CommBull (Community Bulletin)

[dethfire]

I still can't get this to work. I click send and it proccesses, but just stops. Doesn't get to the next page to send out mails. This happens on a couple servers with large and small forums I own.

[globalinsites]

Is there an additional hack available that will automatically send all the pages of the bulletin, so that I don't have to click the next page button every time? That would make it a lot easier. I've tried increasing the number of emails sent on one page, but if it exceeds 1000 the page freezes and I have to start all over again.

[Pseudomizer]

Is there an additional hack available that will automatically send all the pages of the bulletin, so that I don't have to click the next page button every time? That would make it a lot easier. I've tried increasing the number of emails sent on one page, but if it exceeds 1000 the page freezes and I have to start all over again.

Hi Globalin,

why an additional hack? This is already implemented. Look at the settings on the main page. You can enable Javascript next page with a delay of 60 seconds per page. This is recommended to let your emailserver time to send the actual page emails.

Increasing to 1000 will let your IE die. Execution time 300 is the perfect number for my server.

Cheers,

[joeychgo]

I still can't get this to work. I click send and it proccesses, but just stops. Doesn't get to the next page to send out mails. This happens on a couple servers with large and small forums I own.


I have the same problem -- probably coming from 3.06 because it worked fine before I upgraded.... It seems to have something to do with sending larger numbers of emails -

[tormodg]

It worked fine on 3.0.6 for me. I also just sent out a commbull to my admins from 3.0.7 with no glitches.

I can only send about 10-15 at a time, though, because the server has an automatic 30 second timeout on scripts. But when I see that it has gone through I wait a few seconds and then click "Next" (I have 1030 members and the last bulletin went out without a glitch).

[joeychgo]

what does this section of code do? It looks commented out...


<!--
countdown = $auto_timer;
actualcountdown = $timeremaining;
function submit_form()
{
document.cpform.submit();
}

function count_down()
{
actualcountdown = actualcountdown-1;
document.cpform.timeremaining.value=actualcountdow n+ ' seconds remaining';
setTimeout('count_down()',1000);
}
//-->

[Blam Forumz]

Hey guys, love this hack, just a bit of a problem

in the html version that gets psoted automatically, it doesnt include the stats of the user it simply saus

$username, $whatever etc
Bump
need help please :/

[rajc007]

Nice hack, thank you....

[Viks]

My commbull.php is pretty hacked up but generally you want to

1. Look for a line that looks like this

$datesql = "AND (lastpost>$olddate OR dateline>$olddate)";
and replace it with this:
$datesql = "AND (dateline>$olddate)";

2. You'll also need to check the box in the commbull setup titled "Select Items to include in your mailing.... Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date? YES

Let me know if this produces the desired result.

Regards,

Matt

Hey Matt,
It did produce the desired results but partly...
I am picking up the threads for right dates but only the new threads.. I am not picking up most viewed or most replied threads!!
I am certain that is the commbull.php file. I was wondering if someone can lend me their commbull.php file which is working OK on their vB board.
im running 3.0.3.

cheers,

Vik

[memobug]

Hi Viks,

That line is probably in there multiple times - once for every block. The code frankly is not that efficient. The first thing I did was rewrite it with a loop, so I got rid of all those blocks of redundant code. It removed hundreds of lines of unnecessary php to put all the blocks into a single loop.

So just check the code, you'll probably find several more instances of that same replacement to be made.

Regards,

Matt

Hey Matt,
It did produce the desired results but partly...
I am picking up the threads for right dates but only the new threads.. I am not picking up most viewed or most replied threads!!
I am certain that is the commbull.php file. I was wondering if someone can lend me their commbull.php file which is working OK on their vB board.
im running 3.0.3.

cheers,

Vik

[Viks]

thanks Matt.. will do this tonite.

btw, why dont you release a upgrade version of CommBull or....maybe totally new Newsletter Mod, one with less bugs and efficient code..mmmm....just a thought.

cheers,

[kall]

Don't forget about us.. we would like to have a functioning calendar too.
I too would like a functioning Events section of my commbull.

[Neutral Singh]

Hi

I have seen this small module on http://www.vbulletin.com on the left hand side bottom of the homepage. Its a mailing list where somebody can submit his email to receive newsletters from vB.com...

I already have Community Bulletin installed. Is it possible to add such an module intergrated with commbull that automatically takes emails from my homepage (vBadvanced or index page or even non-Vb page) and stores it in my forum database and when i send monthly newsletter to my members, those persons who have subscribed through that mailing list, too, are also sent a copy of the newsletter. This add-on hack would really useful for any forum in general.

Thanks

[Lionel]

Well done! Is there a way not to post the userinfo in the thread? It is printing the variables

Your username is: "$username"Forget your password?You have $posts PostsYou registered on $joindateYou were last active on Magazine at $lastactivity

[apfparadise]

Ok, how about this. Installed fine, all visible, get a preview, set to only send to Administrators (me and 2 more) and it says all done, shows each one as HTML ok! and then >>>>>> NOTHING!!! no email.

Please help!

[crazymeezer]

Ok, how about this. Installed fine, all visible, get a preview, set to only send to Administrators (me and 2 more) and it says all done, shows each one as HTML ok! and then >>>>>> NOTHING!!! no email.

Please help!

I get the exact same problem running 3.0.6

[cmiller1014]

Has anyone made a version that works? I dont want to install this with all the problems people have mentioned but I desperately need this functionality on my site.

[Lionel]

The current version works for me on 3.07

[tormodg]

Works fine for me too, on 3.0.7. We had to do some changes but they were mostly to reduce server load when sending posts due to a 30 second script time out on our host.

To those who do not receive e-mail: Make sure your commbull is not caught by spamfilters. I sent out a couple of tests and received nothing, and assumed there was something wrong, but my admins and mods got it so it turned out to be a spam issue.

