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]

thanks Matt.. will do this tonite.

btw, why dont you release a upgrade version of CommBull or....maybe totally new Newsletter Mod, one with less bugs and efficient code..mmmm....just a thought.

cheers,

[kall]

Originally Posted by diettalk

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

I too would like a functioning Events section of my commbull.

[Neutral Singh]

Hi

I have seen this small module on http://www.vbulletin.com on the left hand side bottom of the homepage. Its a mailing list where somebody can submit his email to receive newsletters from vB.com...

I already have Community Bulletin installed. Is it possible to add such an module intergrated with commbull that automatically takes emails from my homepage (vBadvanced or index page or even non-Vb page) and stores it in my forum database and when i send monthly newsletter to my members, those persons who have subscribed through that mailing list, too, are also sent a copy of the newsletter. This add-on hack would really useful for any forum in general.

Thanks

[Lionel]

Well done! Is there a way not to post the userinfo in the thread? It is printing the variables

Your username is: "$username"Forget your password?You have $posts PostsYou registered on $joindateYou were last active on Magazine at $lastactivity

[apfparadise]

Ok, how about this. Installed fine, all visible, get a preview, set to only send to Administrators (me and 2 more) and it says all done, shows each one as HTML ok! and then >>>>>> NOTHING!!! no email.

Please help!

[crazymeezer]

Originally Posted by apfparadise

Ok, how about this. Installed fine, all visible, get a preview, set to only send to Administrators (me and 2 more) and it says all done, shows each one as HTML ok! and then >>>>>> NOTHING!!! no email.

Please help!

I get the exact same problem running 3.0.6

[cmiller1014]

Has anyone made a version that works? I dont want to install this with all the problems people have mentioned but I desperately need this functionality on my site.

[Lionel]

The current version works for me on 3.07

[tormodg]

Works fine for me too, on 3.0.7. We had to do some changes but they were mostly to reduce server load when sending posts due to a 30 second script time out on our host.

To those who do not receive e-mail: Make sure your commbull is not caught by spamfilters. I sent out a couple of tests and received nothing, and assumed there was something wrong, but my admins and mods got it so it turned out to be a spam issue.

[MSC]

Could somebody show me how I can add an opt in to commbull in my user registration.

At present there's a box for 'can be contacted by admisinstators' but I don't think this is enough to comply with spam guidelines.

I'd like an extra tick box on the registration form so that users are clear that they are opting in to a community bulletin.

I'd also like to have a box on the forum home that allows people to opt in to the bulletin.

Has anyone done this?

Thanks very much,

Chris