Default Mass Mailing Messages
- Plugin: default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi - Set Default Mass Mailing Messages
- Deprecation Notice
- Installation
- Default Text and CKeditor/TinyMCE
- COPYRIGHT
Plugin: default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi - Set Default Mass Mailing Messages
This plugin allows you to set default message copy in the, "Send a Message" and "Send a Webpage" screens. This copy can be loaded with dummy/placeholder text to be used as a starting point for a new mailing list message.
This copy can reside outside of the program at a different file location or URL, or can be inputted directly into the plugin itself.
Deprecation Notice
Since Dada Mail now supports Stationary, this plugin is now listed as deprecated, and will be removed in a later version of Dada Mail, as soon as v7.2.0.
Installation
This plugin can be installed during a Dada Mail install/upgrade, using the included installer that comes with Dada Mail. The below installation instructions go through how to install the plugin manually.
Change permissions of "default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi" to 755
The, default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi
plugin will be located in your, dada/plugins diretory. Change the script to, 755
Configure your .dada_config file
Now, edit your .dada_config
file, so that it shows the plugin in the left-hand menu, under the, Plugins heading:
First, see if the following lines are present in your .dada_config
file:
# start cut for list control panel menu
=cut
=cut
# end cut for list control panel menu
If they are, remove them.
Then, find these lines:
# {
# -Title => 'Default Mass Mailing Messages',
# -Title_URL => $PLUGIN_URL."/default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi",
# -Function => 'default_mass_mailing_messages',
# -Activated => 1,
# },
Uncomment the lines, by taking off the, "#"'s:
{
-Title => 'Default Mass Mailing Messages',
-Title_URL => $PLUGIN_URL."/default_mass_mailing_messages.cgi",
-Function => 'default_mass_mailing_messages',
-Activated => 1,
},
Save your .dada_config
file.
Default Text and CKeditor/TinyMCE
Setting default text/copy for the HTML message will work when using one of the WYSIWYG editors that Dada Mail supports. Some guidelines:
Template Tags
Be careful with using Dada Mail-style template tags, like this,
<!-- tmpl_var im_a_tag -->
Especially within links. These tags will mostly be broken. Try instead to use old-style Dada Mail tags for the time being:
[im_a_tag]
Full HTML documents
Full HTML documents, like so:
<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> I'm the body! </body> </html>
May have everything, except the content in the body removed by CKeditor/TinyMCE. That may mean that any styles that are saved in the head of the document will be lost.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999 - 2014
Justin Simoni
http://justinsimoni.com
All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.