[MSC]

Could somebody show me how I can add an opt in to commbull in my user registration.

At present there's a box for 'can be contacted by admisinstators' but I don't think this is enough to comply with spam guidelines.

I'd like an extra tick box on the registration form so that users are clear that they are opting in to a community bulletin.

I'd also like to have a box on the forum home that allows people to opt in to the bulletin.

Has anyone done this?

Thanks very much,

Chris

[kall]

The current version works for me on 3.07
And the Events part?

Does that work too?

I ask because it doesn't for me, and I would really like it to.

[Lionel]

I can't say. It's because I don't have any events. Table for that period of time was empty. I just created a special calendar for events and posted in there, so I'll know next week....

[cmiller1014]

Yep calendar events doesnt work for us either. Just added this. I knew we should have waited. Now we have a half working script that is useless and hacked the forum up for nothing. :( :(

[cmiller1014]

So what's the deal? How do we make calendar events show up?!? PLEASE!

[cmiller1014]

I will pay for someone to get this working right for me, and to customize it a bit. Please contact me asap: chris@distributortalk.com

We really need to get this working.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you are offering payment, i suggest you repost your request on the Service Request forum. You will probably get more response from coders if posted there.

[Koutaru]

I just installed it and it works fine (minus the calendar) :)

One thing: Is there any way to just pull the templates from a current template. I don't want to keep editing the templates over and over with each mailing

[GetGamer.com]

Any suggestions for easily unsubscribing users with bad email addresses? I've got a lot of old user accounts with bad email addresses--about 10% of the membership database. It would be nice to compile a list of known "bad" email addresses and feed it into the database and unsubscribe those members so I don't keep trying to send them the bulletin.

[Lionel]

Any suggestions for easily unsubscribing users with bad email addresses? I've got a lot of old user accounts with bad email addresses--about 10% of the membership database. It would be nice to compile a list of known "bad" email addresses and feed it into the database and unsubscribe those members so I don't keep trying to send them the bulletin.

do a search for 'bouncer'. You might be able to tweak that. That was next on my list.

[jzewatsky]

Since the bulletin can be sent out by usergroup, could you create 2 secondary usergroups (send and dont send) and then go through and put the bad e-mails in dont send, the goods in send then set commbull to send to send. I know that it would be a lot of work, member by member, but it would be simple to administer once the grunt work is completed. Good luck!

[memobug]

I have a bad-email-address usergroup of registered members whose boxes are either bad, or prone to being full or offline.

Maybe you could tweak the commbull to mail from a NOREPLY@YOURDOMAIN.COM and include a real address in the message body.

Regards,

Matt

[cmiller1014]

Can we just pull hacks that arent supported anymore? Its rediculous to put people through this crap/

[Lionel]

Can we just pull hacks that arent supported anymore? Its rediculous to put people through this crap/

What for? This hack is useful to most, including me. I just do without the events, that's all. I understand they are important to you, but they are not to all.

[cmiller1014]

It's just important to me that a modification work the way it says it will work. This site is a mess because of hacks like this one where people post a million times asking for help and the original poster never responds.

[memobug]

It's just important to me that a modification work the way it says it will work. This site is a mess because of hacks like this one where people post a million times asking for help and the original poster never responds.

This mod works exactly as described. It was written for 3.0.1, as it states. 3.0.1 had an entirely different way of storing dates and events.

I hacked it up again for 3.0.3 to fix the events, but I have no idea my modifications work for 3.0.6-7-9 but I documented and offered it to people.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=571271&postcount=128

I really hope people won't be cursing my name if it doesn't work in some future version of vB that no-one could have forseen! I would not be surprised if that is why people are less inclined to support hacks.

Regards,

Matt

[HellRazor]

Would it be possible just to post the v3.0.1 -> v3.0.3 instructions here so everyone can have them?

[RichieBoy67]

Great!!! I love this hack...... Thanks for doing it...

[johnbruce71]

Cheers fella, Works a treat :)

[Trent]

Hey guys,

I've installed everything as per the instructions, and it works great. I have one small problem though, for some reason the Control Panel isn't fully displaying the link for Community Bulletin, i have attached an image to show you what i mean.. Under the "Access Masks" you can see the next half box is highlighted, this is the Commbull link and it works if i click the top edget of the box.. as other users will be sending out bulletins i want to try fix it up.. any ideas whats wrong?

[Lionel]

go to your phrases, select any one and click "Update"

[Trent]

I must be looking at the wrong thing, there is no option to "update" where i am looking.. under phrase manager?

[Lionel]

select any phrase and save it (without doing anything to that phrase). That will update all of them, and you'll be able to see the combull link

[Trent]

Ah.. Done! Thanks champ!

[GetGamer.com]

I didn't even realize there was a problem until one of our members emailed me to say that they unchecked the Community Bulletin box in their user options, but when they go back to check the settings, it's still checked!

I tested it and found the same problem. Any idea why unsubscribing might not be working?

[Pseudomizer]

I didn't even realize there was a problem until one of our members emailed me to say that they unchecked the Community Bulletin box in their user options, but when they go back to check the settings, it's still checked!

I tested it and found the same problem. Any idea why unsubscribing might not be working?

The name of the parameter could be wrong. If the name is not correct it is not passed correctly to the next site to save the values.

In addition you could have a name conflict with another settings. You should check your source code of the parameters.

Does the unchecking of the HTML option works?

Cheers,

[GetGamer.com]

The name of the parameter could be wrong. If the name is not correct it is not passed correctly to the next site to save the values.

In addition you could have a name conflict with another settings. You should check your source code of the parameters.

Does the unchecking of the HTML option works?

