ModernvB Community Newsletter (Light)

[Gio~Logist]

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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
Include Recent Topics
Include New Members
Include News
Exclude Forums From Recent Topics
Include Featured Post - Premium Only
Include Featured Poll - Premium Only
Disable New Member Avatars - Premium Only
Custom Heading Message (html enabled)
Select from pre-made letter templates (3 at the moment) all set to adapt to your current theme. - Premium Only
Select width for Community Newsletter - Premium Only
Set which usergroups receive the Community Newsletter email - Premium Only
Allow users to subscribe/unsubscribe to Community Newsletter emails - Premium Only



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

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[Gio~Logist]

First post reserved for informative purposes.

[Reycer]

The link to the premium version yields this result:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/vbpro/public_html/vb_products.php
Line: 1

Would love to look into purchasing the premium though.

[Gio~Logist]

The url issue was just a problem i had with the link on here.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Would this work on lower 4. version of V bulletin?

[Gio~Logist]

Yep, it very well should. Keep me posted if you experience any difficulty, i'll be right here. But i'm 99% sure on that one (*hopes he didn't put his foot in his mouth on that last statement*) ;p

[denman75]

giving this a try Gio ,greetings from a old customer from your products ,since i upgraded to vb4 i removed them older VB3 products ,but its nice to see its there also for VB4 !! Ty !

[ProFifaLeagues]

Yep, it very well should. Keep me posted if you experience any difficulty, i'll be right here. But i'm 99% sure on that one (*hopes he didn't put his foot in his mouth on that last statement*) ;p



Cheers Gio i will test this asap and let you know!

[Asterix_ita]

VB4 is available in two versions suites and only forum, I would like to integrate proprorre 2 options:

latest articles cms
last blog

course the new options are available on full and lite addon.

thanks

[Sforums]

Go to Admincp->User Profile Fields->Add New User Profie Field

What profile field type to choose?

[Gio~Logist]

giving this a try Gio ,greetings from a old customer from your products ,since i upgraded to vb4 i removed them older VB3 products ,but its nice to see its there also for VB4 !! Ty !

Glad to have you back ;) Enjoy and message me if you'd like to work on a discounted price for re-purchasing the vB4 line!


Cheers Gio i will test this asap and let you know!


Gotcha !! Keep me posted!


VB4 is available in two versions suites and only forum, I would like to integrate proprorre 2 options:

latest articles cms
last blog

course the new options are available on full and lite addon.

thanks

I will be integrating new modules very soon, those 2 are some of my plans actually.


Go to Admincp->User Profile Fields->Add New User Profie Field

What profile field type to choose?

That is only necessary for the premium version. The light version doesn't have subscribe/unsubscribe functionality.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Working fine it seems with 4.3 too :) thanks Gio

[Gio~Logist]

No problem Rob ;) Thanks for taking the time out to let us know, feedback is always very much appreciated. Enjoy!

[RSNF]

Your Demo's of NewsLetters all contain Trojans on your site just so you know.

[Gio~Logist]

Your Demo's of NewsLetters all contain Trojans on your site just so you know.

Try doing an f5 hard refresh. I explained what happened above. Sorry about the scare, we received a threat after the release so what you saw was actually just me and a friend running tests and trying to make various insertions (i think that's what he called it? not into server security myself).

Anyway, anything you saw was basically him and I testing so everything will be fine, seems to have been deleted but if you get any signs just send me a pm.

[TEMPESTADE]

Tanks work grate in 4.1.5

[Gio~Logist]

Someone asked me via email how server intensive this product is (if it fetches data for each and every email).

Just incase anyone else was worrying, it only loads the data once live, then uses the same data to send to all the users that your newsletter will apply to.

[brandon515]

Is there any scheduling feature?

[mgcom]

I bought this from you before and had trouble with broken images which were never resolved, is there some sort of discount for previous owners ? not sure I kept a copy

Thanks

[iyama]

I have installed this one.

Q:
1-I have Darkness Style and the letters in de mail are black, so not showing good.

[iyama]

Any help maybe?

[Scalemotorcars]

Im interested in the pro version but I have a few quick questions.

I was using Commbull but after the 4.0 upgrade it required modification to work and even then it didn't work all that well. It created a huge server load that really ticked off my host.

I read above that it pulls the info once then sends out to all members that get the newsletter.

#1 Are the emails staggered over a period of time, say for example 100 every 10 minutes?
#2 What about bounced emails. Does it automatically handle those and if an email is bounced is the members email preference modified automatically to prevent further bounces?
#3 Is there an easy opt-out built into the newsletter and in the user CP?
#4 You mention the templates cant be edited. I understand your copyright but what about cosmetically?
#5 I run VBseo and one of the problems with Commbull is that the newsletter was actually wrapped by vbseo causing the vbseo.php file to overload the max allowed calls for one file on my host. Does this take into account the vbseo wrapper?

