Miscellaneous Hacks - [DBTech] DragonByte Newsletter v1 (vB4)

DragonByte Newsletter is the latest in the lineup of DragonByte Technologies modifications, enabling you to send an automated newsletter to your members.

Uses
DragonByte Newsletter lets you send an automated digest to users, containing the most popular threads from the last week. Users have powerful 1-click solutions for either reducing or increasing the frequency of your newsletter (Weekly, Bi-Monthly, Monthly, Quarterly, Bi-Yearly, Yearly), as well as an 1-click unsubscribe button.

The newsletter itself can be styled and re-coloured based on your forum's preferences by editing the simple HTML templates. By default, it styles itself to look like the Default Style included in every vBulletin installation.

The scheduled task ensures a limited amount of users are processed at a time, reducing server load and increasing the delivery rate of your newsletter.

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Other addons available @ www.DragonByte-Tech.com/forum
Support posted at our forum is generally answered much quicker.

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If you like this mod please hit the button to the right ---->

Please remember to click the, button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

We appreciate the support!

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Major Features

Automatically Chosen: Threads are chosen and ordered based on an advanced algorithm to display the most popular threads first.

Automatically Sent: Newsletters are sent automatically based on the user's preferences, no admin interaction required!

Performance Oriented: By limiting how many users are processed per batch cycle, the performance of your forum will not be impacted.


Major Features (Pro)

Forum Exclusion: Have a spam section where members can post as much as they want? You are able to fine-tune what source forums the newsletter pulls its threads from.

Introduction Section: Want to write a custom introduction blurb for your newsletter, e.g. sponsorship links or similar? You can define a custom block of text to appear above the thread list.


Complete Feature List (Lite)

vBulletin Options

• Display Version Number
• (Optional) Affiliate ID
• Enable/Disable Modification

1-Click Management

• Reduce Frequency
• Increase Frequency
• Unsubscribe

Manage Newsletters

• Title
• Optionally only include publicly accessible forums
• Choose entry cost & currency from list of created currencies
• Enable Advanced Sorting algorithm
• Limit how many threads appear in the newsletter

Scheduled Task: Send Newsletter

• Automatically sends newsletters based on the users' preferences
• Sends them in batch to improve performance
• Runs every 10 minutes

Complete Feature List (Pro)

Manage Newsletters

• Introduction to be displayed above newsletters
• Thread Sort Order (if not using Advanced Sorting)

UserCP

• Subscribed/Unsubscribed
• Frequency
  • Weekly (default)
  • Bi-Monthly
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Bi-Yearly
  • Yearly

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of emails generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[gsmlover4u]

thanks i was waiting like this mod

[djbaxter]

Does not respect the "Receive Admin Emails" setting. Members choosing "No" still get sent the newsletter.

[Morrus]

This would be really useful if it sent CMS articles instead of threads.

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.0.1

Changes To Existing Features:

• Emails will no longer be sent to users that have opted out of admin emails

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.1.0

New Features:

Test Mode

• Can be accessed via /newsletter.php?do=test&newsletterid=1
• Shows a preview of how the newsletter will look when sending
• Great for reviewing style changes

Fillip

[Manoel J?nior]

1. How to choose the Forums to send the Newsletter?
2. Setting to be changed some layout features, such as adding blocks?
3. Setting the groups that can access Newsletter?
4. There is the possibility of including an option for the user to receive the newsletter and periodidade?
5. How do I set the frequency of submission?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

1. How to choose the Forums to send the Newsletter?

This is chosen automatically based on permissions

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

2. Setting to be changed some layout features, such as adding blocks?

You can customise the template.

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

3. Setting the groups that can access Newsletter?

There's no UG perms at this time.

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

4. There is the possibility of including an option for the user to receive the newsletter and periodidade?

Sorry, I don't understand this.

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

5. How do I set the frequency of submission?

There's no setting for this, the user controls it themselves.


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.1.0 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

• In certain scenarios, the scheduled task could get stuck trying to send a newsletter to ineligible people

Fillip

[rohirrim]

Good mod but I don't see any setting on usercp? (Subscribed/Unsubscribed
Frequency)
using vb 4.2.3