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Commbull (Community Bulletin) 5.1a for vBulletin 4.01
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This not the CommBull product itself. This is simply instructions for adapting it to work with vBulletin 4.x.
Download CommBull from: Commbull (Community Bulletin) 5.1a for vBulletin 3.8x grandeur_69 has released his latest version of CommBull as a free add-on, indicating that he no longer has time to continue developing it. I am posting this here for the benefit of other vBulletin 4.x who don't want to lose the newsletter feature (grandeur_69 has approved this). At https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=71 a member asks: Quote:
I have the previous (commercial) version, 4.5f, which does run successfully via a cron job, running on 4.01. It required some modification of the installation instructions but it does work. I expect you should be able to get this version running as well, although as the coder noted the cron capability won't work. 1. Edit product-Commbull.xml and find the following line: PHP Code:
PHP Code:
2. Upload the files and import the product. 3. Now you need to do the template edits so that members can opt-in or opt-out of your newsletter. The current instructions are as follows: Quote:
Now, obviously this won't work in 4.x. These need to be modified as follows: 1. Edit Template: "Modify User Option" -> "modifyoptions" FIND: PHP Code:
ADD AFTER: PHP Code:
Next would be the option for HTML or plain text emails, which should be: PHP Code:
This now works. I had a ( instead of a { on the previous code. Thanks to grandeur_69 for pointing this out! Notes:
Update July 12, 2010: Product XML file provided by grandeur_69 for vBulletin 4.x. NOTE:
Update July 14, 2010: Error in XML file corrected. Download Now
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any updates no longer working with VB 4.2.2???
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Define no longer working??
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getting erorrs-
Warning: Function eregi_replace() is deprecated in ..../admincp/commbull_functions_preview.php on line 236 and Warning: Function eregi_replace() is deprecated in ..../admincp/commbull_functions.php on line 390 and Warning: Function eregi_replace() is deprecated in ..../admincp/commbull_functions.php on line 382 |
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Edit that file and change all instances of eregi_replace with preg_replace
If that don't work, undo the changes. |
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This is why a RELIABLE community newsletter mod is still needed. Ozzy, any chance of repairing Christeris' newsletter mod so that it works better? I had it and it worked for a while, then died.
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I will at some point, but not sure when.
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The newsletter started by Maria and continued and then abandoned by Christeris was flawed from the start and never worked very well.
If you're going to work on a newsletter, try revamping CommBull. That one worked (and still works on many 4.x installations with a little tweaking) but is in need of updating. As far as I know, the code has been released since the original coder no longer has time to update and support it. |
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Some features that would be awesome would be the ability to configure or "grab" the header from the site to customize the newsletter, and reliable unsubscription links in both user settings and through the newsletter. |
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I own the rights to the NewsLetter mod, that was by Maria and then Christos. At some point I will look into updating it to work correctly.
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If it's going to be useful, it will require some conceptual changes. The original concept for the one you now own was clumsy, awkward, non-intuitive, and flawed. Add he fact that it never worked properly and it's little wonder it was never completed.
That's why I said you might want to try to contact grandeur_69 for permission to use his code. |
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