Cheers,
The source code for the options reveals the following:<tr>
<td><label for="commbull"><input type="checkbox" name="commbull" value="1" id="commbull" checked="checked" />Receive Community Bulletin Updates</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br />Format of the Newsletters<br /><label for="commbull"><input type="checkbox" name="commbull_type" value="1" id="commbull_type" checked="checked" />HTML if checked. Plain Text if unchecked.</label></td>
</tr> And no, unchecking the HTML option also doesn't work.

[welo]

Am having exactly the opposite issue. Nothing is checked and if you check and save the options, they don't take.

[Toneboy]

select any phrase and save it (without doing anything to that phrase). That will update all of them, and you'll be able to see the combull link
I don't have the commbull phrase in my phrases at all. Is there any way you can add that manually?

[cmiller1014]

I RECCOMEND NOONE INSTALLS THIS!

It completely broke our system, you can no longer mass prune members, and a number of other problems. The modifications it makes to the user table screw everything up.

Plus there is obviously no support for it anymore. Just not worth the effort.

[rjordan]

Interesting. After installing this, I had no problems.

[cmiller1014]

Yea well you havent tested every feature in your control panel then.

[Pseudomizer]

I RECCOMEND NOONE INSTALLS THIS!

It completely broke our system, you can no longer mass prune members, and a number of other problems. The modifications it makes to the user table screw everything up.

Plus there is obviously no support for it anymore. Just not worth the effort.

Interesting. You should not blame any hack if it is your own fault. A lot of people used this hack for over 6 months in BETA and now again for quite a long time without any changes to the code. I doubt that this hack caused your problem.

In addition I checked the install file and 2 changes are made to the user table. It adds a column receivebulletin and a column receivebulletin_type. This doesn't sound soooooo dangerous.

You should check if you are up to date on 3.0.7 and if not upgrade your system.


Yea well you havent tested every feature in your control panel then.


Every 2 weeks for 1.500 users and another domain every week for 7.000 users.

Cheers,

[Lionel]

This hack also works very well for me from the very first time I installed on 3.07

[GetGamer.com]

I RECCOMEND NOONE INSTALLS THIS!

It completely broke our system, you can no longer mass prune members, and a number of other problems. The modifications it makes to the user table screw everything up.

Plus there is obviously no support for it anymore. Just not worth the effort.Can you elaborate on what "a number of other problems" means? You mention that you cannot mass prune members. What else did you find was broken? There are a lot of people using this mod and I'm sure we'd like to hear what problems you've run across before we're faced with any nasty surprises.

I am still having a problem with the user options not working (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=640117&postcount=296). The checkboxes are there, but the user's settings are not saved.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

DistributorTalk
Member


Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 26


vB Version: 3.0.0
Well if you have kept your info up2date, this hack was never written for the version you are using.

And you should really consider upgrading.

[Pseudomizer]

I think this guy just wants attention. *he he* I never heard of any problem like this with this specific hack and in addition I helped Grandeur releasing this hack. I know the source code very well.

If this guy really uses 3.0.0 and his database has been corrupted then I would suggest a clean install of 3.0.7.

Cheers,

[GetGamer.com]

I'm still having trouble with the User Options not working (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=640117&postcount=296). Neither setting for either checkbox is saved. Any ideas?

[Pseudomizer]

I'm still having trouble with the User Options not working (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=640117&postcount=296). Neither setting for either checkbox is saved. Any ideas?

Hi GetGamer,

check if your register_globals = off in your php.ini and this is causing this problem and in addition then check if the receiving php file has not the option


define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);


That's all I can suggest.

Cheers,

[GetGamer.com]

Hi GetGamer,

check if your register_globals = off in your php.ini and this is causing this problem and in addition then check if the receiving php file has not the option


define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);



Yes, in my php.ini register_globals = off. What do you mean by checking "the receiving php file"? Are you referring to profile.php (which the user options form posts to)? If so, it does indeed have a line that reads define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);Anyone have any other suggestions?

[kadafi_alive]

Hi,

What's the manual query to see who is subscribed.

Regards

[cmiller1014]

I am using 3.0.7 and am going through hell to get support from vbulletin because I have this hack installed. What a mess

[rjordan]

I am using 3.0.7 and am going through hell to get support from vbulletin because I have this hack installed. What a mess
lol ... it can be an experience with ANY hack installed if you have a hack installed where they may be looking for a problem!

[memobug]

You would get the same response from Vbulletin if you admitted to having any hack installed.

Regards,

Matt

[CommunityZ]

Find this bit towards the bottom of commbull.php
if ($user[receivebulletin_type] == '1')
{
/*
$htmlmail = new send_mail($user['email'],"$bbtitle Mailer",$webmasteremail,$subject,$HTML_mailbody);
$htmlmail->changetype('html');
$htmlmail->send();
*/
if (DEBUG_COMMBULL == '0')
{
mail($user[email],$subject,$HTML_mailbody,$htmlEmailHeader);
}
echo ' html ';
}
else

and right before it, insert the new line:
$user[receivebulletin_type]=0;
That should force everyone to text regardless of their setting.

Regards,

Matt
Thank you!
But is there a way I make the default is by text mail If they like html mail They can chnage it to HTML mail.

[RichieBoy67]

I am having a similial problem. I cannot send out html. It was working fine and now it just sends text... I tried the above and a few other things but nothing worked...

How can I bypass and just make it send out html???

Thanks

[joeychgo]

I RECCOMEND NOONE INSTALLS THIS!

It completely broke our system, you can no longer mass prune members, and a number of other problems. The modifications it makes to the user table screw everything up.

Plus there is obviously no support for it anymore. Just not worth the effort.


I have had absolutely no problems with this program and use it on all my forums. It is a great tool as far as I am concerned.

[RichieBoy67]

I love the program too..... It was working perfectly up until recently...

