HeadStand

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. 

34 minutes ago, Gabriel Torres said:

Thanks! You are the best!

Another thing. I am adding the *|unsubscribe|* keyword to our footer, however it is not being replaced by the proper unsubscription link. See attached.

If you're using the "test distribution" button, the unsubscribe does not work there. It only gets replaced during an actual distribution.

Just now, Gabriel Torres said:

@HeadStand This is a dealbreaker for us, as it makes no sense sending out newsletters all with the same title... I guess I could edit the source files to make this work the way we need?

Let me see if I can get it done tomorrow. If I can't, I'll give you instructions to edit the source.

3 minutes ago, Gabriel Torres said:

@HeadStand

I've just hit another roadblock. I created a test newsletter and the newsletter is being sent with the "Subject" field set as the newsletter's title/name, not with the issue title/name. We need to send each issue with a different title (issue number + date). Please see what I am talking about in the attached screenshots. Please advise.

Gabriel.

I'm afraid this isn't supported at the moment. I can add it to my list, but I have no ETA right now.

3 minutes ago, Gabriel Torres said:

@HeadStand Thank you again for your prompt support. I am running a few tests here and I have a couple of questions at the moment:

1. What is the behavior for new users? Are they automatically subscribed to the newsletters?

2. Does you app respect the "Receive emails from the administrators?" setting when the user created his account?

I also would like to point out that the name of our newsletter is getting a line break in the management screen at the front-end, see screenshot. How could I fix that?

Thanks,

Gabriel.

1. yes, new members are automatically subscribed (assuming that the newsletter is configured to send to their group)

2. Yes.

I don't know what I can really do about the line break. I'm using the standard IPS form there, there's no special styling or formatting involved. Best I can do is change the form (and it's a code-level change, not something you can do yourself) to put the newsletter name above the toggle. 

On 4/28/2017 at 7:07 PM, Gabriel Torres said:

Hi, @HeadStand thank you for your prompt support. But I am still struggling find where to add the manual content with an WYSIWYG editor. Here is what I am doing.

ACP > Community > Newsletters > Create New

I fill out all fields from the Properties and Distribution tabs.

In the Content tab, I enable "Manual Content Required." In this tab there are editors for the header and footer, and a field for me to pull a template for the newsletter. Perfect.

So far, so good.

Then I have to create the issue of my newsletter.

ACP > Community > Newsletters > Click on the newsletter I've just created > Create New

A popup window shows up. I select "Manual Content."

Then I get lost. There is no WYSIWYG editor. See the screenshot below.

If I enable "Use as default", an editor opens up, but it is related to "Articles," so I have no clue. (See screenshot.)

Thank you in advance.

PS: "Distribution times are calculated according to GMT." IMO it should use the date in the user's locale and convert automatically, just like it happens by default on IPS (e.g., on Pages).

Gabriel

 

 

Ignore the "article" text. I think that's how it was named in my original version (created about 6 years ago) and it stuck. That is what you're looking for, though. 

14 hours ago, Gabriel Torres said:

But I am having a hard time to understand its logic. It seems it was created based on the fact that the newsletters would be things like list of stuff already published on our website/forums. However, in our case, we run a newsletter with additional news (and ads) not found at our main website.

 

In addition to content types like "Recent topics', "recent blog posts', etc, the newsletter also includes an option for "Manual Content". This allows you to put in anything you want. There are fields for title, author, and a WYSIWYG editor for the content. I believe that's what you're looking for.

14 hours ago, Gabriel Torres said:

I am also struggling to understand the peridiocity configuration as in our case, as each issue is unique and doesn't pull data from the database, what will happen.

 

In this case, you likely don't want any distribution interval, and you just want to use "Manual" instead (it should be one of the options in the dropdown - daily/weekly/every 2 weeks/monthly/annually/manual). When you use manual distribution, you schedule the newsletter to go out on a certain date, and it distributes only once, on that date. The next time you want to publish an issue, just change the "Next Distribution Date" and it will go out again at that time.

