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May 4, 20177 yr Author The screen you're showing is not the issue screen. Issues do work the way you want, but you need to set them up correctly. The screen you're looking at is the content screen. This is where you decide what kind of content is in each newsletter - for example, you might have manual editor content, followed by recent topics, then by gallery images. When you're on the main newsletter screen (the one that lists all the newsletters), each newsletter should have an option for "Manage Issues". On that screen you set up the issue date and the content.
May 5, 20177 yr @HeadStand Gotcha. Is it necessary to create "Issues?" I think I could simply edit the manual content and then send out the newsletter, and then for the next "issue," I can simply edit the content again for the new content and send this new content, and so on. Sorry for so many questions, as our method of creating and sending newsletters is all manual. A couple of questions: 1. Is there a way to create a template of formating for the topic that is created on the forum? Because in the actual newsletters we have dividers for the header and footer (added through a template we created), but these are lost in the topic. 2. Is there a way to lock the topic automatically after it is created, so users won't comment on them? I found an issue when viewing the newsletter as plain text: the spaces are exaggerated. See the screenshots comparing the same text in HTML and in plaintext. Thanks! Edited May 5, 20177 yr by Gabriel Torres
May 12, 20177 yr 1 hour ago, NoGi said: My newsletter just got sent 3 times under 4.19.3, anyone else have this issue? Did it send fine before you updated IPS?
May 12, 20177 yr Just now, NoGi said: Yeah it was, I'm using Sparkpost integration Thanks for the heads up. Mine is about to send by schedule. What was your setting on, weekly, biweekly, monthly? Did the newsletter tasks run to update after it sent the first time?
May 17, 20177 yr Author On 5/12/2017 at 5:43 PM, NoGi said: My newsletter just got sent 3 times under 4.19.3, anyone else have this issue? Was the "next distribution time" updated after distribution? Was there anything in your system logs?
May 17, 20177 yr 5 hours ago, HeadStand said: Was the "next distribution time" updated after distribution? Was there anything in your system logs? Yes it updated to the last one sent. Didn't notice anything in the system logs other than this: #0 /var/www/html/forum/applications/newsletters/sources/Issue/Issue.php(257): IPS\_Log::log('Distributed SKF...', 'newsletters') #1 /var/www/html/forum/applications/newsletters/extensions/core/Queue/DistributeNewsletters.php(81): IPS\newsletters\_Issue->distribute(0) #2 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(48): IPS\newsletters\extensions\core\Queue\_DistributeNewsletters->run(Array, 0) #3 /var/www/html/forum/applications/core/tasks/queue.php(44): IPS\_Task::runQueue() #4 [internal function]: IPS\core\tasks\_queue->IPS\core\tasks\{closure}() #5 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(346): call_user_func(Object(Closure)) #6 /var/www/html/forum/applications/core/tasks/queue.php(56): IPS\_Task->runUntilTimeout(Object(Closure)) #7 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(249): IPS\core\tasks\_queue->execute() #8 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(218): IPS\_Task->run() #9 /var/www/html/forum/system/Dispatcher/Standard.php(306): IPS\_Task->runAndLog() #10 [internal function]: IPS\Dispatcher\_Standard->__destruct() #11 {main} Edited May 17, 20177 yr by NoGi
May 17, 20177 yr Author 6 hours ago, NoGi said: Yes it updated to the last one sent. Didn't notice anything in the system logs other than this: #0 /var/www/html/forum/applications/newsletters/sources/Issue/Issue.php(257): IPS\_Log::log('Distributed SKF...', 'newsletters') #1 /var/www/html/forum/applications/newsletters/extensions/core/Queue/DistributeNewsletters.php(81): IPS\newsletters\_Issue->distribute(0) #2 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(48): IPS\newsletters\extensions\core\Queue\_DistributeNewsletters->run(Array, 0) #3 /var/www/html/forum/applications/core/tasks/queue.php(44): IPS\_Task::runQueue() #4 [internal function]: IPS\core\tasks\_queue->IPS\core\tasks\{closure}() #5 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(346): call_user_func(Object(Closure)) #6 /var/www/html/forum/applications/core/tasks/queue.php(56): IPS\_Task->runUntilTimeout(Object(Closure)) #7 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(249): IPS\core\tasks\_queue->execute() #8 /var/www/html/forum/system/Task/Task.php(218): IPS\_Task->run() #9 /var/www/html/forum/system/Dispatcher/Standard.php(306): IPS\_Task->runAndLog() #10 [internal function]: IPS\Dispatcher\_Standard->__destruct() #11 {main} That's normal output. I'm trying to figure out if maybe something got stuck before the next distribution had a chance to update. Do you post the newsletter to a topic?