[GetGamer.com]

Yes, in my php.ini register_globals = off. What do you mean by checking "the receiving php file"? Are you referring to profile.php (which the user options form posts to)? If so, it does indeed have a line that reads define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);Anyone have any other suggestions?I'm still struggling with this problem. Has anyone else had this problem, where members' changes to their bulletin preferences aren't actually saved?

[greenhybrid]

Works great. Thanks. Now, are these automatically sent evey week, now? It wasn't clear when I sent the first newsletter.

[greenhybrid]

The thread is posting as a guest even though my username number: 1 is set for "If yes, which username should be the poster?"

[4number8]

Installed perfectly on 3.0.7 and works flawlessly...Thanks alot for you time on this.

clicks installed

[RichieBoy67]

I figured out my html problem!! Recently I changed my settings for optimization to store my ccs sheets as files..... lol man - I was ready to pull my hair out...

works fine now... I will just disable this option before e-mailing... or I'm sure I could change the path... works though again!!!

[dethfire]

this thing craps out with large forums and servers without a lot of memory

[memobug]

this thing craps out with large forums and servers without a lot of memory


You should probably be specific about the errors you're receiving.

My bonsaitalk.com forum is ~6000 members and 1.5GB sql and it seems to do okay. I pay about $5 hosting per month through some noname server farm.

Maybe reduce the number of members you're sending to at one time and increase the delay between page refreshes if you are using an auto refresh.

There's no doubt this code could be improved if it cached the results and sent out the mailings periodically all day long.

Regards,

Matt

[clanlife]

Is there a way of automating this so it runs itself every say friday?

Cheers.

[GetGamer.com]

I've used it with over 22,000 members and it works perfectly fine (although it takes hours to run through the entire process).

The only problem that I (STILL) have is that members cannot change their bulletin preferences. The options appear, but if they make changes, they aren't saved. This is a serious problem and no one seems to have any suggestions.

[Horsham R/C]

Before I go ahead and install this, is there a way to do this based on a paid subscription only?

[memobug]

Before I go ahead and install this, is there a way to do this based on a paid subscription only?
It know it is capable of filtering based on primary usergroups. I don't think it observes secondary usergroups. I think I hacked mine about six months ago to respect a particular secondary group title but now I can't remember :(

Regards,

Matt

[memobug]

I've used it with over 22,000 members and it works perfectly fine (although it takes hours to run through the entire process).

The only problem that I (STILL) have is that members cannot change their bulletin preferences. The options appear, but if they make changes, they aren't saved. This is a serious problem and no one seems to have any suggestions.

I didn't see your earlier post, but it sounds like you didn't make the modifications to profile.php or didn't make them right. That's about the only explanation for it. I reinstalled this in 3.0.7 yesterday and it went fine.

Regards,

Matt

[fixer]

thanx for the hack
it works fine in 3.0.7

But in admincp, Where could i find the link to commbull.php?

[memobug]

thanx for the hack
it works fine in 3.0.7

But in admincp, Where could i find the link to commbull.php?
Expand the User section of the menu and look toward the bottom - "Send Community Bulletin" or similar

If you have a blank line there you might need to refresh one of the commbull phrases to make them all appear. Go into your phrases menu, search on commbull and pick a phrase to edit and save.

Regards,

Matt

[greenhybrid]

My "threads without replies" table shows the title "posted most recently." Any idea why?

[memobug]

My "threads without replies" table shows the title "posted most recently." Any idea why?

I think I documented it somewhere before, but commbull.php Line 809 has a bug in it, making the HTML title for topic group 4 the same as topic group 3:

$HTML_threadspreview4 .=" <td colspan=\"7\"><b><i>$title3</i></b></td>\n";

should be

$HTML_threadspreview4 .=" <td colspan=\"7\"><b><i>$title4</i></b></td>\n";

Regards,

Matt

[greenhybrid]

Thanks. I actually edited some of the code to add a new table with the custom message inside of it, so it wasn't just sitting on the background. You may want to include that in the next release, if you have one?

[memobug]

Thanks. I actually edited some of the code to add a new table with the custom message inside of it, so it wasn't just sitting on the background. You may want to include that in the next release, if you have one?

Actually, it's not mine. I don't think this hack is supported by the author(s) any longer. However, you might want to post your mods as an attachment or a screenshot of what you mean. I'm not sure exactly what your change does.

Regards,

Matt

[biagrin]

ive put my forum title image into the newsletter but it has a blue border stuck round the outsdie - does anybody know how to remove the title image border

*ignore this i ve got the answer*

[biagrin]

actually i do know have a problem. when in admincp, if i click on an option from the left hand column and it goes to the page ive clicked on, the left column disappears. anybody know why?

[Lee]

Any reason why members receiving the bulletin would receive 3 copies to the same email address?

[nnjj.net]

hi everybody,

is it wprking on 3.0.7?

[cmiller1014]

Depends on what you consider "working" . It has a ton of bugs, and sends links to threads that are deleted. The entire thing is a waste of time in my opinion.

Is there ANY OTHER option out there for something like this???

[greenhybrid]

It does? Not for me. At least not that I've noticed...

[cmiller1014]

It must just be me who has all these problems with this hack. Or everyone else is blind to the fact that calendar events dont show up, deleted posts are displayed, and there are a number of other small bugs. Sorry to be so blunt, but the entire thig is just sloppy.

[nnjj.net]

Depends on what you consider "working" . It has a ton of bugs, and sends links to threads that are deleted. The entire thing is a waste of time in my opinion.

Is there ANY OTHER option out there for something like this???


well this is not a happy idea :disappointed:

[mikehawk]

Dear god is this good sh!t! INSTALL AND USED! Just what I needed...

[mikehawk]

I wish you could send e-mail to all users (even ones that have declined Admin e-mails) like you can in the "send e-mail to users" option....

