Commbull (Community Bulletin) 5.1b

[angeljs]

Well I don't know what to say, that's the error I'm receiving. :)

[Igel1]

Hello, I have a problem with the MOD under vb4.1.7
After a fresh installation (all other mods are disabled), it does not work.
Commbull Version 5.1b and the xml from https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233798&page=7

I get an error message when sending mail related to the body.
The preview works though.

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_VARIABLE' or `'$'' in ...\admincp\commbull_functions.php(487) : eval()'d code on line 166

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_VARIABLE' or `'$'' in ...\admincp\commbull_functions.php(488) : eval()'d code on line 33


Can anybody help me, please.

Thanks
Igel1

[Igel1]

Sorry, my mistake.
The MOD works on 4.1.7
The error was because of my german translation since had a variable errors crept

[Igel1]

Hello all,

I would like to install a checkbox for the newsletter in the registry under vb4.1.7
this code:

<div class="blockrow">
<label>{vb:rawphrase receive_email}...</label>
<div class="rightcol">
<ul class="checkradio group">
<li>
<label for="cb_adminemail"><input type="checkbox" name="options[adminemail]" value="1" id="cb_adminemail" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.adminemail} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_bulletin_board_staff}</label>
</li>
<vb:if condition="$show['email']">
<li>
<label for="cb_showemail"><input type="checkbox" name="options[showemail]" value="1" id="cb_showemail" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.showemail} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_other_members}</label>
</li>
</vb:if>

<li>
<label for="receivebulletin"><input type="checkbox" name="receivebulletin" value="1" id="receivebulletin" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.receivebulletin} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_commbull}</label>
</li>

<vb:if condition="$show['email']">
<li>
<label for="commbull"><input type="checkbox" name="commbull" value="1" id="commbull" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.receivebulletin} /> />{vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_commbull}</label>
</li>
</vb:if>
</ul>

in the template "register" show the text and the checkbox for the newsletter but there are no funktion under the checkbox.

Please can anybody help me.

Thanks Igel1


EDIT
Another question

In setting section when I select for "Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date?" as yes, I get in the newsletter threads older than the date I selected.
The threads are older and the last post in the thread also older.

[djbaxter]

Hello all,

I would like to install a checkbox for the newsletter in the registry under vb4.1.7
this code:

<div class="blockrow">
<label>{vb:rawphrase receive_email}...</label>
<div class="rightcol">
<ul class="checkradio group">
<li>
<label for="cb_adminemail"><input type="checkbox" name="options[adminemail]" value="1" id="cb_adminemail" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.adminemail} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_bulletin_board_staff}</label>
</li>
<vb:if condition="$show['email']">
<li>
<label for="cb_showemail"><input type="checkbox" name="options[showemail]" value="1" id="cb_showemail" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.showemail} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_other_members}</label>
</li>
</vb:if>

<li>
<label for="receivebulletin"><input type="checkbox" name="receivebulletin" value="1" id="receivebulletin" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.receivebulletin} /> {vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_commbull}</label>
</li>

<vb:if condition="$show['email']">
<li>
<label for="commbull"><input type="checkbox" name="commbull" value="1" id="commbull" tabindex="1" {vb:raw checkedoff.receivebulletin} /> />{vb:rawphrase receive_email_from_commbull}</label>
</li>
</vb:if>
</ul>

in the template "register" show the text and the checkbox for the newsletter but there are no funktion under the checkbox.

Please can anybody help me.

Thanks Igel1


EDIT
Another question

In setting section when I select for "Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date?" as yes, I get in the newsletter threads older than the date I selected.
The threads are older and the last post in the thread also older.

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233798

[Igel1]

Sorry, but in the other thread are no info on how to build in a checkbock for the newsletter in the registry site.

And this question:
In setting section when I select for "Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date?" as yes, I get in the newsletter threads older than the date I selected.
The threads are older and the last post in the thread also older.

was indeed found but there was no answer how to fit only the hint that the last contribution would be well into the selected date. But that's not the case with me, the threads and the posts are older than the date i've selected.

sorry for my english

[anandbagmane]

Does this support latest version of vbulletin 4.1.9

[LadyBeth]

^^^^^what this person said^^^^^^
If it can be made to work properly I would be extremely grateful.

