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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[BradM]

I installed and tested, I am not receiving HTML emails at all. The emails just never arrive?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by BradM

I installed and tested, I am not receiving HTML emails at all. The emails just never arrive?

Check your Junk Mail (or what ever it is called) folder. A lot of over active spam filters treat html mails as spam.

[htscpl]

I just installed and tested, receive html email to myself! This is just what I've been looking for! Thanks !

** Clicks Install **

[DannyITR]

After uploading the two files my forums shut down and I get this error:


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home2/montreal/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2019

If I replace functions.php with the old one it goes away.

this is line 2019:

$debughtml .= " (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')=== false, '?', '?','&amp;') . "tempusage=1\">Template Usage</a>) (<a href=\"" . htmlspecialchars_uni(SCRIPTPATH) . iif(strpos(SCRIPTPATH, '?') '?')=== false, '?', '?','&amp;') . "explain=1\">Explain</a>)<br />\n";
$debughtml .= "<select>\n\t<option>(Page Generated in $totaltime Seconds)</option>\n$messages</select>\n";

[ry@n]

nice hack.

helped alot.

[DannyITR]

Help!!!!!!

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by DannyITR

After uploading the two files my forums shut down and I get this error:


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home2/montreal/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 2019

If I replace functions.php with the old one it goes away.

this is line 2019:

You are applying the changes incorrectly

[ZGeek]

is there a way to make it that all emails sent out are in html format?

[ZGeek]

I figured it out, don't even need this hack. i just changed the line in the included/functions.php from

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

to

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

I hope this helps anyone looking for html emails.

[edbri871]

Thanks, this hack has helped me a lot.