CommBull (Community Bulletin)

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!!

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by KW802

HHhhhmm..... I'm having the same problem. Does it have an impact if we're saving our CSS as files instead of in the DB?

Sorry, please ask the author of this hack. I do not know this.

Cheers,

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

Sorry, please ask the author of this hack. I do not know this.

Cheers,

No problem.

For now I've solved my problem. First I did the changes here....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=147

So that the full paths are picked up. Then I changed "commbull.php" by replacing:

PHP Code:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM ". TABLE_PREFIX."style WHERE userselect > 0 LIMIT 1"; 


... with

PHP Code:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM ". TABLE_PREFIX."style WHERE userselect > 0 ORDER BY 'displayorder' LIMIT 1"; 


so that the style selected is the one with the lowest display order.

This solves my problem becase my default is set to be lowest so that it shows up first in the drop-down box.

Thanks,
Kevin

[sabret00the]

heh i changed that query so that it displays a random skin

i also added a header into it and also redesigned the commbull so it displays the new threads vB style

if anyones interested let me know, i'll chop out the header and post up the new commbull.php

[traderx]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

heh i changed that query so that it displays a random skin

i also added a header into it and also redesigned the commbull so it displays the new threads vB style

if anyones interested let me know, i'll chop out the header and post up the new commbull.php

Pls do post

[interfx]

Has anyone implemented this with VB Advanced and some of the new modules they have developed (ie. VBa Links, ...) Same question on ReviewPost - I incorporated using xpostincluder...

I would ideally like to have the newest links also included in the newsletter type email sent.

Anyone implement something like this?

interFX

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by interfx

Has anyone implemented this with VB Advanced and some of the new modules they have developed (ie. VBa Links, ...) Same question on ReviewPost - I incorporated using xpostincluder...

I would ideally like to have the newest links also included in the newsletter type email sent.

Anyone implement something like this?

interFX

i was gonna add a photopost module but in the end coudln't be bothered for today lol

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by traderx

Pls do post

rightio here you go

[diettalk]

Thanks.. it looks great.

Originally Posted by sabret00the

rightio here you go

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by diettalk

Thanks.. it looks great.

not a problem, i just needed a cleaner look myself so thought it's good to share, it's a less cluttered loook and makes it easier for me to add add-on's like photopost and stuff like that

[interfx]

I also just tried your version... Like it alot...

Let us know when you add in other add-ons like photopost, etc...

InterFX