5 hours ago, Vegan Gaymer said:

Sorry... things like *|recenttopics|* that is given as an example. Is there a list with the codes like that for inserting into template? Or am I completely misunderstanding the example?

You make them. When you add content to the newsletter, you enter a key. The key is the variable name. Totally up to you. 

4 hours ago, Vegan Gaymer said:

Please forgive this total n00b. Is there a set of all variables somewhere that I missed? I see the example for recenttopics, but are there more? Thanks!

What variables are you referring to? 

4 hours ago, Vegan Gaymer said:

Did this ever get addressed? I'm wondering the same thing.

No. Thanks for reminding me, I had completely forgotten about it. 

27 minutes ago, VR6Pete said:

Hi. 

Lots of unhappy members today!

plugin has sent 16 copies of the same email to everyone. 

 

x

 

i have disabled the newsletter for now. 

What could cause this to happen?

Thanks

Pete

Yikes! Obviously that shouldn't happen. Please PM me with ACP credentials so that I can troubleshoot. 

On 3/26/2017 at 11:34 AM, AlexWebsites said:

How does the publish link work for the newsletter vs enabled/disabled. Is the publish link to "activate" it or is it a "send now". 

I created a newsletter and it's "active" but I did not hit the publish link I never got a pre-distribution email to any of the 3 admin users I have set up. Just wondering if it needs to be published. I don't recall if I hit that link and I don't want to click it again and send out.

Publish means "send now". 

If the newsletter is active and scheduled, it should go out, providing that

1) you have newsletter content

2) you have recipients (sounds like you do)

3) you have scheduled tasks running more or less regularly. That would be either via cron job or with sufficient site activity. Check your tasks in the ACP and see when the newsletter one was last triggered.

6 hours ago, Joel R said:

Confirmed v5.1 breaks Notification, Messenger, Reported Content dropdowns.  

I've uninstalled for the time being.  

Thank you @Joel R for your assistance in troubleshooting this issue.

This turned out to be an IPS issue related to parsing FURL definitions. A new version has been uploaded to the Marketplace and the issue has been reported to IPS.

19 hours ago, Strikes said:

Is it possible to make this read out like a 'Newsfeed Style' column like you see on Facebook? 

Here's an example of what we're looking for, from Oxwall, but for IPB/S: http://www.vigilantaddiction.net/oxwall/

 

I will not be changing the layout of the application. So far I've had at least 4 requests for layout changes, all completely different from each other. There is no way for me to make everyone happy. You are free to customize the layout any way you choose. Templates can be found with all other IPS templates, under feed -> front -> feed.

9 hours ago, CherryGirl69 said:

Is there any way to get a little bit of the post shown in the widget?

Not at the moment.

8 hours ago, CherryGirl69 said:

I was also thinking that a nice feature would be to be able to update your status from the Social Stream widget then there is no need to place the status update widget on the index page. 

It's been on my list for a while, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Eventually.  

On 3/12/2017 at 10:34 PM, David.. said:

@HeadStand

 

Just found a bug with the hover card profile:

 

I can't really make out what it's trying to do. Probably trying to show the whole user profile & activity inside the hovercard.

I disabled Social Stream, and it worked as normal. Enabled and issue started again.

Cheers!

A new version has been uploaded to the Marketplace. It contains a fix for this issue.

Just now, David.. said:

Maybe it conflicts with my other plugins?

I don't know. Please send me a login.

1 minute ago, David.. said:

4.1.19, the latest.

If you want an admin login, let me know!

Sure, PM me with it. It doesn't even make any sense... there is not a single line of code in the Social Stream that touches the profile in any way. I can't even imagine where to begin to troubleshoot this.

14 hours ago, David.. said:

No update yet?

I'm unable to reproduce this issue. What version of IPS are you using?

1 hour ago, PrettyPixels said:

Just curious if searchable fields was ever added? Otherwise, is there any way to sort entries based on a custom field?

Not yet. Sorry.