Thanks for your time.
Daniel

[mgcom]

I sent out first newsletter on thursday, it says all were sent out yet nobody has received email

[Scalemotorcars]

Gio, Before spending the money I sure would like to get a reply. Thanks...

[iyama]

I sent out first newsletter on thursday, it says all were sent out yet nobody has received email

Same problem here, and on my other first post i geth no answer. :(
So i un-installed.

[Scalemotorcars]

This doesn't look very promising ...

[Gio~Logist]

Sorry about that guys, been busy over on the premium forum, between support and custom requests.

Anyway, lets get back to work here, i'ma start answering all these now.

[Gio~Logist]

I have installed this one.

Q:
1-I have Darkness Style and the letters in de mail are black, so not showing good.

Can you send me a pm with a link to your website and admincp?

[Gio~Logist]

Im interested in the pro version but I have a few quick questions.

I was using Commbull but after the 4.0 upgrade it required modification to work and even then it didn't work all that well. It created a huge server load that really ticked off my host.

I read above that it pulls the info once then sends out to all members that get the newsletter.

#1 Are the emails staggered over a period of time, say for example 100 every 10 minutes?
#2 What about bounced emails. Does it automatically handle those and if an email is bounced is the members email preference modified automatically to prevent further bounces?
#3 Is there an easy opt-out built into the newsletter and in the user CP?
#4 You mention the templates cant be edited. I understand your copyright but what about cosmetically?
#5 I run VBseo and one of the problems with Commbull is that the newsletter was actually wrapped by vbseo causing the vbseo.php file to overload the max allowed calls for one file on my host. Does this take into account the vbseo wrapper?

Thanks for your time.
Daniel

1 & 2) It uses the vbmail function, so it emails exactly how vbulletin email's in general.
3) Yep. Premium version allows you to use a profile field
4) Cosmetically you can do whatever you'd like :p
5) Nope

[Gio~Logist]

I sent out first newsletter on thursday, it says all were sent out yet nobody has received email

Did you talk to your host to see why? If it's not that, pm me and we'll get you settled.

[Gio~Logist]

I bought this from you before and had trouble with broken images which were never resolved, is there some sort of discount for previous owners ? not sure I kept a copy

Thanks

At the moment we're only offering discounts to orders of various products, feel free to contact me over via pm or the live chat on ProvB to talk more.

[joeychgo]

I sent out first newsletter on thursday, it says all were sent out yet nobody has received email

Same problem here, and on my other first post i geth no answer. :(
So i un-installed.



I uninstalled as well. No emails sent out.

[RichieBoy67]

It sure is a limited version but not bad..

Can you add html code into the text entry box?

Thanks

[bosanci28]

mee too,not sending emails out,but if i press in admincp "Community Newsletter request copy" i see that one come out to me, but to send to all users i not going out.

also in options if i add some text in my language what is the reason for that email
all words are not coming correctly!
in admin i have this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Bună,
In acest Forum Newsletter veţi găsi cele mai recente informatii de pe site-ul nostru, toate într-un singur e-mail. Va multumim pentru a continuă să fiti parte a comunităţii noastre în creştere!

- Mulţumesc

staff
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

and in my email comes like this:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bună,
In acest Forum Newsletter veţi găsi cele mai recente informatii de pe site-ul nostru, toate într-un singur e-mail. Va multumim pentru a continuă să fiti parte a comunităţii noastre în creştere!

- Mulţumesc

staff
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

why is that?

thanks.

[Schulle]

hiho,
i bought the premium edition, but i dont understand how to edit the template, which will be sent to my users ?!

I would like to add my vbulletin-logo and any other images.

How can i make this ?

Schulle

[Gio~Logist]

hiho,
i bought the premium edition, but i dont understand how to edit the template, which will be sent to my users ?!

I would like to add my vbulletin-logo and any other images.

How can i make this ?

Schulle

You edit the template titled c_news_letter_x_column

X varies depending on which you have on your settings :p


Feel free to pm me if anything

[RichieBoy67]

One of my clients has the demo version and she tells me that users are getting the newsletters even though they have checked the option to not receive admin emails. Can you tell me how to fix this??

Thanks

[Sunray]

Hello Gio~Logist

Great Mods !
Do you plan to make soon an updated version compatible with 4.10 vBulletin ?
Thanks in advance !

[1320Nation]

I was on my way to buy the premium version but noticed it appears tech support has dropped off here so..... Also with the lite version being so limited and it appears there are issues with emails not being sent out.

Feel free to send me a pm if the bugs are worked out on the premium version and you can verify it does indeed work on vb version 4.1.11.

[theoutlawed]

I'm a Premium customer, and it has potential.

