Send HTML email via admincp

[Send HTML email via admincp]

Information

• [high]vBulletin Version:[/high] 3.0.3
  
  
• [high]Author:[/high] Dean Clatworthy
  
  
• [high]Copyright:[/high] You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.
  
  
• [high]Donations:[/high] I release my modifications for free. If you wish to donate please contact me via PM and I will give you my details. All donations are graciously appreciated.
  
  
• [high]Credits:[/high] I would like to thank the following people who contributed to the making of this modification.
  • Breaker - for bugging me on IRC how to do it.

What does this modification do?
This modification allows you to send optional HTML email in your newsletter when mass emailing users from your AdminCP

Installation

1/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']); 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

if($_POST['sendhtml'])
{
        vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from'], '', '', true);
}
else
{
        vbmail($user['email'], $_POST['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $_POST['from']);
} 


2/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

print_textarea_row($vbphrase['message_email'], 'message', '', 10, 50); 


Directly below it place:

PHP Code:

print_yes_no_row('Send HTML Email?', 'sendhtml', 0); 


3/

In admincp/email.php find:

PHP Code:

construct_hidden_code('test', $_POST['test']); 


Directly below it place:

PHP Code:

construct_hidden_code('sendhtml', $_POST['sendhtml']); 


4/

In includes/functions.php find:

PHP Code:

function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '') 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

function vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message, $notsubscription = false, $from = '' , $uheaders = '', $username = '', $html = false) 


5/

In includes/functions.php find:

PHP Code:

$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; 


Replace it with:

PHP Code:

$usehtml = iif($html, 'html', 'plain');
$headers .= 'Content-Type: text/' . $usehtml . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter; 


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[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by wolfgang2

is it working with vB 3.0.5?
if yes i click install....

it sure is!

[wolfgang2]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

it sure is!

i'll try it with 3.0.6 now

[Muderman24]

i don't have any of the code so what do i do?

[Dean C]

Huh? What do you mean?

[Muderman24]

the code in the first step thats should be in admincp/email.php i tried to find that code and it's no there.

[Muderman24]

nvm i got it i don't know why it wasn't finding it but it works now, nice work.

[renee1]

will this work on 3.05?

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by renee1

will this work on 3.05?

It should do

[puchko]

Thanks for the mod.

Just wondering if there is a way to auto-detect if the user can receive html or plain text email, and then the email is sent in the appropriate format...

[ArBoK]

Originally Posted by puchko

Thanks for the mod.

Just wondering if there is a way to auto-detect if the user can receive html or plain text email, and then the email is sent in the appropriate format...

yeah i wonder if there's some way to do that, not all users may be able to receive HTML