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

[Anders64]

When i try to add XML file i got this falier forums/packages/DBTech/Newsletter/Autoloader.php appears to be missing! what im i doing wrong

[pjkcards]

Does this default to every member until they unsubscribe?

[pjkcards]

Can we receive data on open rates? I'd pay for this service. We need a way to clean our email list too, as lots of bounces.

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.1.0 Patch Level 2

Bug Fixes:

• Certain mail clients would not correctly display the links in the mod

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.1.0 Patch Level 3

Changes To Existing Features:

• The "Test Mode" will now ignore Bounce Flag and missing email address

Fillip

[Morrus]

Please, please add a setting to regularly send out news articles rather than threads!

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Newsletter v1.1.1

New Features:

Unsubscribe Link

• The unsubscribe link now always displays a redirect message, regardless of the forum?s settings
• Clicking the unsubscribe link multiple times will no longer act as a "toggle" for their subscription status

Fillip

[bosanci28]

How you send a test out? to see if it works?

[moonclamp]

I just ran the scheduled task - but it told me "214" newsletters were sent out; so I'm not sure why it stopped at that number.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

I just ran the scheduled task - but it told me "214" newsletters were sent out; so I'm not sure why it stopped at that number.

It processes them in batches, some users will be skipped (e.g. they have opted out of receiving admin emails).


Fillip