I just wish it was a product that was actually being developed more instead of basically being released and forgotten. There is potential not being realized here.

[Brian P]

Any idea why some of the recipients of my Newsletter get pages of HTML.
I too recieve this, I use Outlook2010 but the same thing happens with Thunderbird.

Brian.

[metalguy639]

Getting all fixed now thanks. :)

[dany_danay]

When i send some emails it say: "Note: This is just a test, no actual emails are being sent
"

[tommydamic68]

I too have purchased the paid version of this community newsletter and it does not work. It sends out about 492 and should have sent over 3000 news letters - it just stops. Provb.org (www.provb.org) Support suggests to contact my host, I did, Hostgator, and they said it's not on their end. I have paid for this mod twice in fact and I still can't use it. Very unhappy customer with Provb.org (www.provb.org) support and product The Community News letter. The big downfall is you can't even test the product or you would be sending your members annoying daily newsletters.

[Dr Aj642]

This mod is a great idea. I downloaded it and sent out the newsletter to all members but no one has received it despite the mod saying ''sent successfully''

Please upgrade this.

[fionix]

Why does the MODS of vbulletin not just take the MOD off until he fix his mess. It seems the developer don't intent or even care to help even if we pay for the pro version!

[tommydamic68]

Funny - Giovanni from http://www.provb.org contacted me via email claiming he would like to try and put this issue to rest of his paid mod not working correctly and after a few emails he has abandoned me once more. Poor
mod, really poor support from http://www.provb.org

[Nelson58]

Is there a newsletter mod that really works for 4.2? Seems they all have issues.

Nelson

[craigvm]

same here it says they`ve been sent but no1 has had a e-mail

[Big Kahuna]

Their web site is the most frustrating way to buy the Pro Version (as the Lite is useless) -- then the downloaded zip won't extract

I wish someone made a decent newsletter for VB4 without having to alter older versions

[DirtRider]

Well just maybe someone is working on it and we just don't know

[Nelson58]

He contacted me in PM to buy his mod, but after what I read here, I would be afraid to. We can have a coder write one for us if we all chip in. Christeris' is a piece of junk IMO, it doesn't properly let users unsubscribe and has no instructions. I showed it to one coder on here and he said it wasn't worth trying to modify it.

[joeychgo]

The paid version works just fine for me on 4.21

[datoneer]

Thanks it works in 4.2.1

[craigvm]

this dont work it says that the newsletter has been sent but no1 gets it,

[Adam H]

Anyone wanting to use this that was having issues with it not sending the mail out , I made it work by removing the following line from c_news_letter.php

$vbulletin->GPC['test'] = 1;

Since Provb doesnt seem to exist anymore and the OP doesnt seem to be responsive you may want to remove the references to link to their site all over the modification including a call for a css file.

I have attached what i use in a zip file, it may not be a correct solution but it works for me so use at own risk. Note**The only things which have been edited in the attached plugin is the file edit mentioned above and the template called c_news_letter of which ive removed the references for provb.org.

To also note , the template which i edited ive also fixed the styling so the page displays correct if you have a custom style.

if this is against the rules Moderators then feel free to remove the package and the fix.

[HM666]

I see that you have changed your original domain from ProVB to ModernVB now. I have a client that purchased the Premium newsletter when you were ProVB. I have a couple of questions:

1. Is his license still valid even though you changed the domain?
2. Is this the same hack but the name changed?
3. If it is the same and he would still have a valid license is it possible to get the latest version of the Pro version?

[HM666]

Well I guess that answers all my questions now doesn't it?

[cdoyle]

disappointing :(

[BGObsession]

I believe I saw Ozzy say he had plans to build a newsletter mod, but I don't know if that's still his intention. It's amazing that not only has vbulletin not made this an included add-on, but that no one has developed a decent pay version, given that just about every vbulletin forum owner would likely want to use it.

[ozzy47]

I did have intentions to do so, but I have no idea when that will be. I saw HM666 has a request in the paid requests forum, so maybe he can get a developer to come up with something.

[Nelson58]

I did have intentions to do so, but I have no idea when that will be. I saw HM666 has a request in the paid requests forum, so maybe he can get a developer to come up with something.

I have tried to get someone to come up with a versatile, paid, community newsletter for years, to no avail.

A newsletter really boosts the site's traffic.

[ozzy47]

Well there are a few out there, but none of them select posts/threads to send. Everything is manual, which IMO I prefer, as I like to have control of what goes out.

[BGObsession]

Which ones are 'out there'? Other than the ProvB/ModervB version which doesn't work and for which support is maddeningly nonexistent, I haven't found any options (and I have looked far and wide)...

[ozzy47]

I use, [DBTech] vBMail v2 (vB4) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=266142) when I want to send out newsletters from my site.

