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1 minute ago, Prank said:

Thanks for that. I'll have a play. Maybe we could open this thread or other threads to user submitted templates? Would really help people get the most out of this. I'd be happy to provide mine.

 

If anyone here wants to share theirs, they can. 

47 minutes ago, AlexWebsites said:

Yeah, that's not happening for me but I think @stoo2000 is going to help me out and look at it through his support ticket. Not sure what's going on or maybe it's something on my end with the API, because I created a new one for this plugin by  @HeadStand and assumed bouncer would use the API now instead of SMTP. Something is funky.

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It most likely will not automatically work with it. I'll have to talk to @stoo2000 to see what I can do to make it compatible.

On 11/30/2018 at 6:31 PM, CheersnGears said:

Did reputation activity ever get added from the "Coming Soon" list?

How did I not see this post until now? 😞 No, it didn't. At the time that I wrote it, reputation was still a little more flexible and was a possibility. When IPS switched to reactions, they sort of "closed things off" in the sense that I may not be able to apply this to all content. That being said, this IS the next mod in line for a feature sweep, so I'll probably give it another go. 

21 hours ago, dlg said:

Hello, is it possible to see this working anywhere?

Thank you!

I do not have a demo available, but perhaps some of the users in this topic may be willing to share links to their site?

On 1/24/2019 at 10:42 PM, John T Davis said:

Hello, @HeadStand,

Thanks for your reply. Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you. I've tried the troubleshooting/testing items you requested.

The Preview (Plain) button shows a correct plain text preview.

The Test Distribution (Plain) does work.

According to the Back Issues, 0 Plain-Text newsletters were sent, with 2 plain text subscribers. All HTML subscribers received emails.

Please let me know if you need more info or for me to try something else.

Thanks again. 😄 

And when you view the subscribers for this newsletter, are you listed? Very strange that it doesn't detect it.

15 hours ago, Prank said:

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there are any examples of responsive email templates?

This is a fantastic module btw, thank you.

Thanks,

Christian

The default templates are responsive. Beyond that, I don't have any samples - I'm terrible at this kind of thing, so I gave the most bare-boned templates possible.

4 hours ago, stonewolf777 said:

Just installed and get:

Error code: 2S100/4

On the Application: permissions are NOT visible! So, I can't set the groups.

You should clarify that the "collection" is needed prior adding questions. Solved.

Sorry about that! Glad you were able to resolve it. 

12 hours ago, AlexWebsites said:

Am I supposed to see emails/users listed? Nothing in the list since installing. No results.

No. Unfortunately, the Sparkpost API does not give you a list. It only allows you to search for a specific email address. Kind of silly, but not much I can do about it. 😞

1 hour ago, AlexWebsites said:

The banner image is displaying correctly. The preview is stretched out for some reason, but that's not crucial. The actual test distribution seems to align properly and without bullets. Thanks.

Probably some styling in the ACP that is being used here. The test distribution is obviously more accurate.

3 hours ago, AlexWebsites said:

Any word on this? Just following up. Thanks.

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

On 1/18/2019 at 11:40 AM, John T Davis said:

@HeadStand,

Hello! Thanks so much for the new update.

I'm seeing one odd bug right now: when a user (me) has chosen to receive plain text newsletters, the newsletter fails to send.

• I still get the nightly confirmation email telling me the newsletter has been sent to all subscribers.
• All I have to do to fix it user-side is flip the toggle back to HTML.

I'm just using the built-in email sending module, not a third party add-on like SendGrid.

Please let me know if you need additional information. Thanks! 😎

I am unable to reproduce this issue. I subscribed myself to a newsletter in plain-text and I received it just fine. 

Are you able to preview the newsletter in plain-text? What do the newsletter logs say (when you view "Back Issues" for the newsletter, how many plain-text subscribers did it detect and how many were sent)?

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16 hours ago, AlexWebsites said:

There must be a way because the "other" one in the marketplace (not as feature packed as yours) does get it to that settings page. I'll have to look at sparkpost to see if there is a way to view connection type to ensure its all working through the API I guess.

I didn't say there was no way, I said there was no "easy" way. 😉

I'll try to get that done.

14 hours ago, The Old Man said:

Thanks @HeadStand

I removed the existing smtp entries in AdminCP and it worked fine. However now that I'm using the EU version, it won't accept my API key. To clarify, I created a brand new API key at Sparkpost EU dashboard and it refuses to accept it in AdminCP when I select the EU version.

2S123/1 The API Key you supplied appears to be incorrect. Please check your API Key and try again.

it is definitely correct though.

PM coming your way.

1 minute ago, AlexWebsites said:

Just bought this and installed. Was wondering the same because I don't see the option in email settings, its still on smtp, no option for sparkpost like sendgrid.

Right, because I can't really "get in there" easily to add the option. When you go to the Community Enhancements, if you turn it on over there, it takes precedence over whatever you have in the Mail Delivery Method setting.

On 1/2/2019 at 5:52 AM, The Old Man said:

The suppression list search is great, may I suggest a button to search and display the full list, if possible?