LB

[kartik786]

Got an error
Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE forum SET replycount=replycount+1,threadcount=threadcount+1, lastpost='1326124535',lastpost er='myusername' WHERE forumid IN ();

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Monday, January 9th 2012 @ 10:55:32 AM
Error Date : Monday, January 9th 2012 @ 10:55:35 AM
Script : mysite.com/commbull.php?do=send
Referrer : mysite
IP Address : 1**.**myip.***
Username : myusername
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.1.56-log

[anandbagmane]

does this work on 4.1.9 version?

[grandeur_69]

yes. Commbull runs mostly independently from vB, so unless they do some major structural changes to the database, it should continue to handle most updates.

[christon26]

K, I am trying to mark this as installed but I'm getting a permissions error, I don't know why :(

I too would love to know how to have my photopost images show like maybe the last 3 uploads?

Something similar to the vbadvanced homepage I currently have would be nice :)

[realmr]

mails are properly sent only to gmail users, all other users are facing problems either with blank emails or no emails. Any solution to fix this ?

any solution bro ?

[kartik786]

We're trying to send it to our database of 3,00,000 members and its becoming a pain.

We have purchased another mail server and have used smtp details in the vbulletin options.

The batch processing stopped somewhere at 120th page when I was sending 500 users per batch. I had left the computer turned on so I saw this only after when I came back. Here is the screenshot http://clip2net.com/s/1zOTl

I again tried it with batch size as 50 mails per page and it stopped at page 50. I noticed your option of resuming mails from the page that last broked and restarted sending mails from page 60.

The mail processed page 60, 61, 62 and then restarted from page 1 - the beginning again.

Now I have already got 4 emails of the same email in my inbox and couple of members mails asking me to stop spamming them.

How can I send emails easily to my 3,00,000 members?

I love combull, I've used it in the past and wish to continue using it.

Thanks.

[christon26]

New members are automatically subscribed to the newsletter, how can I change this? I want it to be strictly opt-in rather than having to opt out.

[christon26]

New members are automatically subscribed to the newsletter, how can I change this? I want it to be strictly opt-in rather than having to opt out.

I figured out how to fix this, by changing the default for the receivebulletin field in PHPMyAdmin from 1 - 0

[sailnet]

can you automatically opt-in existing members and new subscribers and make then opt-out instead of opting in?

[sailnet]

I installed it and uninstalled it after looking at the admin screen.

3.8.7 - no text for new left nav admin menu item. no way to documentation on how to edit the template, no way to send a test for the the admin or a group.

I do appreciate all the hard work that went into this but it's just not for me.

thanks

[SilverBoy]

I have a problem with this product.

When I want to send the most reply threads or the most viewed threads as block in the newsletter the product always select the most read or most viewed from the beginning of my site (9 years old) even if they don't have any reply in the date I selected in the settings (in old versions this option was work great and there blocks select threads only if they have posts posted after the selected date).

[rcull]

I have been a user of Commbull Pro, and it worked great until now. My only problem with the Pro version was with the preview, and did not start with the vbulletin upgrade which was done some time ago!

I just attempted to instal this version and got this error:

The following dependencies were not met:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.11 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.6.0 / Incompatible with 3.8.99 and greater)

What are my options?

[djbaxter]

I have been a user of Commbull Pro, and it worked great until now. My only problem with the Pro version was with the preview, and did not start with the upgrade which was done some time ago!

I just attempted to instal this version and got this error:

The following dependencies were not met:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.11 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.6.0 / Incompatible with 3.8.99 and greater)

What are my options?


Edit the product file: product-Commbull4.xml



FIND at line 7:

<dependencies>
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.0" maxversion="3.8.99" />
</dependencies>




CHANGE TO:

<dependencies>
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.0" maxversion="" />
</dependencies>




Import the edited version of the product file.

