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Infusion: Newsletters - Version: 5.01 - Released: March, 2014

INTRODUCTION
Tested totally error free in PHP-Fusion 7.02.07

  With this infusion site administrators may compose and send notices and newsletters to the site membership to keep them updated on news, additional site features or whatever he/she deems important for the members to know about.

  If public subscriptions are turned On via the main menu settings, your guests may subscribe and also receive notices and newsletters.

  If the subscriptions mode is set to Manual, the site administrator may manually add public users as desired or needed.

  Multiple files (compression recommended), may be attached to the notice or newsletter as desired up to about 4 megabytes.

  If the option is selected at compose/send time the notice or newsletter is now archived as an html file for browser viewing.
FEATURES
Retains total compatibility with PHP-Fusion 7.01.xx
  • Send single or multiple attachments (compression recommended)
  • Send to single, multiple or all site members
  • Send to single, multiple or all public subscribers
  • Send to a single or multiple site User Group
  • Three subscription modes of operation: On, Off and Manual. If set to Manual the administrator may add public subscribers as needed
  • Personalized emails sent with only the recipients email address showing
  • Two and three column templates have been removed
  • Multiple image templates have been reduced to 3 images per template on Styles 1, 2, 3 and 4 consisting of top middle and bottom images
  • Styles 5 and 6 are imageless and use table and td background colors instead
  • Copy and paste into the message area, the included 2 and 3 colum table layouts to produce 2 and 3 column notices and newsletters if desired
  • IMPORTANT ! Styles 1 through 6 are pre-built and functional. Styles 7 through 12 (User-Build Templates 01 thru 06), are simply placeholder, empty template files for you to build your own. But be aware they must follow the same structure as the pre-built templates.
  • CSS is now inline and no longer within the head section of the templates
  • Upload files to be attached to a notice or newsletter via the Upload Files button. Delete uploaded files after they are no longer needed
  • Optionally, sent notices and newsletters are now archived for browser viewing
  • Complete control of sent/archived html files via the Archive Admin button. Multiple or single deletion of archived files.
INSTALLATION & USAGE
Decompress The Package to a local directory on your computer
  • Upload everything under 'files' to your host server.
  • Install the infusion through the Admin Panel, System Admin, Infusions.
  • Go to System Admin, Panels and install the side panel.
  • Go to Admin Panel, Infusions and select Newsletter Admin link.
  • From the Main Menu select the desired Subscription setting and save.
  • From the Main Menu select Subscriptions where you may add some or all site members to your mailing list if desired.
  • If Manual has been selected in settings you may also add public subscriptions.
    • If no users are added then simply wait until members login and subscribe themselves. Guests also if Public Subscriptions are selected in settings.
  • Everything is now ready to go. You may send to Site Users or Guests but not both at the same time.
  • Select Newsletters link from the Main Menu.
  • Select a Style/Template and click Load.
  • Copy and paste a 2 or 3 column table layout into message area if desired or needed
  • Go to the bottom and select Preview Newsletter link.
  • You will see the newsletter/notice as it will appear in the recipients email client program.
  • Enter your News Header Text and the html/text newsletter content fields.
  • Change the subject from the template name to your desired Newsletter Title and click Save Newsletter
  • If you Save Newsletter w/o changing the Subject (Style Name), it permanently changes the template to your changes.
  • Load the saved newsletter back in, select recipients, archive or not, attachments if any and click Send Newsletter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    The Following People Contributed To The Successful Creation of My Newsletters Infusion

    1. Nick Jones (Digitanium)
    2. Ole Geismar (Xyos)
      • Update PHP-Fusion v6.01.xx - (v1.60)

    3. Paul Beuk (muscapaul)
      • http://www.muscapaul.com/Muscapaul
      • Open Newsletters version 2.00 (Original author: Koller József - Orosznyet)
      • Update PHP-Fusion v7.xx - (v2.02) Newsletters
      • Update PHP-Fusion v7.xx - (v2.01) Newsletters
      • Update PHP-Fusion v7.xx - (v2.00) Newsletters

    4. (Wooya)
    5. Darrell (Dallas)
      • http://dtawebdesigns.com/DTA Web Designs
      • My Newsletters - (v3.02) Testing, Coding Help & Suggestions
      • My Newsletters - (v3.01) Testing, Coding Help & Suggestions
      • My Newsletters - (v3.00) Testing, Coding Help & Suggestions




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