A new version has been uploaded to the Marketplace. Changes include:

• JavaScript timing issue caused the set to be disabled on some forms. Fixed.
• Required dropdowns now have an empty option to force users to make a selection.

On 3/12/2017 at 10:34 PM, David.. said:

@HeadStand

 

Just found a bug with the hover card profile:

 

I can't really make out what it's trying to do. Probably trying to show the whole user profile & activity inside the hovercard.

I disabled Social Stream, and it worked as normal. Enabled and issue started again.

Cheers!

I did see your post,  it's just been a crazy week. This is on my to-do list. Thanks.

I don't know what that is, but it isn't mine...

Looks like it's something related to videos? Either way, it isn't mine.

On 3/5/2017 at 4:47 AM, User2016 said:

Hello,

You can create required fields to create a new topic and that the data are entered in the general list of topics?

The image is of vbulletin with the following mod:

Https://modernvb.com/vb_products.php?vb_products=moreinfo&productid=14

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvnS4ZRe3QU

Is it possible to do this with your mod?

In my case I manage the inventory of a store with forum.

 

Right now the templates are only visible on the topic itself, and not on the listing pages. It's something I've been meaning to do, but haven't had the chance yet. It will be a couple more weeks until I can get that in there.

On 2/28/2017 at 10:32 PM, openfire said:

Any idea about merged topics losing the info from the fields?

It's not lost. It just doesn't work that way. The fields are not actually stored with the post, they're stored with the topic. I make them display after the post, but they're not part of that content.

In theory, if you merge a topic, I could just drop that template info in with the post content, but when the post is edited, it would be one long block of text. No individual fields.

On 2/28/2017 at 11:17 PM, prupdated said:

Hi. Overall it looks pretty good except that I have 70,000 members and the script times out if I publish (60 second php timeout). It works on smaller groups. I haven't tried but it might work if I don't publish but wait for cron to pick it up. Although, I'm concerned what could happen if it is already timing out on the front end publish.

Also, I'm not sure how long it would take using sparkpost since I don't see a settable sending rate with sparkpost. SMTP has a rate option but I run into some problems with SMTP on spark post from time to time.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I completely missed this post, I apologize. 

It's interesting that it's timing out, I have clients running this mod and distributing to a couple hundred thousand members without a timeout. I will look into it and see if there is a way to improve this. 

Sparkpost's rate is hard-coded into IPS code and I cannot override it. I think it's 1500 emails per cycle.

16 hours ago, Adam_S said:

Each of my calendars only have one set anyway.  And the calendar is already selected, but it still is greyed out.  Is it possible to at least let it select the default set and display that?

I can't reproduce this issue. If I go to the create screen with a calendar selected, the set dropdown is not disabled. If a default set is defined, it is properly selected. I have tested this with 2 calendars, each with one set configured (a different one for each calendar). I have tried with a default set defined and not defined. I have tried with a set required and not required. All tests are successful.

Do you have any JavaScript errors in your console?

12 hours ago, Adam_S said:

Each of my calendars only have one set anyway.  And the calendar is already selected, but it still is greyed out.  Is it possible to at least let it select the default set and display that?

If the calendar is already selected, that's a bug. I'll look into it, but it may not be for a couple of days. 

1 hour ago, Adam_S said:

Hi,

I love this application, this is just what i need for my community, however I'm having some issues with it.

If, for example, i've got fields added to a Calendar template, the sets aren't showing until i change the Calendar that the entry is going in to.  The box which normally displays the Set name is just blank and disabled.  Once i change the Calendar, (even if i select a different one and then the original one again), then the dropdown box which displays the Set name becomes enabled and selects the default set for that Calendar's container.

Please see example in this link:  https://ozclubbers.com.au/calendar/submit/?do=submit&id=9

Thanks

Adam

 

There's actually no way around that. Logically speaking, until you select a calendar, I have no idea which sets should be available or if you should have a set at all. Some calendars will have one set, some will have another, others will have none. It would be worse for the user to choose a set that is unrelated to the calendar, only to have it disabled  (and ignored) after entering data into the fields.