Send HTML email via admincp

[Dean C]

[Send HTML email via admincp]

Information

vBulletin Version: 3.0.3


Author: Dean Clatworthy (http://www.deanclatworthy.com)


Copyright: You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.


Donations: I release my modifications for free. If you wish to donate please contact me via PM and I will give you my details. All donations are graciously appreciated.


Credits: I would like to thank the following people who contributed to the making of this modification.

Breaker - for bugging me on IRC how to do it.



What does this modification do?
This modification allows you to send optional HTML email in your newsletter when mass emailing users from your AdminCP

Installation

1/

In admincp/email.php find:


vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']);


Replace it with:

if($_POST['sendhtml'])
{
vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from'], '', '', true);
}
else
{
vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']);
}


2/

In admincp/email.php find:


print_textarea_row($vbphrase['message_email'], 'message', '', 10, 50);


Directly below it place:

print_yes_no_row('Send HTML Email?', 'sendhtml', 0);


3/

In admincp/email.php find:


construct_hidden_code('test', $_POST['test']);


Directly below it place:

construct_hidden_code('sendhtml', $_POST['sendhtml']);


4/

In includes/functions.php find:


function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '')


Replace it with:

function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '', $html = false)


5/

In includes/functions.php find:


$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;


Replace it with:

$usehtml = iif($html, 'html', 'plain');
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/' . $usehtml . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;


Please Click Install!
If you installed this modifcation please click the install button. It'll help you keep up to date with future releases and important bugfixes, security updates.

[Dan]

Awsome Hack Dean :D thanks!

[Chris M]

Nice - Adding to my "to install" list :)

Satan

[Royal]

Cool addon Dean :)

* Royal clicks install

[Breaker]

thanks for this one Dean, helped me alot especially when you told me how to get it so normal emails woldn't be effected :)

* Breaker installed it first :)

[pirrup]

tnx for sharing
/me clicks install

[Floris]

Can members select to receive plain or html emails?

[GamerzWorld]

Any screenes of what it looks like in admincp?

[FleaBag]

Been wanting this one for a while, I could do it in vB2 with a little CSS, didn't seem to want to work in vB3. Thanks again!

[razor69]

What am I missing? I did the install, and there is no where to include the message in admincp now? What am I doing wrong?

[HiDeo]

Nice job thanks !

[Breaker]

i tihnk step 2 is wrong....not sure though. Dean, did you actually test it with the yes/no boxes?

[Dean C]

Can members select to receive plain or html emails?

Nope :)

[Dean C]

Any screenes of what it looks like in admincp?

Screenshot now attached to first post, nothing much to see though :)

[Dean C]

What am I missing? I did the install, and there is no where to include the message in admincp now? What am I doing wrong?

Fixed. Minor typo in the instructions. Please re-apply step 2 again.

[deathemperor]

exactly what I wanted to ask, thanks

but I do need a txt instruction...

[Princeton]

Excellent and usable hack!!

Thanks for sharing. Clicks install. :)

PS. Why is the text so small on first post? It's hard to read at 1600 resolution. :(

[Breaker]

Fixed. Minor typo in the instructions. Please re-apply step 2 again.
thought that was the issue myself, but i didn't want to say it directly. I did say there was a problem with step 2 though :P

[Dean C]

PS. Why is the text so small on first post? It's hard to read at 1600 resolution. :(

I like 10px font :)

[mcyates]

PROBLEM!!!!!

My forum is set to send 500 emails at a time, it works fine for the first 500 emails as i'm the admin and i got it in HTML. When it starts the 500 > 700 members (i have 700 members) it sends it in normat text and not html as i have a second account which it sent it to and it was all messed up html code.

[Dean C]

PROBLEM!!!!!

My forum is set to send 500 emails at a time, it works fine for the first 500 emails as i'm the admin and i got it in HTML. When it starts the 500 > 700 members (i have 700 members) it sends it in normat text and not html as i have a second account which it sent it to and it was all messed up html code.

Ah of course, I've added a new step. Please apply step 3 and all should work fine now :)

[mcyates]

Ah of course, I've added a new step. Please apply step 3 and all should work fine now :)
ok thank you very much.

[Dean C]

ok thank you very much.

You're welcome - let me know if you get any other problems :)

[Cornolio]

i get this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /web/htdocs/www.discutere.it/home/includes/functions.php on line 1888
:confused:

[Dean C]

Then you applied the modification wrong. Go back and reapply it :)

[cinq]

Fantastic, I was just asking over at vb.com on how I could send out nicely HTML Formatted emails to my members, could be great as a newsletter thingy.

Thanks a million Dean ! :D

[Cornolio]

Then you applied the modification wrong. Go back and reapply it :)
i've already reapplyied twice :cry:
i'm going to reapply another time but... it doesn't have conflicts with vbchat, right?

[Dean C]

I can't see why it would Cornholio. Are you using dreamweaver to apply the modification? DW screws up formatting a lot and it could be that perhaps?

