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kartik786

01-06-2011 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waelmagdy (Post 2132601)

this hack makes a bad impact on the mail server use it with cushion especially if you have less than vps server or if you have a lot of members with wrong or bad e-mails

I have over 2,30,000 members. I tried using this mod but the send queue fails / stops abruptly and then I have to hit the back button. Also it conflicts with vbseo in a way and takes jargon code from footer. We have a nehlam dedicated server.

I'm willing to pay but can someone tell me how

a.) I can send an email to all my members without having to watch the queue page update every x seconds and then stop?

b.) Reduce server loads and ensure the bounced emails are not sent again.

SilverBoy

01-06-2011 09:59 AM

no advices?

rcull

01-06-2011 12:44 PM

I haven't had a problem, but you are over my head with the server knowledge. I have a site with 10,500 members. In the top box of "Settings", I have set it so that only active members in the last 300 days get the newsletter. That really cuts back bounces to uninterested parties.

grandeur_69

01-06-2011 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roymogg (Post 2124971)

I re-installed the mod on my 4.08 board and created a bulletin - I have been using it for about two years and installed the latest version etc. Sending to admins works fine but when I select 'registered users' for example and activate the send procedure the procedure loops on page 0 of 12 and keeps repeating the first 300 users - it does not advance to the next page. I disabled the mod (if there is any other way to stop this running please advise) in the plugin manager but have already sent out a pile of bulletins repeatedly to this user group.

They each got about 20 copies so I am not very popular!

Has anyone had a similar problem and if so how did you resolve it?

cheers

Roy

I found this to a be a problem only when I had the redirect time too low. Seems that the page is reloading and sending to the next page too fast and the page data is being lost.

grandeur_69

01-06-2011 04:36 PM

Your problem is usually related to server load. You probably need to increase the time between pages. This is the biggest problem I've had with this mod in the past, was that sending such big HTML emails really bogs down the server, especially if you have a virus scanner going through every email on sending. Also, the more bounces the server has to handle, the more it bogs down further.

Sending to active users is one solution. Increase the time between sends is another. Dedicated mail server would work, as well. I send to over 100k users every week and it never fails (sending from 4 forums at once, too), but I have a dedicated server.

I have added my own hack using .htaccess and some random image code to track openings. I will probably run some SQL in a month or so to remove users that haven't either opened the email or aren't active (in the last 300 days, for example). That should severely reduce the number of emails being sent.

Of course, another option, if you know someone who has the skills, is to add a bounce-handler.

MikesSite

01-25-2011 02:16 AM

Great hack, grandeur 69, thank you for this! Just a quick question, I see others are having similar issues. If users are in multiple usergroups the hack seems to leave them out all together. At least thats what I'm thinking. Do you have any suggestions for forums that use secondary usergroups?

Thanks!

asuccar

01-25-2011 08:43 PM

Great add-on...work perfectly

Request though, i can sent latest posts, polls, b'days, events...but can we also send out latest blogs and articles? Does anyone knows how?

asuccar

01-25-2011 08:51 PM

oh, just one more question:)

I want to greet the user as 'Dear Username', where i want the username to appear, to '\$vbphrase[username]' or just '$username'...or is it something different?

grandeur_69

01-31-2011 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikesSite (Post 2154168)

Honestly, I have never used secondary usergroups since the very early days so I can't confirm or deny this issue. I have a huge deadline coming up in the next couple weeks, but I will see about putting one of my other programmers on it, to determine where the issue might be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by asuccar (Post 2154559)

Great add-on...work perfectly

Request though, i can sent latest posts, polls, b'days, events...but can we also send out latest blogs and articles? Does anyone knows how?

No, unfortunately, this hack was developed way before vb4 (and those features existed) and the hack has only been kept up-to-date. There haven't been any really new features added.

Quote:

Originally Posted by asuccar (Post 2154563)

oh, just one more question:)

I want to greet the user as 'Dear Username', where i want the username to appear, to '\$vbphrase[username]' or just '$username'...or is it something different?

the vbphrase[username] is the actual language value, in case you were working with another language or wanted to change it from "Username" to "User" or something along those lines. $username is what actually displays the users actual name (like grandeur_69)

timo_copts

02-04-2011 12:36 AM

i got this error

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/****/public_html/forum/includes/init.php
Line: 55

when i login i got
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/init.php:55) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3103

grandeur_69

02-04-2011 04:38 AM

i'm not sure those have anything to do with commbull ... those functions are native to vB.