:pirate:

[Snitz]

I wanna ask a question....

can I add a custom text to the generated mailing list email ??

[simple_john]

i love the newsletter.. but have a question..

when specifying who gets the newsletter.. i can check which user group should get it..
The selected groups only send to the members 'primary group' not additional group

meaning: i have user set up as 'registered user' but they also pay subscription so the get an added group called 'sponsor'

if i select to send to 'sponsors' they dont get a letter because it only sends to those whose primary group is set as sponsor... not the additional group.... is there a way to change this so that it sends to additional group types also?

and yes, the obvious suggestion would be to change the subscription manager to change their primary group to 'sponsor'.. But if i do this.. then mods who are sponsors would have their primary group set as sponsor.. so then if i wanted to send a newsletter to only mods.. i would not be able to do this.. because mods would be their added user group not their primary group..



thanks in advance for any suggestions...

[pagekeeper]

Just curious, im sure most of you are aware of godaddy, and if you've ever geninly used their email system ... each email you recieve allows you to contact support back ... i was thinking if there could be a possiblity of adding that ablity to reply to a post in an email ? might be stupid but i guess some people might have long on a computer or cant be bothered logining in or something.. whatever and might reply quickly in the email something like <<<<< reply above this line >>>>>>> becomes a post ???

[The Geek]

Wow - that took the cake for 'the biggest pain in the butt to alter to my liking award' - not that I dont like the hack as it was... I think its a superb mod... I just wanted a very different look and functionality.

It would be cool to see this reworked to use templates and better block configuration.

Once again - cool mod.
You can see how mines coming along here (www.thenailgeek.com/bull.html)

[cmiller1014]

Would still love to have a good working version of this. I will pay someone to create one for me. CommBull has way too many bugs.

[Lionel]

My version is 90% bug free on 3.07. Someone in this thread fixed the upcoming events issue.

[cmiller1014]

Unfortunately the person who made that fix didnt post it publically and they never got back to me. There is also a bug that displays soft deleted threads which really causes problems, and if you choose to show "Threads with 0 Replies" it puts the title as "Threads with the most replies".

I've found other little bugs too but these are the most annoying. I have to copy the entire html newsletter into dreamweaver to fix it before sending it out, and thats just the html version. Anyone who receives my text version is shown the deleted threads, and incorrect heading for the 0 post thing.

This entire script is a big pain.

[cmiller1014]

I just found another bug where the bulletin shows the same poll 2 times. it only does this with 1 poll, but it does happen.

Anyone else get this?

[The Geek]

could it be that it is attached to a moved thread?

I dont think there are too many bugs with the system (though there are a couple), however the customization of it is a serious pain. It really wouldnt be too hard to make a new and improved version - I would have if I would have known how time consuming it would be to customize. I am sure it would only take about 10 hours of coding to get a really solid customizable version.

[cmiller1014]

could it be that it is attached to a moved thread?



I just looked and it was never moved. There is only 1 of this poll, but combull still shows 2 of it on the bulletin.

Very odd and annoying. I fixed the problem with the mislabeled header from a few posts back, but I still have to load it up in dreamweaver and edit out the extra poll and clean the entire thing up each time.

I would throw $300 out if I knew I could get a solid working version that will work with vb 3.5.

[grandeur_69]

i'm planning on reworking this whole thing from scratch once the new version comes out .... proper language support, calender, etc, etc
.. i've been kind of out of the loop for awhile because I've been traveling the globe for work ...

[SmartGnome]

i'm planning on reworking this whole thing from scratch once the new version comes out .... proper language support, calender, etc, etc
.. i've been kind of out of the loop for awhile because I've been traveling the globe for work ...


If you do that ... your the greatest.

My users love the commbull.


Tnx

[aldamon]

i'm planning on reworking this whole thing from scratch once the new version comes out .... proper language support, calender, etc, etc
.. i've been kind of out of the loop for awhile because I've been traveling the globe for work ...

You'd be our hero for sure. Our board is small and CommBull provides us with predictable traffic every two weeks.

[memobug]

Unfortunately the person who made that fix didnt post it publically and they never got back to me.

Hi Chris, If you're talking about me, I have communicated with you directly several times and sent the file with commbull "upcoming events" fixes to you at least twice:

Our first contact was in April when you didn't provide me an email address to send the file
After I got your address and re-sent the file, you were having problems with your email system. You wrote that your email system trashed the file, but you replied to me using an HTML client.
I re-sent in plain text anyway I sent the file to you sent it to you twice and if I recall correctly, you kept losing it.
I really don't mind trying to help people but this is exactly why I don't want to post mods in a thread like this. Your message above might give the impression that I was nonresponsive to your request and that simply isn't the case.

Please let me know by PM if you need the file again, or a gmail invite to get a properly working email client, which is the suggestion I made when we last communicated.

Best regards,

Matt

[yoyoyoyo]

could it be that it is attached to a moved thread?

I dont think there are too many bugs with the system (though there are a couple), however the customization of it is a serious pain. It really wouldnt be too hard to make a new and improved version - I would have if I would have known how time consuming it would be to customize. I am sure it would only take about 10 hours of coding to get a really solid customizable version.
please please please please please!

a geek bull would make my day! :D

[soniceffect]

OK had a look through the thread and can`t seem to see an answer so I guess I`ll post it .... when I put text in the 'extra material' box in appears as plain text ... Any way I can get it to appear in a table same as the rest of the bulletin?

[RichieBoy67]

You can use almost any HTML editor and just copy the whole thing into the editor and add your text.. You could even use frontpage for this..

[soniceffect]

cheers richie ... never even though of that *doh LMAO

[tuwebfacil]

Hi,

I have this hack installed for long in a 17.000 members forums and working great in a Pentium 4 with 1GB of RAM cPanel Server.

