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!!

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by David_McPherson

This is what is in my modifyoptions template....

<td><br />$vbphrase[newsletterformat]<br /><label for="commbull"><input type="checkbox" name="commbull_type" value="1" id="commbull_type" $checked[receivebulletin_type] />$vbphrase[type_email_from_commbull]</label></td>

?? Thoughts?

I have a javascript in my source code to enable or disable HTML. The quoted source code from you is correct.

Cheers,

[heynurse]

Originally Posted by David_McPherson

Seems to be missing something with an install....

Its a fresh unhacked version of 3.0.3 and I am missing the HTML ok or whatever it is.... Note the picture. I believe I followed the instructions exactly.

I'm getting the same thing that David_McPherson (in post 56) is getting, a blank arean in the modify options screen, mine looks exactly as his sceen shot shows. I am also using 3.0.3

Has anyone found a workaround or fix for this?

[heynurse]

For those of you with the spamassasin and getting emails blocked, you may want to read this article to help figure it out: Avoid the Spam Filter http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/3649.asp

[grandeur_69]

usercp: hmm, i just noticed that i'm having the same problem with one of the forums I just upgraded ... i'll look into it.

email problem: this can be fixed if you add the -f option in the header and create a wrapper for sendmail function. However, some hosting companies don't allow you to do this, so I didn't write it directly into the code. Fortunately, I am also the administrator of the servers that most of the forums that I manage are on and I have circumvented it

[grandeur_69]

k, i need some help here. I can't figure it out. I figured out that once you do an upgrade, you must re-install the phrases as the old ones are wiped out. However, I can't figure out why it still doesn't work. 1 of the 2 phrases for the usercp works, but not the other. I printed out some debugging info and the phrase isn't being loaded into the vbphrase array ... but the phrase is exactly the same as the other in the DB, so in theory, it should show up.

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by grandeur_69

k, i need some help here. I can't figure it out. I figured out that once you do an upgrade, you must re-install the phrases as the old ones are wiped out. However, I can't figure out why it still doesn't work. 1 of the 2 phrases for the usercp works, but not the other. I printed out some debugging info and the phrase isn't being loaded into the vbphrase array ... but the phrase is exactly the same as the other in the DB, so in theory, it should show up.

Perhaps a bug in 3.0.3 ?

Sorry but i have to come back to the point of the spamassasin problem. I do not have sendmail. I have qmail installed. What changes do i need to do then please ?

Cheers,

[Mr. Brian]

Been trying hard to figure that out.

[RetroDreams]

Any idea why birthdays and calendar events are not showing up?

[LadyBeth]

I want to use this with v3, latest version. I am sorry but I can't read through 5 pages of thread right now...

Will this work with v3?

Beth

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by LadyBeth

I want to use this with v3, latest version. I am sorry but I can't read through 5 pages of thread right now...

Will this work with v3?

Beth

Yes, it will.

Cheers,