Unfortunately, the SparkPost API does not provide this option, which is why I didn't do it that way. 😞

On 1/2/2019 at 5:52 AM, The Old Man said:

Quick question, after completing the install and setting SP to send both types of mail, the previous SMTP settings for Sparkpost remain in the Email section of AdminCP. How best to deal with them?

They can stay there. They're not "hurting" anything by being there.

8 hours ago, Morozzz said:

Hi. Tell me, how can I turn off the display of the field switch? I use only one field and the top drop-down list is unnecessary.

I believe it should be hidden if you use one set AND the set is marked as required. Check the documentation on "Containers" for details on how to configure that.

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

• Ads that used multiple image sizes showed all available sizes. Fixed;
• Missing language strings in 3rd party apps threw an exception. Fixed;

On 1/10/2019 at 7:31 PM, AlexWebsites said:

So just to test and make sure, I added an image into the medium slot for the advertisement so it's like so:

 

I am doing this is a test newsletter and only have an advertisement block added. The preview shows the one image (the main image and not the smaller or medium), so it's easy to assume its working.

Then when I send the test distribution, I get:

 

If I remove the smaller and medium images and just have one and then test the distribution, I still get triplets with bullet points...

Something is very funky here and the update did not fix this issue.

I misunderstood the issue. Sorry about that. I will look into this either tonight or tomorrow.

On 1/11/2019 at 12:34 PM, Christforums said:

Note, I receive the error:

4C124/6 lang_not_exists__videos_comments

When I disable the Video application the News Letter distributions runs in tasks successfully. Odd, this wasn't a problem until last update.

 

This means that the video application is missing a language string, though I doubt that would cause a problem with distribution... that error would hit when you are creating the newsletter. Do you have any newsletter content configured for videos?

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

• Option to show newsletters on the registration page, so users can subscribe (or opt-out) when signing up
• Ability for club owners to manage upcoming issues for their newsletters
• Support for comments - you can now set up a "comment feed" that will be displayed in your newsletter, instead of just the items
• Issues when adding multiple advertising spots. Fixed;

9 hours ago, AlexWebsites said:

The advertisement block isn't working for me. I have a banner created in the IPS advertisement section with an uploaded gif (also tested with png) banner size and one additional image for a smaller size (no medium size uploaded). When I add the block and preview it, the one banner (regular size shows up). When I send a test distribution to a few different email clients, I get the same banner 3 times (2 instances of the main uploaded image and one instance of the smaller uploaded image, used for smaller screens)

How can I fix this output?

Same content types as when reported in this post:

 

I have a fix for this issue already done in the next update. I'm out tonight but I will try to publish tomorrow. There were quite a few changes to the next release and I haven't had a chance to update the docs. 

10 hours ago, joshuaj said:

Right, sorry I'm using the wrong terminology. I understand the topic needs to be "empty" - I just want to hide the box from the user so that they don't have to see it during input.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about as well. 😉 I understood what you meant.

I'm not sure that I can do it, honestly. I can try, but no guarantees. At the time that I added that particular feature, it was extremely tricky and I don't know that I'd be able to hide it completely.

4 hours ago, joshuaj said:

Hi @HeadStand,

I bought the app today. I really like it so far.

I was curious if there was a way to disable the default text box if a forum is using a set and the " Allow Empty Content " check box is turned on. Perhaps there is a way to have an option to disable the text box input from showing up when a user clicks on "Star New Topic" ?

As I stated earlier, for a variety of technical reasons, I can't get rid of that completely. 

1 hour ago, David T. Cole said:

Is it possible to inject a unique class into the ipsDialog div that we could then style the rest of the pop-up output against? I feel like this is tapping into core modules for output so make that's not possible but I thought I'd ask.

Not at the moment.

On 11/18/2018 at 12:35 PM, adcantu said:

Is there a way to have one of the fields become the topic title so the user doesn't have to type it in?

Not at this time.

18 hours ago, princeton said:

Need option NOT to create topic. I would like to disable this altogether.

Topics are already optional. Just don't select a  forum, and no topic will be created.

5 hours ago, ibaker said:

With this addon can it be set to only send out the newsletter to users who have logged in within the last 30 days

No, sorry. Filters are only by member group.

On 11/8/2018 at 3:38 PM, Cyboman said:

Show opt-ins for each newsletter in the ACP.
-> Let administrators see how many and who is currently subscribed to an individual newsletter
-> show the current sendout counts (how many emails have been sent?) and maybe a monthly history

Already present. You can "View Subscribers" for each newsletter. You can also "Manage Issues" for each newsletter, which shows distribution total. Please read the documentation that is provided with the modification; this is included.

On 11/8/2018 at 3:38 PM, Cyboman said:

Implement additional sendout member filters / more filter options
-> currently we can only filter for member groups (who will receive, who may opt-in....)
-> requested is a functionality, where I can filter regular member groups AND ON TOP OF THIS ->

# joined the community more than/equal/less than x days ago ("registration filter")
# last visit newer than/equal/older than x days ("inactivity filter")
# has reputation count higher than/equal/lower than ("quality filter")
# custom member profile field value is/is not xxx ("custom filter")

This has been requested before, but I'm not going to be doing this any time in the near future. It's going to make an already complicated mod a lot more complex, and I don't have the availability right now to support all the issues that will come along with it. I'd rather not build something I can't support properly.

