back, specially when users have Hotmail accounts wih the error message: "Returned due rejection policy".

[wmlvb]

I would like to edit the # of post listed in the "news" and "latest News" Where do I go to do this

[markblair]

I don't know if this has been covered yet but the preview of this newsletter on my site is showing banned members in the list of "latest members". That is not good at all and without that being removed, I can't use this. Any plans to eliminate that from happening?

Thanks for your hard work! :)

[JADM]

Works with 3.8.0B2? I mean the premium version. Thx.

[dmknights]

*Installed*
Good Mod

[blackberry]

woow coooll

thanks and keep it up

[Ozidoggy]

Geat mod - But doesn't show my style in the email. Just white page

[ambrosious]

I fixed the image path, do NOT have Store CSS Stylesheets as Files enabled and the buttons show up in the test email, not in the sent ones. Any ideas?

[Leo Brazil]

It works fine, just two things:

- When you click "GO" to sent a test newsletter it gives me the typical IE screen of "No Page Found" but the e-mail is sent anyway and arrive OK at destination.

- When I send the newsletter to my users most e-mails came back, specially when users have Hotmail accounts, with the error message: "Returned due rejection policy".

Any idea about this ?

[mA|tRiX]

Thanks first.

But i have one question. When i send a testmail, i get this email twice. Why?

Thx

[forsanelhaq]

i want to manage the letters go to clients

not random sent

[Spaz21]

I fixed the image path, do NOT have Store CSS Stylesheets as Files enabled and the buttons show up in the test email, not in the sent ones. Any ideas?


where is this option located?

[dmknights]

I fixed the image path, do NOT have Store CSS Stylesheets as Files enabled and the buttons show up in the test email, not in the sent ones. Any ideas?


Im having the image issue too.

Im thinking of upgrading to premium be i need support on this 1st!

[puregraf]

can i sent html newsletters with this? thanks

[Blacura]

when this newsletter is installed the should box will not work in any other page unless its the front page. is there a fix for this?. i am running 3.7.3

[mA|tRiX]

This hack is good but there is one big problem.

When a user has deactivate the option to get a newsletter, he get it anyway.

Anyone else have this problem?

In Germany we have a Spamlaw. When you have a forum with a newsletter there must be an option to deactivate it but when this function does not work, everybody can asperse you.

[jlew24asu]

what was done in the update? :)

[Gio~Logist]

This hack is good but there is one big problem.

When a user has deactivate the option to get a newsletter, he get it anyway.

Anyone else have this problem?

In Germany we have a Spamlaw. When you have a forum with a newsletter there must be an option to deactivate it but when this function does not work, everybody can asperse you.

When a user deactivates option for newsletter? The light version doesn't have this feature, it's only available in the premium version. Works fine in the premium version.

i want to manage the letters go to clients

not random sent

You can filter by usergroups when sending letters.

where is this option located?

Vbulletin Options -> Style & Language Settings -> Store CSS Stylesheets as Files. Try toggling this feature.

Im having the image issue too.

Im thinking of upgrading to premium be i need support on this 1st!

What images aren't showing for you in the light version?

[soundbarrierpro]

Currently I send email messages to the members through the default email feature in the Admin ACP of vbulletin. That does not allow you to custom format your message with updates. I normally like to have bullet points with the description underneath. Nothing fancy but I'd like to be able to bold and use special characters, and send the same way. Does this do this?

[soundbarrierpro]

Hey there, I set this up and am using the light version.

Everything looked pretty good until I sent the mail. I set it for 500 (the vbulletin mail send default) and it sent to about 200 members then crashed. I have only about 1100 members.

[Trek]

This is just a guess, but try setting the number of people to mail to at once a lot lower. A lot of hosts see that many email connections in a short amount of time and can shut things off. If that happens, you'll probably get a crash message if the script isn't looking for such types of actions.

Again, this is just a guess, but it's what I'd try to do.

Hey there, I set this up and am using the light version.

Everything looked pretty good until I sent the mail. I set it for 500 (the vbulletin mail send default) and it sent to about 200 members then crashed. I have only about 1100 members.

[mA|tRiX]

When a user deactivates option for newsletter? The light version doesn't have this feature, it's only available in the premium version. Works fine in the premium version.

Yes. The user have deactivate the newsletter but he get it anyway.