[Cornolio]

yes, i was using dw... i've just modified the files with wordpad and it worked :D

thanks :D

[Dean C]

Glad you got it working ;)

[paulyy]

Nice!!

* paulyy clicks install

By the way, for future reference DreamWeaver tends to screw up this line;

$debughtml .= " (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') === false, '?', '&amp;') . "tempusage=1\">Template Usage</a>) (<a href=\"" .

[mtha]

:( hmm, somehow I didnt get this to work.

I applied this hack, and go to AdminCP

If I send email as plain text, it go though
If I send email as html, I dont get the email. (it said mail sent successfully in ACP)

Do you have any idea why I cant receive html email?

[Dean C]

:( hmm, somehow I didnt get this to work.

I applied this hack, and go to AdminCP

If I send email as plain text, it go though
If I send email as html, I dont get the email. (it said mail sent successfully in ACP)

Do you have any idea why I cant receive html email?

Do any of your members get the HTML email?

[mtha]

Do you have any idea why I cant receive html email?

I sent one test html email to myself, didnt send to others :)

maybe I should do some more tests, (at later time)

[primesuspect]

Thanks for this hack! I appreciate it!

[deathemperor]

but I do need a txt instruction...
why not ?

[Dean C]

The modification is here if you want it. I'm not creating txt files for private reasons :)

[SnowBot]

Great little hach Dean :)

* SnowBot clicks install

I have abit of catching up to do with hacks as been away for afew weeks :)

[wolfgang2]

Great little hach Dean :)

* SnowBot clicks install

I have abit of catching up to do with hacks as been away for afew weeks :)
is it working with vB 3.0.5?
if yes i click install....

[Dean C]

It should do, give it a try :)

[yoyoyoyo]

is it working with vB 3.0.5?
if yes i click install....
it sure is! :D

[wolfgang2]

it sure is! :D
i'll try it with 3.0.6 now:)

[Muderman24]

i don't have any of the code so what do i do?

[Dean C]

Huh? What do you mean?

[Muderman24]

the code in the first step thats should be in admincp/email.php i tried to find that code and it's no there.

[Muderman24]

nvm i got it i don't know why it wasn't finding it but it works now, nice work.

[renee1]

will this work on 3.05?

[Dean C]

will this work on 3.05?

It should do :)

[puchko]

Thanks for the mod.

Just wondering if there is a way to auto-detect if the user can receive html or plain text email, and then the email is sent in the appropriate format...

[ArBoK]

Thanks for the mod.

Just wondering if there is a way to auto-detect if the user can receive html or plain text email, and then the email is sent in the appropriate format...


yeah i wonder if there's some way to do that, not all users may be able to receive HTML :rolleyes:

[jribz]

Thanks for the mod.

Just wondering if there is a way to auto-detect if the user can receive html or plain text email, and then the email is sent in the appropriate format...I don't think there is any way of detecting that, it's not even an option in VB when you register so how would you know?

Unless, of course you're meaning to send plain and html at the same time and detect at the opening level, but I'm not sure that can be done either. :rolleyes:

[Dean C]

You could add a profile field where a user can set whether to receieve HTML/text email :) I'll look into it when I have some free time

[uae-style]

didnt work on 3.0.6 :(

[uae-style]

it worked
i was uploading my backup files by mistake LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
thanx man 4 the great hack ;)

[sicloan]

awsome hack, i really needed this !!

[renee1]

Dean you ROCK!!!! it works great!

[Dean C]

Glad it's working for you guys :)

[primesuspect]

Just a note: for some reason when you cut and paste the code from here to EditPlus for windows, it butchers this section:

if($_POST['sendhtml'])
{
vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from'], '', '', true);
}
else
{
vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']);
}

not sure why. Just a heads up if this is driving anyone nuts who uses EditPlus like I do. I typed it in by hand and it works fine. Cheers! :)

[armagan]

will this work on 3.07?

[lange]

bump

[Marco van Herwaarden]

What are you bumping for lange? I don't see a previous question from you.

[lange]

...Will this work on 3.07?

[[t4e]Kicks]

This mod looks interesting. My question is whether or not you can tell it to send to only certain user groups. I run a World of Warcraft guild forum and want it to only be sent to select groups, but not all of the users. Thanks in advance for your response

[Breaker]

Kicks']This mod looks interesting. My question is whether or not you can tell it to send to only certain user groups. I run a World of Warcraft guild forum and want it to only be sent to select groups, but not all of the users. Thanks in advance for your response
this just adds an extra option to the current email option in vB.... so you can make it only send the mail to certain usergroups



@lange : should work on 3.0.7 nothing has really changed

[[t4e]Kicks]

Kicks]well, duh

I'll be alright :)

[fishkorp]

thanks, installed and works great....with one exception. if i send out an email with images or tables it gets sent to people's spam folders. anyone know a away around this?

[Cahlutz]

Hello,

I've just tried to add this hack but it seems i can't edti includes/function.php
I can't understand why. If i change only one letter in it, then put it back it gives me the same error over and over. I even started a ssh session on server and edit the file through PICO, same error. Whitout editing the file i can't see the forum until i upload the original file again.

