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biagrin
05-16-2005, 12:41 AM
can anyone tell me how to, or where to find a newsletter hack for vb 3.0.7.

how did you guys do it?
Joeychgo
05-16-2005, 01:49 AM
Sure - Here you go....

Community Bulletin (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=66334)

This hack is considered a "weekly newsletter" by the fact that it will email members (only sent by an admin) who have opted to receive it new posts, hot threads, etc ... basically a summary of what has been going on since the last time the newsletter was sent out. However there is a vast number of options, and I won't go into detail of all of them ...
contactsonia
05-16-2005, 10:14 AM
I have also installed this hack a few days back it works gr8 :)
I have tested it on vB 3.0.6 and it is working. I read this tread on vBulletin.org and someone told that it also works with 3.0.7.


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biagrin
05-16-2005, 10:57 AM
thanks guys. ive got it going but i have a problem. ive added my tilte image to the newsletter but it has a blue border stuck round it - does anybody know how i can remove the border round the title image?

*sorry ive got the answer - silly me*
Joeychgo
05-16-2005, 01:34 PM
I take the newsletter and put it in dreamweaver, then customize it with my header banner and other things.

One thing - if you store css as a file, the css will not be active in the newsletter... Fyi
Antonbomb22
05-16-2005, 05:48 PM
i personally dont like the community bulletin hack out there, its very not newsletter like....
biagrin
05-16-2005, 06:54 PM
its not great looking but it certainly seems to work
Joeychgo
05-16-2005, 08:27 PM
It does work - and like you said, you can pretty it up a bit on your own.
Noppid
05-16-2005, 09:59 PM
border="0" in the img tag.
Joeychgo
05-17-2005, 12:36 AM
border="0" in the img tag.


huh?
djc
05-17-2005, 12:47 AM
huh?

putting border=0 eliminates the blue border around the image the other user was having an issue with.
cinq
05-17-2005, 02:34 AM
i personally dont like the community bulletin hack out there, its very not newsletter like....

Wanna make another one ? :D
contactsonia
05-17-2005, 03:00 AM
i personally dont like the community bulletin hack out there, its very not newsletter like....
But you can always customize it according to your requirements in the preview sections. Also it is designed for some specific purpose. It is more than a simple newsletter.

Just my onw views ;)



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Joeychgo
05-17-2005, 03:16 AM
You can see how I make it look here: VBW Newsletter (http://www.vbwebmaster.com/forums/showthread.php?t=594)


Just to give you an idea.
theMusicMan
05-17-2005, 10:54 AM
Joey: I dont' presently have this installed on my forum and am thinking of doing so. Are you able to control who gets to receive the newsletter...? i.e. can you tailor and send to specific usergroups?
biagrin
05-18-2005, 09:42 AM
yes you can choose which usergroups to send it to.

when adding extra text you do have to use some basic html (basic link and line breaks)

if you want it to match your forum you have to a bit of editing by changing the image links and colours in the code.

as far as i can tell you have to make a copy of that code as i havent seen a way to make it select a different skin.

does anybody know how to make it choose a different skin when generating the newsletter. it always slects the default skin (style id:1)
Joeychgo
05-18-2005, 01:16 PM
Joey: I dont' presently have this installed on my forum and am thinking of doing so. Are you able to control who gets to receive the newsletter...? i.e. can you tailor and send to specific usergroups?


Absolutely. Also - you can choose which forums are included,
theMusicMan
05-19-2005, 07:14 AM
I guess I really need to get this up and running ASAP eh. Sounds just the ticket...
Nicky Scars
08-01-2005, 01:08 AM
Yeah I just came looking for this only because I noticed it with the news letter from here.

Email some more ideas, Thanks! :p
GuyFromChicago
08-01-2005, 03:02 PM
I read this tread on vBulletin.org and someone told that it also works with 3.0.7.

I use it on 3.07 with no problems.
Joeychgo
08-01-2005, 05:27 PM
Same here - Works fine on 3.07. And I can tell you this, I have the most members log in on days I send the newsletter out.
mikelbeck
08-02-2005, 06:41 PM
I've tried to install this a couple of times on my vB and have had the same issues each time:

1 - The install screen shows a bunch of changes that need to be made to code, but has no other text... Anywhere where there should be text is just "I". If I continue on past the install screen, the same thing happens.

2 - The phrases that are inserted have "I" as their text.

3 - The item never shows up on the admin screen menu.

Has anybody else experienced this? How do I fix it? This is on 3.0.7, if that matters.