Newsletter module

[Leilani]

Hello,

Code:

newsletter_info('Newsletter','info@company.com',false,true);

causes the Newsletter Snippet (but not the massmail module which will send the newsletters!) to send subscribing and unsubscribing mails in multipart mode. Because the Newsletter Snippet uses textmode by default you need to transform the plain text messages to HTML messages to get really subscribing and unsubscribing mails in HTML. You will find them within the language files, i.e. EN.php:

Code:

define('nl_mail_activate', "Thank you for your interest in our newsletter!\r\nTo activate the newsletter, please use this link:\r\n\r\n--> %s\r\n\r\nThank You!");
define('nl_mail_delete',"To our regret you want to be signed off our newsletter.\r\nPlease use the following link to deactivate the newsletter:\r\n\r\n--> %s\r\n\r\nThank you!");

Hope this help you?

Regards
Ralf

Can some one tell me how to add HTML code within that EN.php file?  I want to add a link upon activation to a pdf file, however ever time I try adding the a href I get error code.  Would really appreciate the help as I am not a php coder.

regards

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Simply use HTML Tags to format the message and insert the link:

Code:

define('nl_mail_activate', '<p>Thank you for your interest in our newsletter!</p><p>To activate the newsletter, please use this link:</p><p>--> %s</p><p>PDF Link: <a href="http://domain.tld/media/sample.pdf">PDF Sample</a></p><p>Thank You!</p>');

Regards
Ralf

[Leilani]

Thank you Ralf!...that's what I did originally don't know why it didn't work but it does now so I am happy bless you!

PS I didn't put this in the email letter but it could be used there, I put it on the activation link on the website so that they had to subscribe first before downloading the pdf...works!

[dandel]

Hi,

I have a similar problem as Babsy.

Error: While sending the activation link to the email address name@server.com occurred an error.
Please contact the support.

Did this problem ever get solved?

Thanks.
Daniel.

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Hello Daniel,

it was a problem with the server configuration, no problem of the newsletter snippet...

Regards
Ralf

[dandel]

Hi Ralf,

Thank you for the fast reply.
Could you provide me with more details? Mail server, web server, mysql server?
What exactly was configured wrong?
My site sends email for user signup, guestbook additions, etc. however not for the newsletter.

Thank you!
Daniel.

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Hello Daniel,

Sorry, but I have no more informations about the problem.

Regards
Ralf

[proglot]

I made a Hebrew translation for newsletter module which I used on http://www.azita.co.il
Please include it in next release.
Thanks in advance.

[BartA]

Hi,

i'm still having problems applying CSS to the newsletter module. I've been fiddling with it for several hours now, and i'm running out of ideas.

I put the following CSS in the stylesheet, but it ignores it completely, except for the font type.

.newsletter {   
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  color: #000099;   
  font-size: 11pt; 
 }

The strange thing is that the confirmation message is styled perfectly. Very weird.

[owp825stop]

This newsleetter module dont send activation mail because use <Administrator <mailaddress>> for address from and mercury mail don't send mails.

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Please use a valid email address and configure mercury proper.

Regards
Ralf

[owp825stop]

Mercury is confurated OK all works properly but newsletter don't send activation link to user i try to edit data from database but still not working.

[Ralf (Berlin)]

  - it's not neccessary to change any database content. Please post the the newsletter snippet function call you are using.

Regards
Ralf

[mviens]

Hello,

I've recently installed this snippet with massmail and seems to be working great. However, when I ran my page through W3C validation, there were a number of issues that I found in the submit.htt file
The input tags weren't self-closing, it didn't like the "colgroup", or the placement of the 1st input.

Here is the existing code of modules/newsletter/htt/submit.htt

<div class="newsletter">
    <form name="nl" action="{form_action}" method="post">
    <table width="100%">
      <input type="hidden" name="nl_action" value="subscribe">
      <colgroup>
        <col width="50%">
        <col width="50%">
    </colgroup>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2">{intro}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><span style="font-size:smaller;">{header_email}</span><br><input type="text" name="nl_email" value="{nl_email}"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><input type="radio" name="nl_subscribe" value="1" checked="checked"><span style="font-size:smaller;">{text_subscribe}</span></td>
        <td><input type="radio" name="nl_subscribe" value="0"><span style="font-size:smaller;">{text_unsubscribe}</span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="{btn_submit}"></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </form>
</div>

And the modifications:

<div class="newsletter">
    <form name="nl" action="{form_action}" method="post">
      <input type="hidden" name="nl_action" value="subscribe" />
    <table width="100%">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2">{intro}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><span style="font-size:smaller;">{header_email}</span><br><input type="text" name="nl_email" value="{nl_email}" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="50%"><input type="radio" name="nl_subscribe" value="1" checked="checked" /><span style="font-size:smaller;">{text_subscribe}</span></td>
        <td width="50%><input type="radio" name="nl_subscribe" value="0" /><span style="font-size:smaller;">{text_unsubscribe}</span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="{btn_submit}" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </form>
</div>

Hope that is of assistance to others using it.

