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Thread: Mass email function

Started: April 19, 2010, 01:25 PM  ⋅  Zone: Public Forums  ⋅  Category: General Chat  ⋅  Posts: 8  ⋅  Views 697
Started by: Footman  ⋅  Description: Send out a mass email to entire member base
Post #1
Member: Footman  ⋅  Date: April 19, 2010, 01:25 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Mass email function"

Is there a way to send out a mass email to the entire membership base in iWiccle? I'd like to keep my current members up to date about the forthcoming upgrades they can expect when I switch over to WWB.

Post #2
Member: Markus  ⋅  Date: April 19, 2010, 02:42 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

You wouldn't believe if I told you... It's been in the code 50% ready but commented out since iWiccle version 1.0...  So expect to see it resurrected soon!

Post #3
Member: Footman  ⋅  Date: April 19, 2010, 07:05 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

Ok so I can't do it with iWiccle for my current members. I'll have to do a manually email.

Is it part if the new WWB? Cause if it is then I can upgarde to it and do the mass database email then saying... "Hey look, new stuff now!" Instead of "Hey look, new stuff is coming."

Post #4
Member: Markus  ⋅  Date: April 19, 2010, 07:36 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

Let's make a deal shall we?

When your site is set up on Wiccle, give me a word one day ahead, and I'll make sure the current Wiccle build will have a proper mass mailer for you.

If you need help converting iWiccle to Wiccle, also let me know as we don't have an official converter yet.

Post #5
Member: Footman  ⋅  Date: April 20, 2010, 03:42 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

Oh it's a deal Markus. As you know I've been waiting for WWB and happy to get it going asap. At the moment I'm studying for finals in class. I went back to school and still wondering why? lol Anyway, I'll be done early next week. My vBulletin forum is just about done. At least it doesn't require a huge amount of my time right now except for trying to integrate Zombaio payment systems with it.

I should have some time next week to really delve back into my Wiccle site. Of course I have some design ideas as well that I'll have to run by you for your suggestions.

Post #6
Member: Kyle  ⋅  Date: April 22, 2010, 10:24 AM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

Hi Footman,

In the absence of this function, you could probably create a mailing list handy enough if you're comfortable with MySQL databases (e.g. using a web interface such as phpMyAdmin).

A query of

"SELECT member_email FROM w_members;"

should do the trick.

Post #7
Member: Markus  ⋅  Date: April 22, 2010, 12:45 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

Say hello to Kyle, our first intern to graduate to staff! Laughing

To make things one notch easier, please use email_list_include.zip to export a comma-separated e-mail address list from your database.

  • Unzip the above
  • Upload email_list.php to /templates/includes
  • Add an admin-visible content unit in builder, and include the file with <#INCL:email_list.php#></#> (templating script is also parsed from builder-created content)

Result as follows:

E-mail List Include

Post #8
Member: Markus  ⋅  Date: April 22, 2010, 01:15 PM  ⋅ Subject: "Re: Mass email function"

To accompany the above, here's a little mass mailer script I have from back in the days...

Download: cwmailer_130.zip

Edit the config file as necessary. Supports plaintext, HTML and combined. Plain text message text input, HTML messages fetched from a separate HTML file.

Works as follows:

CWMailer 1.30

Last tested in 2005 and very briefly today, but it seems to be working just fine. Hope this is helpful for your immediate needs!  =)

 

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