it has been sent again.

Alright got this one.

So many pages... Can anyone confirm if 3.5 works well with 3.6? What is the difference in the 3.5 and 3.6 version?

Thanks.

no, the free version does not work with 3.5. there have been a lot of changes between this version and the commercial version for 3.6 ... to check out features, comments, current problems, etc, go to: http://www.octanedev.com/support/

None of the links to http://www.octanedev.com/commbull.php
or http://www.octanedev.com/support/ work. The site does not appear to be down, but all I see is a little dot. I've tried with IE and FF.

quite strange. there haven't been any problems with the site or server of late ... not that i'm aware of anyway.

grandeur_69, this hack is excellent! What a brilliant idea!

Note: i did not pay him to say this! :)

also, this hack was created by a guy named Keir for vb2. I took over for vb3, then noppid took over for vb3.5. But, with all the changes by vB, it was getting quite hard to keep up with all the changes, so i rewrote it over the course of 3 or 4 months ... and, it is an ongoing project. I've probably put in over a month of full time work since it's inception ... put, it's always a good challenge.

You told me the check was in the mail ;) Nah, of course not. HUGE thanks to all the were invloved in this.

Ok, now I have primed the pump :) How and what would I modify the make the default option plain text (unchecked)?

two things are needed and they both involve database queries.

1) change the database default for when vB creates a user (PHP may not have "ALTER" permissions, so this may have to be done directly in the database)
2) update all the current users

Thanks grandeur_69, I'm going to try this in the morning...just in case :)

i'm assuming you didn't have any problems with running the SQL?

Ran like clockwork, thanks!

Amen. By the way, I just bought it. A bit tangential, but I also recently just installed vBAdvanced. I am having some problems with it. In the back of my mind I was thinking I wish it was commercial -- maybe it would be better!
Eric

By the way, I sent a test post to myself and now I have this phantom post on my board in vBAdvanced (http://www.mapforums.com) as well as the Advanced Statistics (at the bottom of http://www.mapforums.com/forum.php). Any suggestions? I can go into phpMyAdmin and delete something if that is the way to go. Thanks! Eric

I would like to buy iot but why is it like 30 dollars now..

So the 3.6.x version is only available for $30? Nice hack but why would you offer it free to 3.5.x users and charge 3.6.x?

$30 is quite a bit for this hack.

$30 isn't the world but I'd be suspicious of this as the purchase page has not been updated in ages.

The previous version of CommBull is free and can still be made to work but not without hurting some animals in the process, not recommended.

They have simply killed this wonderful hack as far as I'm concerned.

That's a shame because I really want this feature.

I am interested in purchasing the 3.6 version but I want to make sure that you are still selling it/have active support for it.

According to many posts in this thread you should buy it as they have fallen off the face of the earth.

Hi

i got this installed thanks
one thing though can anyone explain to me why when you send an email through combull if you say leave the FROM email field like "Bobby" (i.e dont put any email address
when a user recieves the email the from field shows something like

"Bobby"@theircompanydomain.com

If you have any questions about this hack, feel free to PM me. I have been working on this hack since vb2.0 with others.

This mod has taken a ton of work. If I was to charge a company for this work, it would be well over $1000 by now ... that is why I charge $30. The new mod for the pretty newsletter that is forum independent (removing problems with web based programs accepting CSS, etc) has taken 30 hours by itself.

I had originally kept all the previous mods up-to-date till 3.5, but with the mod changing to a plugin, it required a month of free time work just to convert it. The difference between 3.5 -> 3.6+ is quite a lot, especially since I have been fulfilling 95% of the users requests for additions / changes / etc. Most mods for vbulletin are now reaching $100+, so I didn't think $30 was much ... but, that is subject, i guess.

I am having major problems with the paid version of this hack since upgrading to VB 3.6.8 PL2. I gladly paid $30 for this hack because it had served a great purpose for me. I have used this hack for years.

Basically when I run commbull since the upgrade to 3.6.8 PL2 it slows my forum down so much that it might was well be considered crashed. I was running my forum at 3.6.4 up until a few weeks ago and once I upgraded commbull started giving me problems

Now that I am having problems with it since upgrading to 3.6.8 PL2 I am looking for a new bulletin emailing program. I am looking at using phplist from phplist.com . It does not incorporate into VB but is free and robust. I can always create mailing lists in the VB Admin Control Panel.

I have emailed Octane Development a few times for help with the problems I am having but the only response I get is to reinstall it.

So I guess I am getting $30.00 worth of support.

you emailed me once. however, since I am also in Germany and been taking German courses every day, I haven't had a chance to reply till this evening, but thank you for being patient.

Cool. I am a bit south of Heidelberg. Can you come by my house and help me fix my problem?? :)

No matter what I do I can't get the sender that the email is sent from to be from "Forum Name" and not from the "forum email address".

Anyone got a tip on how to fix that?

After multiple problems with this product once I upgraded to VB 3.6.8 PL II I have finally made the switch to PHPList to email my weekly bulletin. I currently have close to 17,000 members subscribed to my weekly bulletin.

I can not say enough about how much I like PHPList. It is very robust and lets me have more control over my weekly newsletter.

I still use Commbull to pull the top threads, polls, b-days, events but then copy the HTML source code into PHPList to send the mail.

Now if I can just find someone to bridge PHPList with VB I would be a VERY happy person!

That would make me happy as well.

I have a few problems with this mod too.
Tryed to send to 3.763 and is failing.
Does not send for some usergroups and for other ppl.
Any update?

Im with the 3.5g

Thanks

Did anyone ever make another one of these? I think the concept is great, but the delivery of this one was never great. Anything else out there?

I was just looking into that myself cmiller, version for 3.7 is currently under development..
http://www.octanedev.com/support/showthread.php?t=161

I'm just going to have a look at thegeeks GAZ and see how that compares, comparison page here..
http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?t=3429

and if that fails then it looks like phplist is the way to go, just a pity it does not integrate into vbulletin.

hi
when you are going to make the 3.8.0 ver

can you make it autoTemplate

thanks

Anyone know a Paid or fee solution to get rotating banners or any type of adds (preferably with PHPaddsNew) displayed to recipients?

Latest release: 5.1 - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230359

I have had 5.1 installed and something went wrong with the preview pain. It started to bring up an error looking for the admincp/commbull_textarea.php.

I noticed there was a newer version so I have installed it. I found the format has gone back from an independent button in the menu bar to one under Users. I think this is the was it was some time ago.

Any way, I liked being able to click the preview button before sending out the newsletter. That was the only reason I upgraded and it would be nice to have it back.

When I updated the settings I found there was no "Save" button. I suppose this is fine being as it saves when you click "Preview Mailing", but there is still no preview of the html:(

Another important option missing now is the ability to limit the sending to recently active users!