Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Commbull (Community Bulletin) 5.1b

Community Bulletin:

This mod grabs all the latest information in your forum (posts, threads, events, birthdays, etc) and puts them into a newsletter to be sent to all your members that subscribe.

This mod has been around a long time and gone through many versions. It has been a paid version for a number of years with great success, but it's time to pass on the reigns.

[edit Feb 03, 2011]
Attempted fix for sending to users that are part of multiple user groups

[installation]
- upload some files
- upload the product.xml
- make 1 mod to the usercp options template
- FULL DETAILS in the README.txt

[note] many people ask why all the images, etc don't show up in the HTML version of what is in your forum. This is because most mail clients strip out the CSS and vbulletin is 99% CSS. I have created an HTML version that is nice and clean, but is forum independent. If you know what you are doing, you can edit this HTML file and build your own newsletter.

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by asuccar

Hey guys,

I downloaded & installed this great mod without a hitch...I configured the html to look exactly as I wanted it to.

When I was ready, I went to the send page and clicked on the 'send' button below...then the mod done its thing and listed all my user (blu blu...user...html ok) and way at the bottom it says 'All Done!.

Problem: None of my users got the email! And there's no way (that I know of) to verify delivery (something like 'sent mail')...can anyone tell me what's going on?

Try sending a test email from admincp and see if it works. I would suspect a problem with your mail settings

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I emailed a newsletter with the default setup to myself and opened it in squirrelmail: there was no content at all.
Sending it to a more advanced email webmail solution did have good results.

I wonder what % of people uses an email solution that is able to open this?

hmmm... squirrelmail works perfectly fine for me. I use it to check my email all the time, and I am able to see these newlestters perfectly. Now you have to remember, that squirrelmail does not view HTML, so an HTML email you have to click on the download as file link to view it.

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by SecondV

Edit ./admincp/commbull_template_html.php

Find on line #182

<td><a href=\"{$vbulletin->options['bburl']}/login.php?do=lostpw&$commbull[referal_tag]\">{\$vbphrase[forgotten_your_password]}?</a></td>

replace with

<td><a href=\"{\$vbulletin->options['bburl']}/login.php?do=lostpw&\$commbull[referal_tag]\">{\$vbphrase[forgotten_your_password]}?</a></td>

did not correct the problem (only when using commbull_template_html.php) :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /.../forums/admincp/commbull_functions_preview.php(121) : eval()'d code on line 25

Found it:
Find:

    <td>
      <a target="_blank" href="\\\$commbull_unsubscribe">\$vbphrase[tounsubscribe]</a>

</td>

Replace with:

    <td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\\\$commbull_unsubscribe\">\$vbphrase[tounsubscribe]</a></td>

[asuccar]

Thanks Dragonsys.

Ok, really dumb question...how do I send a test email in combull? All the other mail features on my site are working perfectly!

Cheers!

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by asuccar

Thanks Dragonsys.

Ok, really dumb question...how do I send a test email in combull? All the other mail features on my site are working perfectly!

Cheers!

On the Commbull settings page. Deselect all usergroups except for Administrators, then send a Commbull mail.
of course if you have more than one person in Administrators then they will all get the mail.

[joeychgo]

Has anyone created better CSS images? Honestly, I preferred the old look much more.

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by joeychgo

Has anyone created better CSS images? Honestly, I preferred the old look much more.

So use the old version. That's what I'm using.

[asuccar]

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!

[djbaxter]

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

SMTP Email
Set this option to yes to use an SMTP server rather than the internal PHP mail() function. Yes No

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

[masterme]

Unfortunally I do not get it to work. Installed fine and am able to do all the settings. But no matter what I do, I do not receive any newsletter.

I have tried smtp and tried without. Tested if the username and pw were correct, check.
Also checked with my co-admin with an gmail adres, did not receive it too.

I have my own server and manage it myself, so those settings (max send per hour, safe mode etc) are ok.

Any more ideas what could be the cause of the trouble?

[kartik786]

I dont know why this guys request was completely ignored

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=123

I have similar issues and would love to use this mod.

please let me know how to resolve this error :

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE user ADD receivebulletin SMALLINT (5) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '1' not null;

MySQL Error : Duplicate column name 'receivebulletin'
Error Number : 1060
Request Date : Saturday, August 21st 2010 @ 10:04:56 AM
Error Date : Saturday, August 21st 2010 @ 10:04:56 AM