CommBull (Community Bulletin)

vb3.5 Commbull
vb3.6 Commbull

Note:
The 3.6 version is a commercial product, any queries on it should be submitted to: vb3.6 Support Site

THIS THREAD IS FOR SUPPORT FOR 3.0 VERSIONS ONLY. PLEASE VISIT THE APPROPRIATE FORUMS (links above) FOR THEIR SUPPORT

[valid point]
it's been brought to my attention that not everyone knows what this is ... fair enough: This hack is considered a "weekly newsletter" by the fact that it will email members (only sent by an admin) who have opted to receive it new posts, hot threads, etc ... basically a summary of what has been going on since the last time the newsletter was sent out. However there is a vast number of options, and I won't go into detail of all of them ... you can view the the images that I've attached, but u will only get a full idea by installing it.
I would say that there is 0 risk of this installation doing any damage to your current install as these are the changes that it does (manually and automatically):
- change profile.php and admincp/index.php
- add a couple columns to user table (receivebulletin and receivebulletin_type)
- add some phrases to phrase table (receive_email_from_commbull, type_email_from_commbull, newsletterformat, commbul)
- add a row to datastore table (commbull)
- add some html to nav template for admin side
So, if you are unhappy with the install. you can just ignore that it's there and it'll never cause any problems ... your next upgrade will overwrite any changes to the index and profile pages and the extra columns in the DB won't be an issue

[mods that i've added from vB2 version]
- to change languages, comment/uncomment line 22 and 23 to switch from English to German
- save prefs (option)
- skip to page X in case of mailout freeze
- auto redirect to next page (option)
- adding personalized text to top of newsletter w/out searching through the two text & html fields ... u'll c what i mean :ermm:

[INSTALL]
drop the 3 files into the admincp directory and then go to admincp/commbull.php ... follow the instructions and you are good to go.
If you find that the option isn't showing up on the control panel after the install, then it's because you aren't using the default phrases. Go into phrase manager, search for 'commbull' and update the fields appropriately.

If something goes wrong, don't worry .. it checks for already completed updates to the database to avoid redundancy ... enjoy!!

[cmiller1014]

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

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by DistributorTalk

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.

Originally Posted by DistributorTalk

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]

Originally Posted by DistributorTalk

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. 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. Neither setting for either checkbox is saved. Any ideas?

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by GetGamer.com

I'm still having trouble with the User Options not working. 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

PHP Code:

define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); 


That's all I can suggest.

Cheers,

[GetGamer.com]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

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

PHP Code:

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

PHP Code:

define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); 


Anyone have any other suggestions?

[kadafi_alive]

Hi,

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

Regards