May 17, 20177 yr 5 hours ago, HeadStand said: I'm trying to figure out if maybe something got stuck before the next distribution had a chance to update. Do you post the newsletter to a topic? I do and it posted it only once, the last one that was sent.
May 18, 20177 yr Author Now we're talking. Is there anything at all in the system logs (not necessarily related to newsletters) around the time of the FIRST distribution?
May 28, 20177 yr OK, this just did it again sending a double email 30 mins apart. Nothing in the logs. This newsletter doesn't write to the forum but the preview email was also sent twice.
June 14, 20177 yr when adding dates such as to the 'Topic Title Format' field am getting TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 2 to be DateTimeZone, string given (0) can you give us a quick example of the format needed here thanks Topic Title Format The date format that will be used in the topic title. Must be a valid format as used by PHP's strftime.
June 16, 20177 yr Author On 6/14/2017 at 2:46 AM, sound said: when adding dates such as to the 'Topic Title Format' field am getting TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 2 to be DateTimeZone, string given (0) can you give us a quick example of the format needed here thanks Topic Title Format The date format that will be used in the topic title. Must be a valid format as used by PHP's strftime. The topic title format is not a date field, it's plain text. I can't see how you can possibly get that particular error on that field. Can you please tell me which field is generating the error? On 5/31/2017 at 5:24 PM, gavpedz said: Will this work on ips 4.2 I haven't tested it (yet), but it should work. I don't know of any code changes that would affect this app.
June 19, 20177 yr On 6/16/2017 at 2:59 PM, HeadStand said: The topic title format is not a date field, it's plain text. I can't see how you can possibly get that particular error on that field. Can you please tell me which field is generating the error? ok, thanks for the reply looking deeper it seems to be the 'Scheduled Start Date' causing the problem when saving settings any pointers?
June 21, 20177 yr Author On 6/19/2017 at 11:35 AM, sound said: ok, thanks for the reply looking deeper it seems to be the 'Scheduled Start Date' causing the problem when saving settings any pointers? That's a standard IPS date and time field.
June 21, 20177 yr ok when saving the newletter I get the below error logged EX0 Something went wrong. Please try again. and TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 2 to be DateTimeZone, string given (0) #0 /zzzzzzzzzz/system/Helpers/Form/Date.php(207): DateTime->__construct('2017-06-20 09:0...', 'UTC') my site is on uk time, maybe something to do with that?
June 27, 20177 yr Author On 6/21/2017 at 4:53 AM, sound said: ok when saving the newletter I get the below error logged EX0 Something went wrong. Please try again. and TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 2 to be DateTimeZone, string given (0) #0 /zzzzzzzzzz/system/Helpers/Form/Date.php(207): DateTime->__construct('2017-06-20 09:0...', 'UTC') my site is on uk time, maybe something to do with that? You should have more details in your system logs. Do you? Also, what version of IPS are you running? On 6/21/2017 at 5:13 PM, DieselMinded said: Does this work on 4.2 beta 6a ? I haven't tested it yet, but it should.
June 27, 20177 yr 7 hours ago, HeadStand said: You should have more details in your system logs. Do you? Also, what version of IPS are you running? latest version 4.1.19.4 system log entry TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 2 to be DateTimeZone, string given (0) #0 /xxxxxx/system/Helpers/Form/Date.php(207): DateTime->__construct('2017-01-02 23:0...', 'UTC') #1 /xxxxxx/system/Helpers/Form/FormAbstract.php(165): IPS\Helpers\Form\_Date->formatValue() #2 /xxxxxx/system/Helpers/Form/FormAbstract.php(143): IPS\Helpers\Form\_FormAbstract->setValue(true) #3 [internal function]: IPS\Helpers\Form\_FormAbstract->__construct('newsletter_star...', 1483398000, true, Array, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'newsletter_star...') #4 /xxxxxx/system/Helpers/Form/Date.php(90): call_user_func_array('parent::__const...', Array) #5 /xxxxxx/applications/newsletters/sources/Newsletter/Newsletter.php(156): IPS\Helpers\Form\_Date->__construct('newsletter_star...', 1483398000, true, Array, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'newsletter_star...') #6 /xxxxxx/applications/newsletters/modules/admin/newsletters/newsletters.php(189): IPS\newsletters\_Newsletter->form(Object(IPS\Helpers\Form)) #7 /xxxxxx/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(86): IPS\newsletters\modules\admin\newsletters\_newsletters->form() #8 /xxxxxx/applications/newsletters/modules/admin/newsletters/newsletters.php(27): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute() #9 /xxxxxx/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(129): IPS\newsletters\modules\admin\newsletters\_newsletters->execute() #10 /xxxxxx/admin/index.php(14): IPS\_Dispatcher->run() #11 {main} Edited June 27, 20177 yr by sound