On 11/8/2018 at 3:38 PM, Cyboman said:

Upcoming birthdays / birthday list
-> show the x upcoming birthdays or all in a day/week/month/year
-> use the data from the member profile (birthday field)

I like this suggestion. I'll add it to my list.

On 11/8/2018 at 3:38 PM, Cyboman said:

Problems I am experiencing with the current version:

1.  

Again, please read the documentation. Some of these issues are explained and documented. Many of these others are due to the way that different email clients render your template. Not all clients support all HTML properties. This is just something you'll have to play with via trial and error. I don't provide support for the templates themselves; there are just too many variables at work. I suggest you start with this link: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/. This is from Campaign Monitor, and they provide a good guide for what is commonly supported.

21 hours ago, princeton said:

Does this provide the following stats?

Opens + Unique Opens + Open Rate

Clicks + Click Rate

Not at this time. If you integrated with SendGrid or SparkPost, they take care of that for you.

17 hours ago, Joel R said:

Error with the app when creating a club newsletter.  

SELECT * FROM `forums_topics` WHERE approved=1 AND moved_to is null AND pinned=0 AND =0 AND ( forum_id IN(60) ) AND start_date>= 1541796573 ORDER BY start_date desc LIMIT 0,5
IPS\Db\Exception: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '=? AND ( forum_id IN(60) ) AND start_date>= ? ORDER BY start_date desc LIMIT 0,5' at line 1 (1064)
#0 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/system/Db/Select.php(378): IPS\_Db->preparedQuery('/*IteratorItera...', Array, true)
#1 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/system/Db/Select.php(440): IPS\Db\_Select->runQuery()
#2 [internal function]: IPS\Db\_Select->rewind()
#3 [internal function]: IteratorIterator->rewind()
#4 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/applications/newsletters/extensions/newsletters/NewsletterContent/Core.php(474): iterator_to_array(Object(IPS\Patterns\ActiveRecordIterator))
#5 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/applications/newsletters/sources/Newsletter/Content.php(242): IPS\newsletters\extensions\newsletters\NewsletterContent\_Core->getData(Array)
#6 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/applications/newsletters/sources/Newsletter/Newsletter.php(775): IPS\newsletters\Newsletter\_Content->build('html', Array)
#7 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/applications/newsletters/modules/front/newsletters/newsletter.php(308): IPS\newsletters\_Newsletter->buildContent('html', Array)
#8 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(85): IPS\newsletters\modules\front\newsletters\_newsletter->test()
#9 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/applications/newsletters/modules/front/newsletters/newsletter.php(32): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute()
#10 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(146): IPS\newsletters\modules\front\newsletters\_newsletter->execute()
#11 /home/nginx/domains/mycommunity.com/public/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run()
#12 {main}

 

Thanks. I'll take a look.

On 10/30/2018 at 2:56 PM, teraßyte said:

Jokes aside. I found myself needing to hook into one of the reactions functions and remembered this topic. It seems nothing has changed since then.

You CAN hook into it, as long as it's on a specific class. Meaning, you can hook into \IPS\forums\Topic, just not \IPS\Content\Reactable. Is that not sufficient for what you're doing?

On 10/25/2018 at 12:51 AM, Joel R said:

In my newsletter, I added manual content.  Where do I go to actually write the content?

We did this privately, but I"ll put the answer here for others. There is an option to "Manage Issues", where you can enter manual content for a particular date.

On 10/25/2018 at 12:51 AM, Joel R said:

Can you explain who, by default, receives the newsletter?  For example, does it respect the user's "Send me news and information" or is it a separate setting where everyone, by default, is opted in?  For example, I agree with @andrewbiggs where I'd like to enable the Newsletters for all members by default.  

You can do either opt-in or opt-out, it's up to you. But it always respects the "Send me news and information" flag.

@Joel R I will add your other suggestions to my list.

On 10/26/2018 at 4:38 AM, Reto Bachofner said:

Great, @Joel R had buyed the Application as well. So we‘ll get soon a fantastic Guide how to use it 

I am pretty sure I provide very detailed documentation with every single one of my modifications. It should have been part of your download.

On 10/27/2018 at 1:53 PM, Joel R said:

Check with @HeadStand but you should be able to connect with a SparkPost campaign

Fact check: true.

22 hours ago, andavis said:

Is there any way to check the ACP of the plugin before we buy it?

No.

On 10/26/2018 at 4:38 AM, Reto Bachofner said:

Question. Is it possible to connect the Application to Mailchimp or any other E-Mail Marketing Service? Purpose would be to have different Lists for Groups. You would be able not only send automaticaly Mails as the Application does at this stage. You could go to your E-Mail Marketing Service and create E-Mail Funnels - Broadcasts e.g.

Think this is missing sadly in IPS.

Wait, I see what you're saying. No, it doesn't do that. It's an interesting suggestion and I'll put it on my list, but I'm not going to be adding anything that major in the near future. It will have to wait for the next feature sweep.