Send HTML emails from adminCP

***3.6.x version of hack here***

Well, this was asked for by many people (me included ) without ever being done so I recruited some of my more knowledgable friends in php to get the syntax right for the following hack.

It is done with 2 file edits but I'm sure that it could be done with a plugin if someone ever feels the need...


Step 1:
In admincp/email.php find:

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

Directly below it place:

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

Step 2:
In admincp/email.php find:

 construct_hidden_code('test', $vbulletin->GPC['test']);

Directly below it place:

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

Step 3:
In includes/class_mail.php find:

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

and replace with:

if($_POST['sendhtml'])  {
  $headers .= 'Content-Type: text/html' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;
}else{
  $headers .= 'Content-Type: text/plain' . iif($encoding, "; charset=\"$encoding\"") . $delimiter;
}

Special thanks goes to non vB users Darryn, Pink, DO, and Dang for the helping me with syntax and pointing me in the right direction to get this done.

(you may modify this hack at will... No permission needs to be granted)

EDIT:
Just installed on 3.5.1 and still works with no problem... Just changing the vB version
EDIT2:
Just installed on 3.5.2 and still works with no problem... Just changing the vB version
EDIT3:
Just installed on 3.5.3 and still works with no problem... Just changing the vB version
EDIT4:
Works for 3.5.4

[misticjeff]

When I send html emails my images are not showing up.. anyone have any ideas??

[Dragon Company]

Hello,

strange can't send it more than 100 mails in html mode ... Is there something to change for have a bigger limit ?

Regards

EDIT _ thats okay, problem solve .. thanks again

[misticjeff]

Originally Posted by Dragon Company

Hello,

strange can't send it more than 100 mails in html mode ... Is there something to change for have a bigger limit ?

Regards

EDIT _ thats okay, problem solve .. thanks again

What did you do to solve it?? Please share....

[Stop]

Originally Posted by Smiry Kin's

anywa to make it send n email using the forum skin in away?

Good idea. Any one can work it out ?

[zeropaid]

Sweet mod, *clicks install*

Quick question to all, has anyone got the from field to read anything better than just an email address? I tried

OUr Website <noreply@domain.com>

and several variations on that to no avail. Any ideas?


Also has anyone tried sending like 200,000+ mails using this method?

[Stop]

I tried but nothing worked. It shows that emails have been sent but when I check my email nothing was received. It works when you insert only the email. But I see that other sites can work this out like this forum.
The subject is vBulletin.org
and the sender is vBulletin.org<webmaster@vBulletin.org>

Does any one know to do it like this ?

[OllieRocks]

Brilliant. Thanks

[high]* OllieRocks clicks install [/high]

[Battle_Ring]

is there a way t oget this to work with 3.0.7

[Crazy Serb]

is there any way to set up Content-Type to "multipart/alternative" so that if I send out an HTML email to a user who can only view plain text version of it he gets just that?

[ThomasR]

Battle_Ring: do a search. I use this modification on my 3.0.7 without any problems.

For those of you who have problems with the images, you need to host them on your server (or any server) and enter the url in the <img src="your url"> code, like :

<img src="http://www.toto.com/img/mynewsletterimage.jpg">