[BGObsession]

That's a nice email mod, but not quite what most are looking for. If you could use variables to automatically pull the last 10 threads, most recent posts, blog entries, or articles, new member list, member birthdays, that kind of thing - it would be a beautiful thing.

[ozzy47]

You could ask them on their site to add it to the mod, and they might just do it at some point.

But TBH, I can see all kinds of issues arising by doing something like that. There would have to be all sorts of checks and balances in place, to ensure the info grabbed was the most desirable posts/threads etc.

Think about this, lets say a spammer manages to make it through your registration process, and posts 5 spam posts/threads. Now you or your staff don't see this yet, cause you are asleep. Now sometime during the night, your newsletter is generated and sent out. It has the potential of having links to the spam posts/threads in it.

[Nelson58]

Which ones are 'out there'? Other than the ProvB/ModervB version which doesn't work and for which support is maddeningly nonexistent, I haven't found any options (and I have looked far and wide)...

Our site is still using ProvB, which i bought some time ago. It does allow you to select a number of threads from each forum. The member can unsubscribe in his profile options which is good. However, the interface isn't very sophisticated. You have to create your own header and message in HTML. Occasionally, it crashes the database. You can't schedule when it goes out, you have to sit there and run it page by page. ?

A good program should pull the header from the site, so that the newsletter has the look and feel of the forum. it should have an editing section where you can edit the message as you desire before it gets sent out. it should work on cron to allow you to schedule the newsletter in advance.

The Greek gu.y had a mod. it worked once, then died. He was very excitable and gave it to Ozzy.

We really need a good one. We get huge traffic when we send one out. I wouldn't hesitate to pay for something good.

[BGObsession]

You could ask them on their site to add it to the mod, and they might just do it at some point.

But TBH, I can see all kinds of issues arising by doing something like that. There would have to be all sorts of checks and balances in place, to ensure the info grabbed was the most desirable posts/threads etc.

Think about this, lets say a spammer manages to make it through your registration process, and posts 5 spam posts/threads. Now you or your staff don't see this yet, cause you are asleep. Now sometime during the night, your newsletter is generated and sent out. It has the potential of having links to the spam posts/threads in it.

Nah - that's easily overcome simply by giving you the option of manually sending out the newsletter. That's how the original ProvB version worked, so if you did have threads that weren't legitimate, you could clean those up prior to sending out a newsletter.

I'm no coder - everything I know is self-taught - but it just seems like that Dragonbytes email mod would be a super solid basis for setting up a newsletter template as the previous poster described - that included site banner image, and options to add things like recent threads, articles, blog entries, and articles. The ProvB format was pretty decent - the problem is that later versions either didn't work or were buggy as hell.

I would also pay for someone to create this. For all those coders looking for work - I have seen numerous folks request this and offer to fund it. Seems weird no one is interested in making some money :)

[Gio~Logist]

I see that you have changed your original domain from ProVB to ModernVB now. I have a client that purchased the Premium newsletter when you were ProVB. I have a couple of questions:

1. Is his license still valid even though you changed the domain?
Yes

2. Is this the same hack but the name changed?
We've had updates since right before the change and also have a pending update.

3. If it is the same and he would still have a valid license is it possible to get the latest version of the Pro version?
Sure is, we don't expire our licenses at the moment.

[Gio~Logist]

I haven't had time to support the free version much as I've been busy with paid clients for both contracted work and premium product purchases. However, I've subscribed myself to this thread again in case anyone is having any issues.

[HM666]

Sure is, we don't expire our licenses at the moment.

I will tell my client and see what he says, thanks.

[Gio~Logist]

I will tell my client and see what he says, thanks.

Sounds good! You / they are always welcome to reach me on Skype or pm as well if you have any questions :up:

[Toorak Times]

I need your help with this mate

[Gio~Logist]

I need your help with this mate

Messaging you now:up:

[TerryMason]

I've been running the paid version of this mod for some time (1.6.0), and I have a problem when sending. My entire site becomes unresponsive during the send. I've used the mod on a couple dedicated servers, and while my load / memory, etc stay normal, the site itself will not load during the actual send process.

Does this mod lock the database while sending? Any workaround for this?

Thanks

[Gio~Logist]

I've been running the paid version of this mod for some time (1.6.0), and I have a problem when sending. My entire site becomes unresponsive during the send. I've used the mod on a couple dedicated servers, and while my load / memory, etc stay normal, the site itself will not load during the actual send process.

Does this mod lock the database while sending? Any workaround for this?

Thanks

Just sent you a pm.

[ronnyship]

This is not working, and despite request on their own Forum and e-mail, the newsletter paid MOD does not work due to old setupfiles. Even after several users pointing this out on their on board, they still supply new customers with old, non-function setup-file.

Close to fraud.

Thumbs down!

[tuRiver]

Does it send a week/daily report of most important threads/posts?