PS - I think I fixed the problem with the multiple user groups ... uploading it now.

abroad

02-06-2011 04:31 AM

Where can I change CSS for the Newsletter?
How can I display the unsubscribe text on the bottom of the Newsletter? Currently it is on the top of the Newsletter.

6piston

02-07-2011 10:01 AM

hi granduer, the new file can't be extracted after downloading (commbull.zip)
it says operation not permitted

chet	02-07-2011 07:38 PM

Fantastic installed with no problems, tried to enable the cron but I have a file missing, where can I find it?

Cheers all

includes/cron/commbull.php

Also is there a report that can be run to see how many have unsubscribed

grandeur_69

02-08-2011 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abroad (Post 2159254)

Where can I change CSS for the Newsletter?
How can I display the unsubscribe text on the bottom of the Newsletter? Currently it is on the top of the Newsletter.

CSS doesn't work in emails. 99% of CSS is stripped out by all web based email.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6piston (Post 2159716)

hi granduer, the new file can't be extracted after downloading (commbull.zip)
it says operation not permitted

I can only suggest trying it again. I had no problem and I've asked friends to try and again, no problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chet (Post 2159885)

The cron is disabled. I should not have the file in there. Most servers can not handle the load required to send out the newsletter via cron and I have not found a solution that works.

chet	02-12-2011 07:56 PM

Quote:

The cron is disabled. I should not have the file in there. Most servers can not handle the load required to send out the newsletter via cron and I have not found a solution that works.

K thanks

birdie

02-16-2011 04:31 PM

I have been using this successfully on a weekly basis for a few years now.

Just today, got this error after hitting 'send':

Quote:

This webpage is not available
The webpage at http://www.forumurl/admincp/commbull.php?do=send might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): Unknown error.

I have tried diferent browsers several times over 12hrs
Anyone have any ideas?

grandeur_69

02-17-2011 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by birdie (Post 2163270)

I have been using this successfully on a weekly basis for a few years now.

Just today, got this error after hitting 'send':

I have tried diferent browsers several times over 12hrs
Anyone have any ideas?

not really sure, but it's funny because when I click on "reply" to this post, I got that exact error message.

eJunkie

02-27-2011 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asuccar (Post 2073611)

Hey dj,

Thanks for all your help so far. I did as you said, selected only administrators but when I go to the send page, the page simply displays

Error! no users to send to
[Go back]

I've triple checked, and my admin group definitely has 1 primary user (myself:)...what's the deal? Any help appreciated!

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 2073614)

No offense intended here but if you're the only admin, then check the obvious:

you have checked the box for "Receive admin emails" in your UserCP
you have checked the box for "Receive CommBull newsletter"
you have saved these settings after checking the boxes
you have a valid email address entered in your UserCP settings

Then check AdminCP | Settings | Email Options:

Scroll down to

Set it to No. Or if it's already set to No, try setting it to Yes to bypass PHP (mail) and use SMTP.

Checked. Have anybody the same problem. any solution for this error?

wobbly

02-28-2011 07:26 PM

Great plugin. All I need is a little help to turn the output page background from white to black. Anyone help?

Scalemotorcars

03-21-2011 04:54 PM

Im getting Google JS at the top of my newsletter.

It looks something like this. Anyone know the fix....

HTML Code:

window.google_analytics_uacct = "UA-xxxxxxx-1"; window.google_analytics_uacct = "UA-xxxxxxx-1"; window.google_analytics_uacct = "UA-xxxxxxx-1"; window.google_analytics_uacct = "UA-xxxxxxx-1";

gunboard

04-03-2011 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thernus (Post 2040888)

What must I do to get the combull newsletter in german language?? THX for quick answer :)

i have the same Question. Rename cummbull_phrases_de.php in admincp to cummbull_phrases.php doesn?t have any effect. :confused:

greets uwe:

RichieBoy67

05-14-2011 12:57 AM

Will this work with the latest version and will it work with the Suite? It was working fine for a client of mine and all of a sudden it is not working.. She has the latest version and she is using the suite..cms, etc..

Thanks

Gadget_Guy

05-29-2011 12:49 PM

I tried uninstalling this product but it left behind remnante in my AdminCP

Now I have *[community_bulletin]* in my left hand column.

How can I completely remove?