[soundbarrierpro]

This is just a guess, but try setting the number of people to mail to at once a lot lower. A lot of hosts see that many email connections in a short amount of time and can shut things off. If that happens, you'll probably get a crash message if the script isn't looking for such types of actions.

Again, this is just a guess, but it's what I'd try to do.


Nope, this time I set it to 50 emails per cycle and it still crashed, this time after 450


Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT user.userid FROM _vbulluser AS user WHERE user.userid >= 304 LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Tuesday, January 13th 2009 @ 06:49:15 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, January 13th 2009 @ 06:49:37 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/c_news_letter.php?do=send_news_letter_process&startat=254&pp=50
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/c_news_letter.php?do=send_news_letter_process&startat=203&pp=50
IP Address : xxx.xx.xxx.x
Username : admin
Classname : vb_database
MySQL Version :


I can't keep doing this. This is twice now it's crashed literally in the middle of my member base. I only have 1100 members. Now I have to bother them again if this gets fixed.

REMOVED - If you have over 500 members this mod is useless. It's stops sending after 450

[joyceleong]

Does it work well with vb 3.8 and vblog 2.0?

Thanks.

[Pokerbanter]

Does anyone know why I might be receiving this error?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/01/57.jpg

Got it when trying to send a Newsletter as you can see but it has also happened when trying to play certain arcade games on the forum.

Any input guys?

Thanks

[bugriders]

!Community Newsletter 1.0.1 Light.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged

Am I the only one?

[bugriders]

Ok download workd now!

Sorry but I only can see Vbulletin Options -> Community Newsletter

But not the manager at the left of the screen...?

[Nadeemjp]

hi there
although this works for the 3.8 version, is it possible that you launch it officially in there as well? so that i dont have to come in here again:)

[theparentpack]

Are emails still sent to users who have elected to not receive emails from the admin?

Also, does it send out all recent topics to all members or does it follow the forum permissions?

Thanks for the kind comments ;)

Usergroups To Send To and Subscribe To Newsletter are only available in the premium modification atm.

[soletrader]

Hi Gio,

I purchased the pro version but there seems to be some problems. Could you please pm me so you can take a look? Thanks.

[HaS?R]

Looks Great.Thanks.

[soletrader]

Still no support from Gio. Would appreciate if you can pm me back from your site as I have purchased the script. Thanks

[theparentpack]

Is the premium version supported? Just curious before I consider investing. Thanks!

[theparentpack]

One more question... Is it possible to set either version to only send out the forums that have been posted in?

[nectons]

So. It is completely unsupported. To bad. :(

[soundbarrierpro]

yes, all of his free mods are unsupported.

[JWL]

o_0 Sure you're in the admin usergroup? Heh. Feel free to shoot me over a pm and i'll take a look myself ;) Seems to be something clashing with it as no one else is having the problem so far and i can't reproduce it.

The issue I found on the Permission was my user that is an Administrator was not set as Administrator for the Primary Group

I was set to Registered group as primary then Admin as 2nd

I reveres this and it works :cool:

[basilrath]

Thats a nice version of a newsletter keeping it glossy and also informative ....... HERE (http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/tttmag/index.html)

[el7yaah]

thank you

[Bison]

I don't think this young man should have offered this hack if he knew it wasn't going to work the way it should work. He's putting a lot of you at risk installing a hack that could potentially cause your e-mail server to be registered as a spam site.

[JWL]

I don't think this young man should have offered this hack if he knew it wasn't going to work the way it should work. He's putting a lot of you at risk installing a hack that could potentially cause your e-mail server to be registered as a spam site.

I am not sure I agree, but I don't like the hack at all and have since removed it. :(

Personally I think it is bad form to put something out there offer no support but to purchase the full version. That is bait and switch in my mind (Its just my opinion)

[michellehsu]

Dear Sir.:
Does the premium version has the function to schedule it?
Set it to send the newsletter once a week for example?

[tanha]

very nice

[bigcurt]

Does the pro version work with 3.6 bud?

[denman75]

deleted by user

[denman75]

going to uninstall this crap

[denman75]

Damnit

SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<blabla> SIZE=3138:
Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. A block has been placed against your IP address because we have received complaints concerning mail coming from that IP address. If you are not an email/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider for help


wtf is this

this is crap
i have arround 1200 users and now this after using it :mad::mad::mad:

[Sworm]

This newsletter allow the users to subscribe and unsubscribe to receive or not the newsletter?

