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6 hours ago, IceCore said:

What do you mean by how it works? If referred user is registered, the referrer will get the set amount.

Or what's the question?

Look at the above post by @403 - Forbiddeen obviously it doesn't work that way. Can you confirm that it does?

48 minutes ago, Fast Lane! said:

Oh wow.  I didn't realize it wasn't upgraded. 

Are you currently using it with 4.5?

4 minutes ago, Fast Lane! said:

Will this work with the mail bouncer app?  Not sending emails to dead inboxes is huge. 

Mail Bouncer app hasn't been updated for 4.5, does it still work? This would be great to be able to use this as well.

12 minutes ago, Jon Erickson said:

Application has been submitted and is awaiting approval!

Thank you so much for creating this app as well as for the update.

38 minutes ago, AlexWebsites said:

you should be able to just use the same credentials then

Incredible. Now just need this plugin to come out!! 2020 or 2021 release?

10 minutes ago, AlexWebsites said:

If wordpress is on the same domain, you should be fine but otherwise you'll need to set up your sending domain again. You are using SES via API on wordpress and woocommerce, not SMTP right?

My forum is on the same domain as my site. I am using the WP Offload SES Lite plugin on my site to connect to SES, it was very easy to set up.

18 minutes ago, AlexWebsites said:

It runs in its own application and overrides any mail setting you have currently (even though they may still be selected under sending method) If you know how to set up your Amazon API credentials and SES sending domain and such, the app takes the API and region settings and just works. The hardest part for some will be setting it up correctly on the Amazon side if they are not familiar, whereas Sendgrid, Sparkpost, etc., all just give you your API credentials within their respective panels. 

Great. I only recently signed up and set up SES the other day, and am now using it on my Wordpress website. So I guess I just need to do it again for the forum? Would you know anything about that? I'm currently using it on my site for all WooCommerce transactional emails.

5 minutes ago, AlexWebsites said:

I'm testing the app and have it working 😁

This is great news. Is it as easy as setting up Sendgrid?

3 hours ago, 403 - Forbiddeen said:

How work the referal? 

I've setup the settings, send a link to a friend and he create a account... but don't receive the points.

How i fix it?

I asked for help from anyone that could explain how this works a few time, and no one came forward.

Please @TheJackal84 when you get some time, could you please explain how this works sir? Many Thanks!!

Just today I was approved by Amazon to use SES on my Wordpress/WooCommerce website. I only asked for a 50,000 emails a day limit, which they granted. Far more than what I need. I look forward to your plugin becoming available, so I can make the switch for my forum too.

Thanks for working on this @Jon Erickson

29 minutes ago, Jimi Wikman said:

Just ask 🙂

I am happy to share. I even setup a special forum for it on my site.

Very rarely do I take on custom work. That is because I already work 120% as a consultant most of the time 🙂

On occasion I do some project though, like this one I did a last month: https://jimiwikman.se/myprojects/development/theleft-invision-community-developer-r27/

So you can always ask 🙂

You are an incredible person. I am signing up to your forum right now. Thank you.

I just read your 'Adding custom buttons to the editor', very helpful. 👍

37 minutes ago, Jimi Wikman said:

Yes, but that just post to a forum, I meant that each movie or tv show would have it's own form where you can post any number of topics, just like on the clubs 🙂

Once I have completed the design I'll share how I did it 🙂 It's mostly styling, but I got stuck a bit on the custom fields so I will post about that specifically since I think that will be most useful to create your own version.

Incredible looking forum. I am also very interested in how you achieved many things about your forum, so whatever you are willing to share would be very helpful. Do you do custom work for people? Sell plugin templates? etc?

Your Videos section is using the Videos plugin my Michael J.? I would love to be able to edit my video thumbnails as you did, so there are no blackbars on top and bottom, as well as increase the title length as you did.

Thank you.

41 minutes ago, AlexJ said:

I was flip flopping between postfix and amazon SES but after using SES, screw postfix! 

I'm currently trying to set up SES with my Wordpress/WooCommerce website.

@Nathan Explosion you are my freaking savior. Using an app password did the trick. It's finally working. I can not thank you enough. I really appreciate the help.

 

1 hour ago, Nathan Explosion said:

OK - use an app password for the account, instead of using the actual password for the account (pretty sure that the 'Learn more' on that error probably leads you to https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en)

I will try this now, thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction.

8 hours ago, Nathan Explosion said:

Does the Google account have 2FA enabled on it, in any way at all?

2FA is disabled.

When I do enter the google info in IPS, then back in my Gmail account, I am receiving the following message, "A suspicious app was blocked from accessing your account", when I select "Yes, it was me", I get the following:

Less secure app blocked

Google blocked the app you were trying to use because it doesn't meet our security standards.

Some apps and devices use less secure sign-in technology, which makes your account more vulnerable. You can turn off access for these apps, which we recommend, or turn on access if you want to use them despite the risks. Google will automatically turn this setting OFF if it's not being used.

Learn more

Thanks for the reply.

Anyone here successfully configured Google Workspace (GMAIL) SMTP with IPS?

I've signed up for it, currently on the 14 day free trial, I've entered my info in the SMTP field on IPS, but I keep getting an error.