I decided to change the server to a Dual Xeon 2 GB of RAM, and now the hack stop to work. I imported my account from cPanel to cPanel, so should have the exact setup, of course its different server now.

It does the preview well, but when I try to send to 300 members at time the newsletter times out.

I have to set to 10 to 20 members at once, and you can imagine how long it will take for a forum with 17.000+ members to send a newsletter.

I changed many setting in the new server but I don’t know what else to do, maybe someone has an idea or experience with this.

Thanks!

[Neutral Singh]

Its got nothing to do with Commbull, you can checkup with your server administrator to increase the amount of emails that can be sent at once.

[mikelbeck]

I've tried to install this a couple of times on my vB and have had the same issues each time:

1 - The install screen shows a bunch of changes that need to be made to code, but has no other text... Anywhere where there should be text is just "I". If I continue on past the install screen, the same thing happens.

2 - The phrases that are inserted have "I" as their text.

3 - The item never shows up on the admin screen menu.

Has anybody else experienced this? How do I fix it? This is on 3.0.7, if that matters.

Screenshots attached...

[tuwebfacil]

Its got nothing to do with Commbull, you can checkup with your server administrator to increase the amount of emails that can be sent at once.

Can you give me any tip about where they should change that, seems that they don't know what to do.

Any hint will be really appreciated :)

Thanks!

[dethfire]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE forum SET replycount=replycount+1,threadcount=threadcount+1, lastpost='1122878669',lastpost er='dethfire' 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

mysql error number: 1064

[mikelbeck]

I've tried to install this a couple of times on my vB and have had the same issues each time:

1 - The install screen shows a bunch of changes that need to be made to code, but has no other text... Anywhere where there should be text is just "I". If I continue on past the install screen, the same thing happens.

2 - The phrases that are inserted have "I" as their text.

3 - The item never shows up on the admin screen menu.

Has anybody else experienced this? How do I fix it? This is on 3.0.7, if that matters.

Screenshots attached...

Nobody has any ideas on this?

[TTG]

Seems to work fine on 3.0.8 .. just installed it for a friend, with no problems on installation :)

[:Judge:]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE user SET
styleid = 1,
showvbcode = 2,
pmpopup = 0,
maxposts = -1,
daysprune = 0,
timezoneoffset = '-5',
startofweek = 1,
languageid = 0,
threadedmode = 0,
autosubscribe = -1,
showdonor = ,
options = 2519
WHERE userid = 1

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 '
options = 2519
WHERE userid = 1' at line 12

mysql error number: 1064



I get this error when I try to save my options. The email goes out but MySQL error with the options save.

I am starting this site out new and getting new members everyday, a sour profile save after signing up just is not going to work.

Please Help :)

[cmiller1014]

<font size="7">bump!!!!

Need For 3.5

Please</font>

[RetroDreams]

i'm planning on reworking this whole thing from scratch once the new version comes out .... proper language support, calender, etc, etc
.. i've been kind of out of the loop for awhile because I've been traveling the globe for work ...

I'd be willing to donate $5-$10 to make it so.

[cmiller1014]

Ill give $200 if it can be made for 3.5 and all the bugs ironed out

[dethfire]

The original author doesn't seem to be supporting it anymore. We need some fresh blood.

[cmiller1014]

He posted a few posts back but we do need someone who is motivated. I posted in requests, on vbulletin.com, i have exausted all my resources. I am even willing to pay for someones time and let the entire community have access to the code.

[Kihon Kata]

This is one of my favorite and most used hacks. I have almost 7,000 members I used this for on a regular basis and today it decided to mess up.

Today I received this error when sending:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/httpd/vhosts/makeuptalk.com/httpdocs/forums/admincp/commbull.php(1216) : eval()'d code on line 429

This was line 429:

"\$hotonly2 = $hotonly2; ".


Any ideas?

[waternut]

Sorry guys, I am a little lost here with regards to the installation of this hack.

I followed the instruction and uploaded the 3 files to the admincp as instructed by the original author.

The standard installation screen comes up and the first step is to "Modify User Option Templates -> modify options template after: ...."

I have no idea where to locate this template... any one can point me in the right direction for this first step? please...

-waternut

[SilverBoy]

is there any way to let event and birthday block to work?

[xtreme-mobile]

i got this working but have no commbull option in my admin cp what have i missed (what a numpty i am lol)

[[email protected] vbmenu_register("postmenu_777382", true);]

HELP



Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE forum SET replycount=replycount+1,threadcount=threadcount+1, lastpost='1127346816',lastposter='Mark' 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

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 21st of September 2005 06:53:36 PM
Script: http://www.
Referer: http://www.
Username:
IP Address:

[rcull]

A feature I would like on commbull is to know how many people it actually sends out to. I know how many registered members I have, but probably many have unsubscribed.

[Toneboy]

Any update on whether or not this will become available for 3.5?

[noppid]

Any update on whether or not this will become available for 3.5?


I have converted it for my forums. It's an important hack for us. I will not be supporting it or posting it however. I have contacted the author and offered him the code. Beyond that, I have no clue what will happen. He may even have his own plans.

[aldamon]

I have converted it for my forums. It's an important hack for us. I will not be supporting it or posting it however. I have contacted the author and offered him the code. Beyond that, I have no clue what will happen. He may even have his own plans.

Does the original author even care any more? I don't see why you'd have to support it if you just posted the changes. I hope you reconsider.

[noppid]

Does the original author even care any more? I don't see why you'd have to support it if you just posted the changes. I hope you reconsider.

The latest author has said the code is free to share. But, I am not posting anyone's code that I modified ever again for personal reasons.

I sent him a copy and asked him to post it. I would monitor the thread though since he is very busy and can't support the hack any longer if that happens.

