Send HTML email via admincp

[Send HTML email via admincp]

Information

• [high]vBulletin Version:[/high] 3.0.3
  
  
• [high]Author:[/high] Dean Clatworthy
  
  
• [high]Copyright:[/high] You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.
  
  
• [high]Donations:[/high] I release my modifications for free. If you wish to donate please contact me via PM and I will give you my details. All donations are graciously appreciated.
  
  
• [high]Credits:[/high] I would like to thank the following people who contributed to the making of this modification.
  • Breaker - for bugging me on IRC how to do it.

What does this modification do?
This modification allows you to send optional HTML email in your newsletter when mass emailing users from your AdminCP

Installation

1/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']); 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

if($_POST['sendhtml'])
{
        vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from'], '', '', true);
}
else
{
        vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']);
} 


2/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

print_textarea_row($vbphrase['message_email'], 'message', '', 10, 50); 


Directly below it place:

PHP Code:

print_yes_no_row('Send HTML Email?', 'sendhtml', 0); 


3/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

construct_hidden_code('test', $_POST['test']); 


Directly below it place:

PHP Code:

construct_hidden_code('sendhtml', $_POST['sendhtml']); 


4/

In includes/functions.php find:

PHP Code:

function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '') 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '', $html = false) 


5/

In includes/functions.php find:

PHP Code:

$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

$usehtml = iif($html, 'html', 'plain');
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/' . $usehtml . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; 


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[HiDeo]

Nice job thanks !

[Breaker]

i tihnk step 2 is wrong....not sure though. Dean, did you actually test it with the yes/no boxes?

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by floris

Can members select to receive plain or html emails?

Nope

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by GamerzWorld

Any screenes of what it looks like in admincp?

Screenshot now attached to first post, nothing much to see though

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by razor69

What am I missing? I did the install, and there is no where to include the message in admincp now? What am I doing wrong?

Fixed. Minor typo in the instructions. Please re-apply step 2 again.

[deathemperor]

exactly what I wanted to ask, thanks

but I do need a txt instruction...

[Princeton]

Excellent and usable hack!!

Thanks for sharing. Clicks install.

PS. Why is the text so small on first post? It's hard to read at 1600 resolution.

[Breaker]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Fixed. Minor typo in the instructions. Please re-apply step 2 again.

thought that was the issue myself, but i didn't want to say it directly. I did say there was a problem with step 2 though :P

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by princeton

PS. Why is the text so small on first post? It's hard to read at 1600 resolution.

I like 10px font

[mcyates]

PROBLEM!!!!!

My forum is set to send 500 emails at a time, it works fine for the first 500 emails as i'm the admin and i got it in HTML. When it starts the 500 > 700 members (i have 700 members) it sends it in normat text and not html as i have a second account which it sent it to and it was all messed up html code.