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#229 2007-04-23 19:43:29

kvnmcwebn
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

Hi Ben,
I had been trying it that way initially but as it wasnt working i though i was doing something wrong – thanks for clarifying.
I’ve followed your steps to the letter and the messages sent with a form/template still arive blank.
1)Heres what we know, if i send a message without a form then they arrive ok.
2)No messages have ever made it to a webmail address, not even into junk folders, -default or with a form/template.
3) Doesnt matter if the template is text, html or multi part.
4) Dosnt matter what the form type is …article, misc or whatever.

There must be a bug somewhere, what does the languages plugin do? When i had installed textpattern initially there was a corrupt language table, i had to empty it with php my admin. Could that have an impact. Maybe its with my hosting provider.

thanks for your patience

-kevin


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#230 2007-04-26 03:14:42

kvnmcwebn
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

im going to try a new host, ill let you now how it goes.


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#231 2007-04-28 11:51:47

squaredeye
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

Can someone give me a quick clue why the following list of three people is only producing two subscribers when bulk uploaded?

The two subscribers are the first persons email and the default test.

Aeon|aeon_blues@nothing.com|walk list|Blues|||||||||
Alexis|alexisface@nothing.com|walk list|face|||||||||
Amanda|amandamilholland@nothing.com|walk list|milholland|||||||||


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#232 2007-04-30 03:43:17

benbruce
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

ma_smith,

When I …

  • copied and pasted your sample to a text file
  • uploaded the file
  • bulk uploaded in Postmaster

… I got all three subscribers with their data correctly inserted.

First try at an answer: do you have any of those email addresses previously inserted? Postmaster uses the email address as a unique key, which means that if it already exists in the database, it will not be added again in a separate row (that insertion is ignored).

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Last edited by benbruce (2007-04-30 03:44:38)

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#233 2007-05-03 10:49:48

squaredeye
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

Ben,
Thanks. Forgive me for a really simple question here.
What am I meant to call the form in presentation > forms for email on post. This is a different model than the last email on post plugin and I’m trying to grapple with it at first :) thanks.

Matthew


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#234 2007-05-03 18:09:58

benbruce
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

ma_smith,

It’s the same model, actually, though things have definitely changed. You’re using the form you create in PRESENTATION > FORMS as the template for your email (see the manual for better info on that). Call it whatever you want (let’s say, “newsletter”).

Now for the changes: With Postmaster, you can have multiple lists, and a different form (or the same form) for each one. But you DO have to associate the form with the list.

  • This is done in EXTENSIONS > POSTMASTER > LISTS
  • click EDIT next to the list you want
  • on the edit page, enter the name of your form in the “Form:” field — very much like you used to do with EOP

That’s it. Now, when you want to send an email to that list, you do so from the Write tab. Depending on what list you select there, Postmaster will build the emails from the form associated with the list.

Does that help?

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#235 2007-05-04 22:45:33

simplyann
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

I don’t know if this has been already mentioned – maybe it’s just my domain config – but I can only send out one email per hour. The organization has several important notices that come up throughout a day, so I was wondering if there’s a way to fix this.

Thanks for an amazing plugin!


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#236 2007-05-05 12:02:14

yeah
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

great plugin…just one problem. if i subscribe twice with the same adress, there is a very ugly php-message that says: tag_error <txp:zem_contact to=“XXX@XXX.XXX” label=“In Newsletter eintragen / austragen” copysender=“1” thanks=“Die Änderung wurde übernommen. Vielen Dank.”> -> Textpattern Warning: Duplicate entry ‘XXX@XXX.XXX’ for key 2
INSERT INTO bab_pm_subscribers values (‘’,’‘,‘XXX@XXX.XXX’,‘newsletter’,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,’‘,‘e6566cfef75ca03ae25ee9124eddca88’) on line 84
is this my fault?

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#237 2007-05-05 21:28:30

benbruce
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

yeah,

Postmaster will not enter the same address twice. I think you’re seeing the error message because your TXP is set to “Testing” or maybe “Production” (not too sure about what those imply) — those don’t usually show up.

Is there some reason you’re trying to enter the same address twice?

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#238 2007-05-06 12:13:12

yeah
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

thanx, it was the testing-setting.

again, great plugin!!!

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#239 2007-05-07 17:01:27

dl33
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

Hi all,
i just made the mistake of commenting on benbruce’s contact page; of course that didn’t get me anywhere but hey…
I am wondering how I can use a checkbox within a normal contact form to either sign up for a newsletter or not. If the user leaves the box ticked, the will be signed up, otherwise the won’t. I have tried lots of values for zemDoSubscribe_no (No, nein, 0, no…) yet the user is always signed up, no matter whether the checkbox is ticked or not.
My code is:
<txp:zem_contact to="email" thanks_form="kontakt_sent" copysender="yes" from="email" label=""> <txp:zem_contact_text label="Ihr Name" min=3 name="zemSubscriberName" /> <txp:zem_contact_email name="zemSubscriberEmail"/> <txp:zem_contact_text label="Betreff" min=3 /> <txp:zem_contact_textarea label="Ihre Nachricht" /> <div class="checkbox"> <txp:zem_contact_checkbox checked="yes" name="zemDoSubscribe" required="no" label="Ja, schicken Sie mir den Hof&amp;Art Newsletter per email." /> </div> <txp:zem_contact_submit label="Verschicken" />
</txp:zem_contact>

How do I get this to work?
Thanks, dl33
Bytheway: @benbruce: Can you please delete my two comments on your contact page… Thanks;-)

Last edited by dl33 (2007-05-07 17:07:04)

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#240 2007-05-08 03:32:15

benbruce
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Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager

dl33,

Check out this page in the Manual for help. You need to use dropdown field for now, like this:

<txp:zem_contact_select list="Subscribe, No" selected="Subscribe" name="zemDoSubscribe" label="Subscribe to the newsletter:" />

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Last edited by benbruce (2007-05-08 03:32:43)

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