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CommBull (Community Bulletin) · **Released**: 06-19-2004

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!!

dethfire · #**252** 02-16-2005, 05:48 PM

I still can't get this to work. I click send and it proccesses, but just stops. Doesn't get to the next page to send out mails. This happens on a couple servers with large and small forums I own.

globalinsites · #**253** 02-20-2005, 12:25 AM

Is there an additional hack available that will automatically send all the pages of the bulletin, so that I don't have to click the next page button every time? That would make it a lot easier. I've tried increasing the number of emails sent on one page, but if it exceeds 1000 the page freezes and I have to start all over again.

Pseudomizer · #**254** 02-20-2005, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by globalinsites

Is there an additional hack available that will automatically send all the pages of the bulletin, so that I don't have to click the next page button every time? That would make it a lot easier. I've tried increasing the number of emails sent on one page, but if it exceeds 1000 the page freezes and I have to start all over again.

Hi Globalin,

why an additional hack? This is already implemented. Look at the settings on the main page. You can enable Javascript next page with a delay of 60 seconds per page. This is recommended to let your emailserver time to send the actual page emails.

Increasing to 1000 will let your IE die. Execution time 300 is the perfect number for my server.

Cheers,

joeychgo · #**255** 02-20-2005, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dethfire

I still can't get this to work. I click send and it proccesses, but just stops. Doesn't get to the next page to send out mails. This happens on a couple servers with large and small forums I own.

I have the same problem -- probably coming from 3.06 because it worked fine before I upgraded.... It seems to have something to do with sending larger numbers of emails -

tormodg · #**256** 02-20-2005, 07:12 PM

It worked fine on 3.0.6 for me. I also just sent out a commbull to my admins from 3.0.7 with no glitches.

I can only send about 10-15 at a time, though, because the server has an automatic 30 second timeout on scripts. But when I see that it has gone through I wait a few seconds and then click "Next" (I have 1030 members and the last bulletin went out without a glitch).

joeychgo · #**257** 02-20-2005, 09:43 PM

what does this section of code do? It looks commented out...

PHP Code:


			
  <!--

  countdown = $auto_timer;

  actualcountdown = $timeremaining;

  function submit_form()

  {

     document.cpform.submit();

  }



  function count_down()

  {

      actualcountdown = actualcountdown-1;

        document.cpform.timeremaining.value=actualcountdown+ ' seconds remaining';

        setTimeout('count_down()',1000);

  }

  //-->

Blam Forumz · #**258** 02-21-2005, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

Bump
need help please :/

rajc007 · #**259** 02-21-2005, 02:52 PM

Nice hack, thank you....

Viks · #**260** 02-22-2005, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by memobug

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

1. Look for a line that looks like this

Code:

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

and replace it with this:

Code:

 $datesql = "AND (dateline>$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

Hey Matt,
It did produce the desired results but partly...
I am picking up the threads for right dates but only the new threads.. I am not picking up most viewed or most replied threads!!
I am certain that is the commbull.php file. I was wondering if someone can lend me their commbull.php file which is working OK on their vB board.
im running 3.0.3.

cheers,

Vik

memobug · #**261** 02-24-2005, 06:02 AM

Hi Viks,

That line is probably in there multiple times - once for every block. The code frankly is not that efficient. The first thing I did was rewrite it with a loop, so I got rid of all those blocks of redundant code. It removed hundreds of lines of unnecessary php to put all the blocks into a single loop.

So just check the code, you'll probably find several more instances of that same replacement to be made.

Regards,

Matt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viks

Hey Matt,
It did produce the desired results but partly...
I am picking up the threads for right dates but only the new threads.. I am not picking up most viewed or most replied threads!!
I am certain that is the commbull.php file. I was wondering if someone can lend me their commbull.php file which is working OK on their vB board.
im running 3.0.3.

cheers,

Vik

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