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CommBull (Community Bulletin) · **Released**: 06-19-2004

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!!

sabret00the · #**192** 12-25-2004, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by memobug

100 would be fine if there were an autorefresh capability. I have about 4000 users and better things to do

I did hear back from the ISP:

Regards,

Matt

that ability is in there already, set it to do em every 60 seconds and it'll do it

Viks · #**193** 12-25-2004, 01:19 PM

Hi Grandeur_69,
I installed the Commbull today... and did recieve a bulletin on my 2 test aco++++s so it appears that it is working.
1. However, i got the following error during installation -

User table altered... Failed (Possibly already updated)
User table altered... Failed (Possibly already updated)
Phrase table updated (profile.php 1 of 3)...Already Update
Phrase table updated (profile.php 2 of 3)...Already Update
Phrase table updated (profile.php 3 of 3)...Already Update
Phrase table updated (admincp/index.php) ...Already Update

2. When I click on 'send email' or 'send' to send out the commbull - then after a while i get "your request timed out" page - does this mean that the commbull did not go to all folks on the forum??

overall.. a realy COOL hack.

<thumbs up>

jamesk · #**194** 12-26-2004, 02:17 AM

I'm not sure if I missed this question,but is there any way to automate it?

traderx · #**195** 12-26-2004, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

Quote:

Originally Posted by traderx

Originally Posted by traderx
I think that is a great idea. I have just install the journal hack and think it would be a good addition to the news letter. On my site (4xtraders.com/forum) I have added a left and right column to my whole site (use header and footer), could there be a way that this could be included in the html email of your commbull.php that you created. I looked around yours and was getting lost as to where/how I could do this.

Just wondering, could it be possible to pull whats send in the emails to my www.site.com/index.php? I would to have some of these items on my main page. I have created a vb powered page but have no clue how to pull those items into it..... just an idea

Thanks
Coll

PS.... HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!!!

yeah it would be easy to port the code over

Mind sharing how this might be done for us php newbies such as myself

I looked around the commbull.php but got lost. I have been playing around with vb powerd template pages and would like to add these items from commbull, so some examples on how I can do it would be great

sabret00the · #**196** 12-26-2004, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traderx

Mind sharing how this might be done for us php newbies such as myself

I looked around the commbull.php but got lost. I have been playing around with vb powerd template pages and would like to add these items from commbull, so some examples on how I can do it would be great

none of the additions are in the code yet, but although i'm not quite sure as i haven't looked i'm pretty sure all vBindex and vBadvanced add-on's can work on any vB powered page.

traderx · #**197** 12-26-2004, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

none of the additions are in the code yet, but although i'm not quite sure as i haven't looked i'm pretty sure all vBindex and vBadvanced add-on's can work on any vB powered page.

Really... I had thought you would need to have them installed, will look into it

sabret00the · #**198** 12-26-2004, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traderx

Really... I had thought you would need to have them installed, will look into it

let me know how it goes

jluerken · #**199** 12-30-2004, 12:30 PM

Is there a way to send out a newsletter automatically once every 1 of a month?

The template says: Currently, community updates are sent weekly.
Is this really done automatically or do I have to change this text?

docvader · #**200** 12-30-2004, 12:58 PM

I have a few styles on my board. Any way of choosing which style this bulletin gets sent out in? Right now, it emails out as my parent style.

jluerken · #**201** 12-30-2004, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandeur_69

permanent fix for using css as a file:
in includes/adminfunctions_template.php

find:

Code:

if (preg_match('#^<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="(clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-\w{8}-0*' . $styleid . '\.css)" />$#', $csscontents, $match))

replace with:

Code:

if (preg_match('#^<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.$vboptions['bburl'].'/(clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-\w{8}-0*' . $styleid . '\.css)" />$#', $csscontents, $match))

and, find:

Code:

$QUERY[] = "css = '" . addslashes("<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\$cssfilename\" />") . "'";

replace with:

Code:

$QUERY[] = "css = '" . addslashes("<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"{$vboptions['bburl']}/$cssfilename\" />") . "'";

cheers

Its working for the newsletter hack now but my normal pages are not working anymore now.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.clanforums.com/forum/http://www.clanforums.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-63c43471-00090.css" />

but it should be
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.clanforums.com/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-63c43471-00090.css" />

How can I fix this now for all normal pages?

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