[aldamon]

Don't need support. All I need is a description of the modified files and simple instructions, just like every other version of this hack for the last 4 years.

[Toneboy]

I might go down the newsletter road then rather than wait for a hack I found to be quite buggy with the 3.0.x series.

[Neutral Singh]

Yes please share the code modification for vb 350 with us. Thanks

[aldamon]

Noppid saves the day! Commbull lives on!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97809

[mfizzel]

I see no option for sending this automatically....it says that it sends weekly but I assume that means if I manually send it weekly?

[noppid]

I see no option for sending this automatically....it says that it sends weekly but I assume that means if I manually send it weekly?

That is correct, it is not a cron job.

[apfparadise]

I dont know if anyone can help me, since this is now mostly a 3.5 website (as it should be, I will switch one day too). My Commbull worked absolutely fine for about 3-4 months, then today I get this error when clicking on "Send community bulletin" in Admincp:


Warning: Unknown(/home/aquatic/public_html/forum/admincp/commbull.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown(/home/aquatic/public_html/forum/admincp/commbull.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Warning: (null)(): Failed opening '/home/aquatic/public_html/forum/admincp/commbull.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0


What's up with that? I have not updated my forum at all in a while, and it worked last week fine. Please help. The file is still on the server.

[noppid]

You are getting a permissions error, make sure commbull.php has execution and read rights (755) set.

[traderx]

That is correct, it is not a cron job.

Is there not ANY way that this can be done with a cron job?

[Christie]

Went to send the Community Bulletin this week and found the drop down options for "Show info starting from this date" only go up to 31.12.2005.

Is there any way of extending the date into 2006 and beyond? If so how do I do it please. I inherited the board with this hack installed, but wouldn't like to be without it.

Thanks

[timelord726]

I get this after opening commbull.php:

Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first() on a non-object in C:\apachefriends\xampp\docs\jds\forums\admincp\com mbull.php on line 46

[apfparadise]

Is there not ANY way that this can be done with a cron job?

Maybe we are using this for different reasons, but I dont think you'd want it a cron job. This is something of a newsletter, where you write the first part up, putting in important information (new articles, things going on on the site...) Interesting stuff, and then give them the dry "posts and birthdays"

I do it weekly, have done for over a year now, I think. If it's interesting nobody takes themselves off the list, if you just cron them the dry news you lose most of 'em.

[Christie]

Went to send the Community Bulletin this week and found the drop down options for "Show info starting from this date" only go up to 31.12.2005.

Is there any way of extending the date into 2006 and beyond? If so how do I do it please. I inherited the board with this hack installed, but wouldn't like to be without it.

Thanks

Worked out how to do it - thanks

[b00k]

Worked out how to do it - thanks


how? Please and thanks....err.. nm.. here you go..

open commbull.php from the admin cp..

search

<td><select name='fromyear'>".makedateselect(1999,2005,$datebits[2])."</select></td></tr></table></td></tr>";


and replace with

<td><select name='fromyear'>".makedateselect(1999,2009,$datebits[2])."</select></td></tr></table></td></tr>";


that should work. Added it upto 2009.

Hope this is correct in all areas.. Worked for me.

[Christie]

Hope this is correct in all areas.. Worked for me.
That's how I did it too and it worked for me.

[grains]

This is GREAT! Thank you so much!

[grains]

Just wondering if there was cron information for the bulletin?

[sinner]

I've tried to install this a couple of times on my vB and have had the same issues each time:

1 - The install screen shows a bunch of changes that need to be made to code, but has no other text... Anywhere where there should be text is just "I". If I continue on past the install screen, the same thing happens.

2 - The phrases that are inserted have "I" as their text.

3 - The item never shows up on the admin screen menu.

Has anybody else experienced this? How do I fix it? This is on 3.0.7, if that matters.

Screenshots attached...

I'm having this same issue... any thoughts?

[Shaliza]

It'd be great if this worked with 3.5.4

[globalinsites]

It'd be great if this worked with 3.5.4

I'm hoping it will be available soon too :-)

[oninuva]

i have a problem in commbull.php on line 46

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object

[kyle]

our Community Bulletin is no longer working now that we update to VBulletin vB3.6. is there any known bugs or fixes, seems to be taking up a lot of server resources then stops out. Is their a vB3.6 hack planed?

[noppid]

our Community Bulletin is no longer working now that we update to VBulletin vB3.6. is there any known bugs or fixes, seems to be taking up a lot of server resources then stops out. Is their a vB3.6 hack planed?

I have no plans to port this at this time. It's already a piece meal port that is a mess.

However, if I get the chance to see the posted code installed on a 3.6 install and a quick edit will fix it, I will make that type correction and repost.

But since I don't use this code, someone will have to step up and provide me a working example to see what's broke and assess any issues.


EDIT:
Oops, this is posted in the 3.5.x forums already folks.

[Schahab]

Is there a option, that this newsletter ist send out automatic every week for example?

[vau7]

Where is the 3.5 Version? Its away? For what?

[Cky47]

Please release a 3.6 version :)

[Aaron RV]

update for 3.6?

:rolleyes:

[Reeftanksonline]

Is there any newletter hacks for 3.6 that works like this one?

[Icehawk002]

Yes please release 3.6 :D

[GetGamer.com]

Yeah, I loved this mod. Similar functionality for 3.6 would be a huge benefit.

[GNDI]

this should be updated to be complaient with version 3.6.1 ASAP

[tormodg]

Can anyone recommend a substitute? Even if it's commercial! Much needed.

[adwade]

Can anyone recommend a substitute? Even if it's commercial! Much needed.

Might voice your wishes over at http://vbmodder.com/forums/f2/another-hack-idea-86.html since the idea is being kicked around some.

[grandeur_69]

Hi all ... I have re-written and upgraded this hack to 3.6.1 ...