Michael

[owp825stop]

I using this function
if(function_exists('newsletter_info')) {
          echo '<h1>Newsletter</h1>';
             newsletter_info('Newsletter','proba@localhost',true,false);  }
massmail works but from sender address is not correct and mercury mail dont deliver activation mail because adress is like <Administrator <proba@localhost>> and mercury mail don't find user maybe From field must be Administrator <proba@localhost>

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Code:

proba@localhost

Please use a valid email address.

Regards
Ralf

[Achrist]

Attached new Danish and improved English language file for the Newsletter snippet. Please include in next version of the snippet.

[Ralf (Berlin)]

Thank you 

Regards
Ralf

[Ray Spiker]

Is this possible?

I want to use this module for just a email subscription database.

So people can register for a newsletter and we want to export all subscribers to *.cvs

An addition would be nice...for example the 50th, 100th, 150th, etc. subscriber has won a price or random i.e. 20th, 50th,80, 105th, etc. has won.

[lt635]

Hi,

I have set up the newsletter/massmail on a website and I have a problem with the subscribe/unsubscribe part. 

First up the subscribe seems to work fine, you go to the home page and ‘sign-on’ and your email address is added to the newsletter list.

The problem is if you want to ‘sign-off’ and also if you want to ‘sign-on’ again later.

If I try to sign off from the home page the error message ‘a database error occurs:’ and nothing happens.  The email address is not removed from the mailing list. I also get this error message: Error: The email address could not be associated, please contact support!

I managed to remove an email address from the mailing list through admin panel since I could not do it through 'sign-off' form the website.  I have checked the mailing list and it is not there anymore.  I then go to ‘sign-on’ again and I receive the error message:  Error: The email address lenemt@optusnet.com.au is still waiting for activation by the transmitted activation link.

That is not correct as the link has been click on a, been directed to the website and clicked ok. And the email adddress is no longer in the mailing list.

Do you have any idea of what can be the problem?

If you want to  have a look at the website the address is: www.skylinetreks.co m.au

FYI, I am using wb2.8.

Thanks
Kind regards
Lene

[BerndJM]

Hi
can't confirm this - the way you described (or may be I've understand your describtion in a wrong way)

What I've done:
- subscribe to the the newsletter
- got the confirmatio mail
- didn't react on this ( == don't activate the subscription)
- go to "sign off"
- got the message:

Please check your inbox and use the submitted link to deactivate the newsletter.

- also didn't react on this
- again go to "sign on"
- got the message:

The email address bakery@wwnw.de already exists in the contribution list.

what is IMHO correct - there was no reaction to submit and no reaction to undescribe (from me) so the adress remains in the database.

Regards Bernd

[lt635]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.  And sorry, I might not understand your description correct. 

From your reply you have subscribed to the newsletter, received an email, clicked on the link for activation.  I have checked the mailing list and you email has been added.

The problem comes when you want to 'sign-off'. It will not do it.

If I manually unsubscribe you from the admin panel so you are no longer in the mailing list, you get the other error messages if you try to sign on again, and if you try to remove again.  In other words, you cannot unsubscribe, it has to be done manually, but if this is done manually you cannot change your mind and go back and sign on again.

It looks like first time sing-on works ok but not the rest?!

Any idea??


Cheers
Lene

[BerndJM]

I didn't click the link for activation.
So, if I do a "unscribe" I get the mail with the "unsubscribe" link.

'till this point it seems correct ?
What you mean?

[lt635]

Hi,

If you click the link you actually have to scroll down to the sign-in/sign-off section to see the message (should probably change this).

If you did unsubscribe it did not work as you are still in the mailinglist.

Lene

[BerndJM]

oki,
did now a "late" subscription

Error: The email address could not be associated, please contact the support!

Then I did a "late" reaction to the unscribe mail and got

The email address bakery@wwnw.de has been deleted from the contribution list.

I agree with you, sometings going wrong here