AlexWebsites Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 1 minute ago, HeadStand said: It's using the server time. I can't really change that easily, sorry. No problem, I'll have to check my server didn't realize that. Thanks.
HeadStand Posted February 9, 2017 Author Posted February 9, 2017 Just now, AlexWebsites said: No problem, I'll have to check my server didn't realize that. Thanks. That's why I put the "time now is" message, so that you can figure out where the server is. AlexWebsites 1
AlexWebsites Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, AlexWebsites said: Is there anyway to change the sync time and does that run off the server time? Distribution times are calculated according to GMT. Time now is 02/09/2017 01:47 AM I just changed my server time and its not that. It's actually php time zone if anyone is looking. Edited February 9, 2017 by AlexWebsites Did not work.
AlexWebsites Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 49 minutes ago, HeadStand said: That's why I put the "time now is" message, so that you can figure out where the server is. I've changed the server time and php time settings to America/New_York and verified it's changed. However, I am still getting the same time output in newsletter distribution settings. I did see that in the language settings the time zone text seems to be Distribution times are calculated according to GMT. Time now is %s. The time zone isn't set as a variable so I just want to make sure it's not manually set. Any ideas? Not a huge deal, but I'd like to sync with my time if possible.
NoGi Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 I've got an issue with the new gallery template where the watermark I use seems to cover the whole image. Is there anyway around this?
HeadStand Posted February 10, 2017 Author Posted February 10, 2017 2 hours ago, NoGi said: I've got an issue with the new gallery template where the watermark I use seems to cover the whole image. Is there anyway around this? Can you pm me and send me the necessary files? I'd like to try to reproduce it locally.
Janyour Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 On 08/02/2017 at 1:26 PM, HeadStand said: Not at this time. Perhapse in next releases ?
HeadStand Posted February 10, 2017 Author Posted February 10, 2017 9 hours ago, Janyour said: Perhapse in next releases ? I don't know. The problem is that once you start with filters, there is literally no end to the filters that would be requested. I'm not sure if I'm looking to open that "can of worms", so to speak. Janyour 1
AlexWebsites Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 Is there a way to see who unsubscribes and a total count of subscribed members as opposed to just looking at the subscribed member pages? VR6Pete 1
AlexWebsites Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) I scheduled my first weekly newsletter and received complaints that it sent every hour for up to 10 hours. Is there a log that shows this or has this happened to anyone else? I'm assuming it has something to do with the hourly task, but my settings show weekly distribution. I've disabled it and will run some checks sending to the admin group, but something went funky here. Members complained of spamming... Maybe the issue is that the PublishNewsletters task is set to send hourly but the PruneDistributionHistory is set daily? i also notice that after it sent the next distribution time did not change, which should have been one week from now. I manually ran the PruneDistributionHistory task but it did not change. EDIT: I just noticed that my next distribution did not change to next week with the weekly interval setting. The daily and weekly intervals act the same for the next distribution time. I changed it to every two weeks in the interval setting and now the distribution time shows a week from now....funky. So I took a look at some of the files and not sure if this is the reason or not. Looks like in /applications/newsletters/sources/Newsletter/Newsletter.php you have the code below: switch( $this->publish_interval ) { case static::PUBLISH_DAILY: case static::PUBLISH_WEEKLY: $day += $daysToAdd; break; case static::PUBLISH_WEEKS: $day += $daysToAdd; $day += 7; break; case static::PUBLISH_MONTHLY: $month++; break; case static::PUBLISH_ANNUALLY: $year++; break; } My choices are Daily, Weekly, Every Two Weeks, Monthly, Annually, and Manually when in settings. I seem to only be able to get a weekly +7 days by choosing Every two weeks which is your Publish_weeks in the code above? every 2 weeks should be +14 and weekly I would imagine should be +7 like; switch( $this->publish_interval ) { case static::PUBLISH_DAILY: case static::PUBLISH_WEEKLY: $day += $daysToAdd; $day += 7; break; case static::PUBLISH_WEEKS: $day += $daysToAdd; $day += 14; break; case static::PUBLISH_MONTHLY: $month++; break; case static::PUBLISH_ANNUALLY: $year++; break; } When I change this, it shows correctly in my "next distribution" when picking weekly. I would have the weekly with just a start date and from there +7 days send it weekly and then on the Daily, to actually pick the days of the week to send. But that's me.. If you have weekly, and pick two or more days it'll actually send in an interval that's less that a week. I think this is what happened to me. I accidentally had Friday and Saturday checked off under weekly because I was messing around with it the day before. Since the task sends every hour and the distribution time only updates once a day, it kept going even though I assumed it would only send once a week regardless. I also think that update distribution time should be changed to hourly if the send is hourly. Edited February 11, 2017 by AlexWebsites Follow up to this post and issue VR6Pete 1
AlexWebsites Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 9:50 AM, AlexWebsites said: I've changed the server time and php time settings to America/New_York and verified it's changed. However, I am still getting the same time output in newsletter distribution settings. I did see that in the language settings the time zone text seems to be Distribution times are calculated according to GMT. Time now is %s. The time zone isn't set as a variable so I just want to make sure it's not manually set. Any ideas? Not a huge deal, but I'd like to sync with my time if possible. Just to follow up, I put my actual time in the distribution time (matches my server time and php time I set) and the newsletter sent according to that and not the GMT time that it shows on the distribution setup page. I guess it would be good to change that or just put in the php or server time. Just a suggestion because it was a bit confusing.