Quote

 

A test email could not be sent. Check the settings entered are correct or contact your hosting or SMTP provider for more information.
 

535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at
535 5.7.8  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials q9sm17771092pgb.82 - gsmtp

 

I entered my full email and password from Google Workspace as my username and password, as suggested, but it's still not working.

Can anyone provide any help?
Thank you.

1 minute ago, TheJackal84 said:

thats what I mean but with gifts, it would encourage them more, use the gifts as achievements also what are only awarded when the goal gets reached

you can also award points or a shop item though it don't have to be a gift

OMG! I must say it again, so good to have you back. So excited about all this. I won't even dare ask when any of this will be done, the fact that you've obviously been working on stuff, and it all looks great, is enough for me. Looking forward to it all.

 

3 minutes ago, TheJackal84 said:

I will also add some member stuff like overall rep, has a avatar, has a cover photo and so on

I want to encourage members to add a avatar for those that don't have one. So if you're saying we can set it to award points to members that add a avatar (profile photo), add a cover photo, maybe even complete their profile information, this would be incredible!!! What you showed off looks incredible, some powerful stuff. Very exciting. Thanks for posting with the  update.

On 1/20/2020 at 10:16 AM, Makoto said:

I moved to GSuite myself from Sendgrid. Paying $20/month just to get issues with Hotmail e-mails being blocked because of IP reputation issues caused by other clients, and I'm sure not paying $100/month just for a dedicated IP so I can avoid issues I had less often sending mail locally from my server.

Google Suite seems to just work. You also get to set an avatar for users that use the GMail app to see. I considered Amazon SES before moving to GSuite but never have tried it, so not sure how the deliverability is in comparison.

The main limitations with GSuite are that it's a little more of a pain to set up, it requires SMTP (there's no API, though I mean, it's Google, so even their SMTP servers are reasonably fast) and there's hard-capped sending limits (3,000/day was the old advertised limit for G Suite but I've seen posts suggesting it can be up to 10,000/day).

Do you know of a online guide on how to set up Google Workspace correctly? In IPS I selected SMTP, then the following:

SMTP Host: smtp-relay.gmail.com
SMTP Protocol: TLS
SMTP Port: 587
SMTP Username: My google workspace email
SMTP Password: My google workspace password

Is any of this wrong? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have a guide, tips or can state how hard or easy it is to configure SES with IPS? I also need to move away from Sendgrid, as I've been getting emails from people saying how they never received their Password reset emails or others from the forum. 100 a day is just not enough on the free account.

Thanks guys!!

I can't tell you how great it is to see you back online. I hope all is well with you.

Not sure if anyone already posted about this, but I'd like to point out some issues with Members Shop and Downloads and request a fix.

1. If you have files set to where they can be purchased with points from Members Shop, when you visit a page for a file in the Downloads section, even if you don't have enough points to download the file, or even if you have 0 points, the button still says 'Download this file'. Is there any way that the button could show different text, or even a red button if they don't have enough points to download the file to begin with?

2. If someone does not have enough points to download a file, but they still click the 'Download this file' button, they will see my terms that I wrote first, then they click the 'Agree & Download' button, then they get the message 'You don't have enough Points to download this file'. So if something can be done, as I mentioned in 1., then this would save from people getting frustrated from having gone through those steps. ALSO, even though they weren't able to download the file, under File Information on the file's page, it still counts it as a download. So the 'Downloads' count increases even though they didn't actually download the file.

As a test, I got to the 'You don't have enough Points to download this file'. page, I kept refreshing that page, and it counted each time as download.

Now I want to try and figure out how to hide the 'Downloads' part under 'File Information' since it severely incorrect. If anyone know how to do this, please let me know.

Thank you.

I honestly do hope things are ok for TheJackal with whatever he has been dealing with in his personal life. I had a point back in the late 2000's when I was personally dealing with depression, and I had simply abandoned my website, and eventually lost it and and the domain name, since I had failed to re-register it. So I understand how things can get. Hopefully it is nothing as serious.

Regarding all of his plugins, it would be nice to know there is a contingency plan, in case TheJackal decides one day that he can no longer maintain supporting all of his plugins. Possibly there is another developer he can connect with that could take over some if not all of his plugins?

Please come back to us @TheJackal84, we all need you sir! 🙏

The whole points system and redeeming items, or paying for Downloads with points, etc. is so helpful and useful. It gives the members on the forum a better sense of gamification. Where just by participating on the forum, they are earning points where they can purchase items. I wish this was a built in feature that offered the same functionality. We need more ways to show how a Forum is or can be better than a Facebook Group. Example on what I've done on my forum so far.

I work with Photoshop, After Effects, etc a lot with what I do on my website. So I created custom made Desktop Wallpapers, Mobile Wallpapers for both iOS and Android, Profile Photos, Cover Photos, Signature Banners, Profile Backgrounds, that can all be purchased with points from the Downloads section. So besides the normal Member Shop items, they can use their points for all this stuff too.

I plan on adding animated Profile Photos and animated Cover Photos, for a higher price as well. I've also added the custom Member Shop items where they could get a CUSTOM Profile Photo or Cover Photo made by me.

Hopefully @TheJackal84 continues to support this and his other applications, as this really is or can be a game changer of a feature.