However, the client that requested the original hack (and paid me for it) is claiming rights and wants to reduce the number of people that use it (mostly competitors). So, I will be putting it up on my website for $5 (maybe $10), but you will require Zend Optimizer to be installed on the server. This is a once-a-year fee to help keep the program updated ...

[GNDI]

is the updated one added to this thread, or what link does we have to use to find it

[grandeur_69]

sorry ... yea, i wasn't very clear. I haven't added the link yet because i have some final touches that needed to be added to make it user friendly ... right now it's not as easy to install. I hope by the beginning of next week it will be ready.

[Cheertobi]

Hi,

uh, that is really great! Did you add any new features? Does it now runs via cron?!

Ah, and can you also offer a Ioncube Version?!

Tobi

[Neutral Singh]

Woohooooooo!! I will buy two licenses first thing up!! ;) when are you are releasing the beta... plz plz plz

[GNDI]

I'll buy one as soon it is intergrated to the VBadmin and you don't need zendMinimizer since it does work very well together with pecl-APC wich make vb pretty fast it also need to run by cron or atleast vbcron

[grandeur_69]

yes, it will have a cron option installed by default (but disabled so that you can change the frequency ... least that's the plan - i haven't checked if i can have it disabled by default, so it may require to manually add the cron). What is ZendMinimizer?? i'm not clear on the conflicts you are refering to GNDI ... ?

[grandeur_69]

ps - someone mentioned something about using ioncube ... not sure if it's in the budget right away as it's $200 US ... but, if it is popular enough, then i will.

[grandeur_69]

I am it installed on 4 forums all running 3.6.1 ... the crons are all set up to run this weekend under various test conditions. If it is successful, then expect it to become available on Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

[offline]

Does the new 3.6.1 version work with 3.5.4?

[Paul M]

Please note that promotion of the paid version for 3.6 is not permitted in this thread, or on vb.org in general. You are permitted to link to it in a manner we consider is non promotional, as such, the single link in the first post has been left.

[grandeur_69]

thank you. appologies.

yes, it will work on previous versions starting at 3.5.0 ... i have some old forums that i will double-check if you are interested.

[navjotjsingh]

Fatal error: Unable to read 41812 bytes in /home/exguides/public_html/career/admincp/commbull.php on line 0


How to sort out this error? I am on vb 3.6.
BTW my commbull.php is of 44,122 bytes

[arossphoto]

thank you. appologies.

yes, it will work on previous versions starting at 3.5.0 ... i have some old forums that i will double-check if you are interested.

I'm still using commbull with 3.5.4, so I'd also be interested in knowing if the new version will work. Thanks.

[grandeur_69]

yes, this will work with 3.5.4 ...

navjotjsingh: to fix that error, you need to upload the files in binary mode

[navjotjsingh]

But I don't have access to php.ini file...I am on a shared hosting.

[grandeur_69]

hmmm, something else i thought of ... make sure that when you upload the files that you are uploading them in binary (not ASCII) ... most ftp programs figure it out on their own ... but not all.

[navjotjsingh]

After uploading them in binary mode..new error:


Warning: main(./admincp/commbull_phrases.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/commbull.php on line 66

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './admincp/commbull_phrases.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/exguides/public_html/career/admincp/commbull.php on line 66

[grandeur_69]

yea, that's my bad ...

anyone that is installing this as a fresh version, i forgot to include commbull_phrases.php (goes in ./admincp/) ... i have added this to the downloadable files above ... i also have a german version, if requested.

[GNDI]

What is ZendMinimizer?? i'm not clear on the conflicts you are refering to GNDI ... ?
ZendMinimizer = ZendOptimizer Like you say Bill($)dows about windows

but ZendOptimizer and the pecl-APC php casche doesn't work together

[GNDI]

But I don't have access to php.ini file...I am on a shared hosting.
you can add php_value memory_limit 24M to you .httaccess file, this will SOMETIMES overright the default settings.
You can change the value of 24M to whatever you like.

If the .htaccess method does not work or if you get an internal server error after adding this line, remove the line from the .htaccess again. You can also try to change the memory_limit by adding the following line right after '<?php ' in global.php ini_set("memory_limit","32M");

[Paul M]

Please note this in the main post.

The 3.6 version is a commercial product, any queries on it should be PM'd to the Author, support or promotion of it is not permitted in this thread.I have removed two 3.6 support questions this morning.

[laskos]

does anyone know how to change the layout of the html version? i want to include:

post title
posted date
forum it was posted in

also how can i un subscribe all my members and they need to subscibe into it as at the moment everyone is on it?

i have the 3.5.4 version

thanks in advance

[laskos]

anyone ?

[rcull]

I have just noticed something you may wish to try to improve in an otherwise excellent product.

When a user updates their email address in the forums, it is not updated in the commbull send out. This means that if they change their email, they will never get another commbull!!!

Maybe the easiest way would be to have an option to update the mailing list?

[vwdforum]

<a href="http://www.octanedev.com/commbull.php" target="_blank">http://www.octanedev.com/commbull.php</a> is down and not working boooo

[joshbond]

http://www.octanedev.com/commbull.php is down and not working boooo

ya, that sucks. I would of liked to of checked this one out.

Anyone know any other alternatives?

[abroad]

I would like to insert a <table width=700px> tag in the text box to limit the width of the text when I see it in HTML form, but it has no effect...any idea why?

[goldendox]

i have uploaded the 2 files inside the commbull zip into admincp, but nothing shows up at users. am i supposed to do something else? thanks.

[goldendox]

also, not finding any further instructions.

[SoftDux]

Does anyone know if this mod will work with VB 3.6.8?

I get the following error when trying to use it:




Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first() on a non-object in /home/webhost/public_html/admincp/commbull.php on line 46