[rcull]

Thanks, djbaxter, that does allow the xml file to be imported.
Either I am doing something wrong, or the commbull offered here is just not up to the old Pro version. I would have thought that when the pro version was abandoned, this open version would have been upgraded to that level.

It was great to be able to limit the newsletter going to active users in the last XX days!

Am I right or am I missing something? (Hopefully missing something)

I see that the version I am running on another site is version 5.0, and it is complete and great...

[djbaxter]

I'm still running an older pro version, too (4.3?). Has a minor bug or two but still chugging along doing what it should.

[rcull]

yahoo! I am back to where I was before I started on this ill fated circle:)

I am going to do what I should have then. Ask...

I have suddenly started to get an error when I click the preview html.

*************

Not Acceptable

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /forums/admincp/commbull_textarea.php could not be found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

*************

What might cause this, the file is there?

Thanks,

[420]

Just upgraded VB 4.1.12 to VB 4.20 PL 2 and now Commbull doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[Calystos]

Just upgraded VB 4.1.12 to VB 4.20 PL 2 and now Commbull doesn't work.

Any ideas?
Check to see if you've got the "Use Cron Based Sending" enabled, if so disable it as this allowed it to work again for me. Was suggested HERE (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2368060#post2368060).

I didn't need to adjust the other settings suggested, only the cron based sending one and after that it worked fine.

[David Copeland]

1) Does anyone have a screen shot of what the incoming html email looks like? I'd like to see some samples

2) What do I have to do to make this work with VB Ver 4.2 ?

David

[David Copeland]

1) Does anyone have a screen shot of what the incoming html email looks like? I'd like to see some samples

2) What do I have to do to make this work with VB Ver 4.2 ?

David

Anyone?

[keyla31]

If you use these files and use the attached product file it will work fine in 4.2

[PakGamerz]

hey can anybody share the plugin 4.5f, because i need to run a cron job for community bulletin, i am willing to pay also. I tried to download the package from the developers site but the link is down, Please share the cron file.php with me asap.

Thanks

[djbaxter]

hey can anybody share the plugin 4.5f, because i need to run a cron job for community bulletin, i am willing to pay also. I tried to download the package from the developers site but the link is down, Please share the cron file.php with me asap.

Thanks

That would be a copyright violation because the 4.x versions were all paid add-ons. Try contacting the developer, grandeur_69 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=29364), via PM from this site.

[Majora]

I still get this error when i open /admincp/commbull.php to send the E-Mail:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE user ADD receivebulletin SMALLINT (5) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '1' not null;

MySQL-Fehler : Duplicate column name 'receivebulletin'

I already used the 3 querys:

ALTER TABLE user DROP receivebulletin;
ALTER TABLE user DROP INDEX receivebulletin;
ALTER TABLE user DROP receivebulletin_type;

[vithorius]

Dear God...! Only NOW I did found this mod... :eek:

Why, oh why? :p :up: :up:

[ahobilam]

Installed in 4.2.1
First time it was worked
later (after 15 days) I tried several times and getting database error.

[stevieb]

Going to test this shortly..... Using vB 4.2.0 on a custom theme :)

[rcull]

I have been using commbull for years with little trouble. This week I sent out the newsletter, and it appeared to go fine.

I usually get several copies because I have several ID's on my site. I never got one. I have checked with a couple of users and they didn't either. I tried several more sends to the administration group for testing, all failed.

Where should I start to look?

Most of the problems I have with my site is my virtual server host is running mode security and something changes, although they are not identifying a problem right now and are asking that I provide a log. I don't know what log to provide, the error log is not showing a problem in the test sendings.

Thanks

[Alfa1]

Maybe your site is blacklisted as a spammer, which means that email providers are blocking it. Are you processing the bounce notifications that email providers send to you? Read the article in my signature.

[bazookajoe]

So this mod does work on vB4.2.2?

[rcull]

Alfa1

Great article! I have wondered about these aspects of a newsletter. I will be modifying my template to reflect some of the points.

I only send out my newsletter to active? members. One nice feature of commbull is the ability to limit it to active member within a specified time. I limit it to 180 days. This probably covers the bad email address problem mentioned.

Thanks!