D.

djbaxter

05-29-2011 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2201251)

I tried uninstalling this product but it left behind remnante in my AdminCP

Now I have *[community_bulletin]* in my left hand column.

How can I completely remove?

Delete all files starting with "commbull" in your /admincp/ folder. Depending on the version you're using:

commbull.php
commbull_functions.php
commbull_functions_preview.php
commbull_phrases.php
commbull_settings.php
commbull_template_html.php
commbull_template_html_new.php
commbull_template_txt.php
commbull_textarea.php

Also delete /includes/cpnav_commbull.xml

Gadget_Guy

05-30-2011 03:55 PM

1 Attachment(s)

Thanks,

But that didn't do it.

See attached photo

djbaxter

05-30-2011 04:10 PM

Double check to make sure the following file was deleted:

Quote:

Also delete /includes/cpnav_commbull.xml

Gadget_Guy

05-30-2011 09:43 PM

That file doesn't exist

djbaxter

05-30-2011 11:21 PM

What versi9on of Commbull did you have installed? That file is the file that loads the links in the Admin CP.

Gadget_Guy

05-31-2011 02:23 AM

Okay.. figured it out.

It was in.... /forums/includes/XML/

Once I clued into the fact that it was an XML file that made sense that I had to go into the XML directory.

D.

djbaxter

05-31-2011 02:48 AM

D'oh! My apologies. I didn't notice that missing subdirectory. :o

Gadget_Guy

06-01-2011 02:35 AM

No need to apologize!

Thanks for the support!

Us Canucks have to stick together. ;)

D.

DEGE	06-13-2011 05:38 PM

Seems that the web stated in the README.txt is out (redirects me to another unrelated site).

Does anybody have what is says in this paragraph?

Quote:

UPGRADE 4.5d -> 4.5e
===============================
1. re-upload all of ./admincp/*
2. if you want the new HTML newsletter, please follow the instructions and download from: http://www.octanedev.com/support/showthread.php?p=529

asuccar

06-14-2011 09:42 PM

Hey Guys,

Quick quesh, in the settings it asks for a 'from' email...so, for e.g. when ppl receive our newsletter the from field is 'webmaster@mysite.com'. How can i have it so it says 'MySite' in the from field instead of simply the email address?

One other issue, when i send out the newsletter, it includes events whose dates have already passed...how do i modify to have it only send upcoming events?

Cheers!

Dragonsys

06-20-2011 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67 (Post 2195418)

Yes, but you need to follow this - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233798

Dragonsys

06-20-2011 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DEGE (Post 2207224)

Seems that the web stated in the README.txt is out (redirects me to another unrelated site).

Does anybody have what is says in this paragraph?

That only applies to upgrading from v4.5d to v4.5e. If you are using v5.1 then that does not apply.

realmr

06-23-2011 05:02 PM

Its not working for me properly for more than half an year now, not sure what happened, we were migrating servers couple of times and it stopped working properly.
Some mails get sent while others get blank mails, no clue how to fix that. Tried un-install and re-installing as well, didn't work out :(

StarBuG

07-01-2011 05:23 PM

I get the following error when I try to send the newsletter:

Code:

Warning: Missing argument 1 for vB_Database::query_write(), called in [path]/acp/commbull_functions.php on line 366 and defined in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 438





Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:



Invalid SQL:

;



MySQL Error   : Query was empty

Error Number  : 1065

Request Date  : Friday, July 1st 2011 @ 02:27:27 PM

Error Date    : Friday, July 1st 2011 @ 02:27:27 PM

Script        : http://www.adsenseexperts.com/acp/commbull.php?do=send

Referrer      : http://www.adsenseexperts.com/acp/commbull.php

IP Address    : xxx

Username      : me

Classname     : vB_Database

MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-24+lenny5

I run 4.14, this is a fresh install (with modifications from the 4.0 Version Thread) and I have selected usergroups and forums for the newsletter.
I can see the newsletter preview but when I click send I get the above error.

Can anyone help me with this?

Any help is appreciated

StarBuG

07-02-2011 10:58 AM

Ok, I removed all files, reinstalled it again and now it works. Strange.

EDIT: Found the real Problem. The Error occurs when I select a Forum to post the Newsletter in. Without it, it works.

LauraS

07-06-2011 04:06 PM

Our developer is having issues with the files; he says he cannot unzip. Any hints here???

Laura

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