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!!

[Viks]

Any help on event and calender section from folks here!?

grandeur_69, is it becoz the way dates are handled by commbulll?

[Viks]

can someone here pls help me with the calender events... also how can I fix the newsletter further, i need to make it look a little more neater. pls PM me. thanks.

[Viks]

thanks memobug for helping me out with calender issue.

I have noticed that for some odd reason, Commbull is also picking up threads older than the cut off date i specify during mailout!!
is someone else also having this issue??

not sure wat is wrong

vik

[Lee Wilde]

Thanks for a BRILLIANT hack grandeur_69 - this will make life much easier for me.

I apologise if this question has already been raised. I searched the thread but haven't found the answer I need.

I would like to remove the html version altogether and send to everyone in plain text.

I tried simply deleting everything in the preview HTML field....but that only results in receiving a blank email.

Thank you, any assistance/suggestions would be appreciated.

[memobug]

Originally Posted by Viks

thanks memobug for helping me out with calender issue.

I have noticed that for some odd reason, Commbull is also picking up threads older than the cut off date i specify during mailout!!
is someone else also having this issue??

not sure wat is wrong

vik

As you've found, commbull is designed to select threads opened or replied to during the reporting period. I didn't like that too much because I keep getting the same ancient threads, particularly in the Most Replies and Most Views areas, so I changed it to use only threads started during the reporting period

My commbull.php is pretty hacked up but generally you want to

1. Look for a line that looks like this

$datesql = "AND (lastpost>$olddate OR dateline>$olddate)";

and replace it with this:

 $datesql = "AND (dateline>$olddate)";

2. You'll also need to check the box in the commbull setup titled "Select Items to include in your mailing.... Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date? YES

Let me know if this produces the desired result.

Regards,

Matt

[memobug]

Originally Posted by Lee Wilde

Thanks for a BRILLIANT hack grandeur_69 - this will make life much easier for me.

I apologise if this question has already been raised. I searched the thread but haven't found the answer I need.

I would like to remove the html version altogether and send to everyone in plain text.

I tried simply deleting everything in the preview HTML field....but that only results in receiving a blank email.

Thank you, any assistance/suggestions would be appreciated.

Find this bit towards the bottom of commbull.php

 if ($user[receivebulletin_type] == '1')
{
/*
$htmlmail = new send_mail($user['email'],"$bbtitle Mailer",$webmasteremail,$subject,$HTML_mailbody);
$htmlmail->changetype('html');
$htmlmail->send();
*/
if (DEBUG_COMMBULL == '0')
{
	mail($user[email],$subject,$HTML_mailbody,$htmlEmailHeader);
}
echo ' html ';
}
else

and right before it, insert the new line:

$user[receivebulletin_type]=0;

That should force everyone to text regardless of their setting.

Regards,

Matt

[Lee Wilde]

That works brilliantly! Thanks so much :-)

[Blam Forumz]

Hey guys, love this hack, just a bit of a problem

in the html version that gets psoted automatically, it doesnt include the stats of the user it simply saus

$username, $whatever etc

[diettalk]

Don't forget about us.. we would like to have a functioning calendar too.

Originally Posted by Viks

thanks memobug for helping me out with calender issue.

vik

[jp2]

Does this hack work on 3.0.6?