HeadStand Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Update distribution time is not a task. That occurs immediately when the distribution is triggered (to prevent exactly the above scenario). I will take a look at this bug tomorrow.... you're the first to report this. The idea here is that when the newsletter is published, it loads the queue with everyone who should receive it, then recalculates the next distribution time, then triggers the actual distribution process. The "prune" does nothing to the newsletter itself, it only clears out the logs, so running that task will not help you. I think I know the problem.... you're not quite right about the daily/weekly logic, although that is the problem area. The real issue, I think, is that the STARTING point is off. Instead of calculating from current time, I should add 24 hours and start from there (because the current time will read as a valid time). Since we just distributed now, the soonest we would send again is 24 hours later. You can expect a fix tomorrow. Sorry... I just can't get to a pc tonight.
AlexWebsites Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Yes that sounds like it could be the issue. Thanks for the reply on this. As far as selecting weekly and daily, what's the difference if you are selecting the days in each? Just so I understand, If I select daily and check off Monday and Thursday it will send every Monday and Thursday? If so, what's the difference if I select weekly and check off Monday and Thursday? Same or different?
HeadStand Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 A new version has been pushed to the Marketplace. Changes include: "Next Distribution" date was not calculated properly after a Saturday distribution. Fixed. Newsletter form now correctly uses GMT time.
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 @NoGi still willing to share the template you have? It looks really really bland as default and I hate to think I spent $50 for something I won't use. Some pre-populated styling would have been a really nice plus.
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I want to use this so bad as it was very expensive, but it is absolutely unreadable, just a big block of letters...
NoGi Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, TheSkyLounge.tv said: @NoGi still willing to share the template you have? It looks really really bland as default and I hate to think I spent $50 for something I won't use. Some pre-populated styling would have been a really nice plus. PM me your email and I'll forward you what mine looks like. I've just used the default stuff and have not customised anything.
NoGi Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 This is literally the only settings I changed for the content parts: You also need to put some static content into the header and footer sections like your logo etc.. Oh, don't forget to clear your cache and make sure you are running the latest version.
HeadStand Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 33 minutes ago, TheSkyLounge.tv said: I want to use this so bad as it was very expensive, but it is absolutely unreadable, just a big block of letters... It doesn't look like that by default anymore. I redid the default templates so that they look a little better than that.
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Just now, HeadStand said: It doesn't look like that by default anymore. I redid the default templates so that they look a little better than that. I can confirm this @HeadStand ! I just updated and WHEW! Much better. I have a really nice email template from another CMS, would you like to see it for inspiration? Feel free to PM me email.
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 No matter how I enter the date, I seem to get this error, any ideas?
HeadStand Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 7:06 PM, TheSkyLounge.tv said: No matter how I enter the date, I seem to get this error, any ideas? Fix coming tomorrow. I've got it fixed locally, but I have another bug I'm working on... have to figure that one out first.
HeadStand Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 7:06 PM, TheSkyLounge.tv said: No matter how I enter the date, I seem to get this error, any ideas? Fix for this issue is now available in the Marketplace. TheSkyLounge.tv 1
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 2 hours ago, HeadStand said: Fix for this issue is now available in the Marketplace. Confirmed fixed, and 1st newsletter sent! WHOOOOO! On "IMAGES" Any chance we could maintain the correct image dimensions and get a clear preview vs fuzzy?
TheSkyLounge.tv Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 My unsubscribe info doesn't seem to show up in the emails... I currently see this in the preview. Thoughts anyone?
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