I see that this function is present in the premium version....

Is possible with the premium version to allow the mods and the supermods to send the newsletter?

P.S.
The premium work with vb 3.82 too?

[nectons]

It is not working. Even his site. To shame.

[JWL]

going to uninstall this crap

Did that Done That :down:

Seems this is getting more and more usual from the community. VBClassifieds is DOA, the author is a no show and abandoned his payed patrons.

Just a reminder of Buyer Beware or Better MOD User Beware

[soundbarrierpro]

This guy hasn't supported it from day one. It shouldn't even be allowed to exist. Not only does it get registered as spam, it crashes if you send to to more than 100 members.

He never responds to anything. This mod is useless and should be moved to trash.

[Digital Jedi]

You guys think to check with your hosts first before you sent out mass emails to all of your members? If I hadn't I wouldn't have known that I wasn't allowed more then 100 emails per hour.

[manning]

Whats the difference between lite and pro?

[maxboost]

can this be set by auto cron ?

[Elizabeth_1977]

Whats the difference between lite and pro?

I believe PRO allows members to opt-out of the newsletter. Lite doesn't.

[Elizabeth_1977]

This hack is good but there is one big problem.

When a user has deactivate the option to get a newsletter, he get it anyway.

Anyone else have this problem?

In Germany we have a Spamlaw. When you have a forum with a newsletter there must be an option to deactivate it but when this function does not work, everybody can asperse you.

When a user deactivates option for newsletter? The light version doesn't have this feature, it's only available in the premium version. Works fine in the premium version.

Sorry dude, but you need to be respectful to the laws of the lands.

IMHO, you're being greedy by keeping the member opt-out to the premium version and not the lite version as well.

I think member opt-out should be a basic feature to ANY newsletter.

I've been looking for a newsletter mod. This looks promising to me, but I agree with many of the others here.

[soundbarrierpro]

Sorry dude, but you need to be respectful to the laws of the lands.

IMHO, you're being greedy by keeping the member opt-out to the premium version and not the lite version as well.

I think member opt-out should be a basic feature to ANY newsletter.

I've been looking for a newsletter mod. This looks promising to me, but I agree with many of the others here.

Disrespectful or smart business decision? Lite mods offers things you want, versus paid mods which offer things you "NEED".

There wouldn't be a paid mod if he gave you the full version for nothing.

[saihat]

This

[project-Buckfas]

Anyone know if this workd on 3.8.4

[zombietom]

You guys think to check with your hosts first before you sent out mass emails to all of your members? If I hadn't I wouldn't have known that I wasn't allowed more then 100 emails per hour.


Well i can send 500 per hour which would be enough but it will only send to a usergroup if it is set to primary usergroup....which stinks....is there a work around...might have to uninstall :(

[abound]

Anyone know if this workd on 3.8.4
Worked for me... I'm waiting for 4.0 support.

[abound]

Well i can send 500 per hour which would be enough but it will only send to a usergroup if it is set to primary usergroup....which stinks....is there a work around...might have to uninstall :(
I went to a dedicated server, and then installed cron-based mailqueue plugin (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201318). Now I can queue up 4000 newsletters, and it meters out quite nicely.

[FreshPrince]

Will this mod work on VB 4.x?

[blackberry]

how can i allow 2 usergroups to send this newsletter?

[techweb]

Considering purchasing prem here. However I would like to try out the lite version first.

When installing everything I get the following error in the "Community Newsletter Manager" and "send Newsletter" tabs:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/dau1111/public_html/outdoor-fishing.com/c_news_letter.php on line 304

Seems to be a problem if you have a custom skin. Any ideas? Prem has the following problem?

This is on vB 3.8.6

[helalmail]

from community news letter manager it gave me error:
"Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: c_news_letter_latest_threadbit in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4007"

[Digital Jedi]

from community news letter manager it gave me error:
"Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: c_news_letter_latest_threadbit in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4007"
Are you trying to install this on vB4?

[oxblood12]

thanks for hack

[vBsquad]

Does this mod follow the email batch settings in admincp?

[realmr]

is this working on 3.8.x ?

[JohorBahru]

that will be perfect if we able to edit the design, layout, code in email content..

[craigvm]

another newsletter mod by ProvB that dont work