Can someone help me on this?

[Norbert]

Perfect thx for this real great modification!

Liebe Grüsse aus Wien,
Norbert

[T3MEDIA]

I did a mass PM of 18,000 and I #15340 didnt get it.

I was testing to myself and it worked like a charm.

Any ideas why?

[knetgummi]

>>>installed<<<
nice hack, thank u very much :)


greetZ
knetgummi

[BradM]

I installed and tested, I am not receiving HTML emails at all. The emails just never arrive?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I installed and tested, I am not receiving HTML emails at all. The emails just never arrive?Check your Junk Mail (or what ever it is called) folder. A lot of over active spam filters treat html mails as spam.

[htscpl]

I just installed and tested, receive html email to myself! This is just what I've been looking for! Thanks !

** Clicks Install **

[DannyITR]

After uploading the two files my forums shut down and I get this error:


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home2/montreal/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2019

If I replace functions.php with the old one it goes away.

this is line 2019:

$debughtml .= " (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')=== false, '?', '?','&amp;') . "tempusage=1\">Template Usage</a>) (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')=== false, '?', '?','&amp;') . "explain=1\">Explain</a>)<br />\n";
$debughtml .= "<select>\n\t<option>(Page Generated in $totaltime Seconds)</option>\n$messages</select>\n";

[ry@n]

nice hack.

helped alot.

[DannyITR]

Help!!!!!!

[Dean C]

After uploading the two files my forums shut down and I get this error:


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home2/montreal/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2019

If I replace functions.php with the old one it goes away.

this is line 2019:

You are applying the changes incorrectly

[ZGeek]

is there a way to make it that all emails sent out are in html format?

[ZGeek]

I figured it out, don't even need this hack. i just changed the line in the included/functions.php from

$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

to

$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; I hope this helps anyone looking for html emails.

[edbri871]

Thanks, this hack has helped me a lot. :)

[SCI]

Thanks for the Hack! I didnt test it yet but The modification went well in 3.0.7

[jellybaby]

Is this no longer available, or is there an updated version anywhere? :ermm:

[skizzy203]

I was hoping that you could enlighten us with useful information on how to send HTML formated e-mail through vBulletin 3.5.

I use this and would like to see it integrated.

[B999V]

I was hoping that you could enlighten us with useful information on how to send HTML formated e-mail through vBulletin 3.5.

I use this and would like to see it integrated.

That would be very nice.

[chapsrulez]

installed and fully working
thanks.

[dlittle]

(Using 3.5.0) I had to do an HTML mailout yestuday, and had to hack a line to get it to go...

In includes/class_mail.php:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Change the obvious to:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Something more elegant may come around, but that was my quick fix.

[dutchbb]

(Using 3.5.0) I had to do an HTML mailout yestuday, and had to hack a line to get it to go...

In includes/class_mail.php:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Change the obvious to:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Something more elegant may come around, but that was my quick fix.
Is that the only edit that needs to be done to the orig. vb 3.5.1 files?

Or do I still need to apply the edits from dean's first post?

thanks,
T.

[xBhp]

will this work in 3.5.2?

[MissKalunji]

(Using 3.5.0) I had to do an HTML mailout yestuday, and had to hack a line to get it to go...

In includes/class_mail.php:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Change the obvious to:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Something more elegant may come around, but that was my quick fix.

works great thanks!

[Gizmo999]

Does it have any effect on the normal admin/registration emails??

[MissKalunji]

Does it have any effect on the normal admin/registration emails??

yes it does

[demojames]

Works perfectly on 3.0.12. Great Job Thanks!!

[texasasl]

I installed it in version 3.5.2 but in the functions.php i didn't find the 5th step....The new layout works but still no HTML coding.... :(

Any ideas plz??

[texasasl]

(Using 3.5.0) I had to do an HTML mailout yestuday, and had to hack a line to get it to go...

In includes/class_mail.php:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Change the obvious to:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Something more elegant may come around, but that was my quick fix.
Using this code i don't even get an email...I'm testing it all day long...Any ideas??

VB V.3.5.2

[masterross]

(Using 3.5.0) I had to do an HTML mailout yestuday, and had to hack a line to get it to go...

In includes/class_mail.php:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Change the obvious to:
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;

Something more elegant may come around, but that was my quick fix.

the problem is that all mails are senging as HTML
and this hack not works on 3.5.x couse choise "use HTML" are not send to functions.... dont know why...
even i set
construct_hidden_code('sendhtml', $vbulletin->GPC['sendhtml']);

BR,
Ross

[masterross]

i've just found this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99910

and works ok

BR

[zeropaid]

Any idea if this will work in 3.5?

[coffee]

Dean, Could you please upgrade this to 3.6 using plugin and hooks?

[marlita]

Can this work for 3.6.x?

[webmaster74]

ok..... so the coder is not any more supporting the mod. let us look for something similar.

[Filmkolik]

Forumlarda arayıpta bulamadıgımda buydu :) sonunda kavuştum thanks

[feremerz]

$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; this line not founded