Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Commbull (Community Bulletin) 5.1b

Community Bulletin:

This mod grabs all the latest information in your forum (posts, threads, events, birthdays, etc) and puts them into a newsletter to be sent to all your members that subscribe.

This mod has been around a long time and gone through many versions. It has been a paid version for a number of years with great success, but it's time to pass on the reigns.

[edit Feb 03, 2011]
Attempted fix for sending to users that are part of multiple user groups

[installation]
- upload some files
- upload the product.xml
- make 1 mod to the usercp options template
- FULL DETAILS in the README.txt

[note] many people ask why all the images, etc don't show up in the HTML version of what is in your forum. This is because most mail clients strip out the CSS and vbulletin is 99% CSS. I have created an HTML version that is nice and clean, but is forum independent. If you know what you are doing, you can edit this HTML file and build your own newsletter.

[djbaxter]

D'oh! My apologies. I didn't notice that missing subdirectory.

[Gadget_Guy]

No need to apologize!

Thanks for the support!

Us Canucks have to stick together.

D.

[DEGE]

Seems that the web stated in the README.txt is out (redirects me to another unrelated site).

Does anybody have what is says in this paragraph?

UPGRADE 4.5d -> 4.5e
===============================
1. re-upload all of ./admincp/*
2. if you want the new HTML newsletter, please follow the instructions and download from: http://www.octanedev.com/support/showthread.php?p=529

[asuccar]

Hey Guys,

Quick quesh, in the settings it asks for a 'from' email...so, for e.g. when ppl receive our newsletter the from field is 'webmaster@mysite.com'. How can i have it so it says 'MySite' in the from field instead of simply the email address?

One other issue, when i send out the newsletter, it includes events whose dates have already passed...how do i modify to have it only send upcoming events?

Cheers!

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Will this work with the latest version and will it work with the Suite? It was working fine for a client of mine and all of a sudden it is not working.. She has the latest version and she is using the suite..cms, etc..

Thanks

Yes, but you need to follow this - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233798

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by DEGE

Seems that the web stated in the README.txt is out (redirects me to another unrelated site).

Does anybody have what is says in this paragraph?

That only applies to upgrading from v4.5d to v4.5e. If you are using v5.1 then that does not apply.

[realmr]

Its not working for me properly for more than half an year now, not sure what happened, we were migrating servers couple of times and it stopped working properly.
Some mails get sent while others get blank mails, no clue how to fix that. Tried un-install and re-installing as well, didn't work out

[StarBuG]

I get the following error when I try to send the newsletter:

Warning: Missing argument 1 for vB_Database::query_write(), called in [path]/acp/commbull_functions.php on line 366 and defined in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 438


Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
;

MySQL Error   : Query was empty
Error Number  : 1065
Request Date  : Friday, July 1st 2011 @ 02:27:27 PM
Error Date    : Friday, July 1st 2011 @ 02:27:27 PM
Script        : http://www.adsenseexperts.com/acp/commbull.php?do=send
Referrer      : http://www.adsenseexperts.com/acp/commbull.php
IP Address    : xxx
Username      : me
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-24+lenny5

I run 4.14, this is a fresh install (with modifications from the 4.0 Version Thread) and I have selected usergroups and forums for the newsletter.
I can see the newsletter preview but when I click send I get the above error.

Can anyone help me with this?

Any help is appreciated

[StarBuG]

Ok, I removed all files, reinstalled it again and now it works. Strange.

EDIT: Found the real Problem. The Error occurs when I select a Forum to post the Newsletter in. Without it, it works.

[LauraS]

Our developer is having issues with the files; he says he cannot unzip. Any hints here???

Laura