Request: "We Miss You" Mod
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Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums Modifications
Forum Description: Mod's and Add-on's for Web Wiz Forums.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=24398
Printed Date: 30 March 2026 at 4:12am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Request: "We Miss You" Mod
Posted By: iSec
Subject: Request: "We Miss You" Mod
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 5:38pm
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Hello everyone;
Would someone be able to create a mod that admins can use to send emails to members who have not logged in to the forum for a specific period of time? The purpose of the email is to tell the member: We Miss You. It's been a while since we last saw you on our forum, etc...
The mod needs to check for the member's account status, only Active non-suspended accounts will be involved. The mod should allow for the selection of time period such as: Send a Miss You message to members who have not logged in since 3 months... or 6 months, etc...
Thanks! ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
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Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 7:26pm
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I am working on this mod. This mod is under development which counts and displays how many members we are 'missing' as well as it will display how many have visited and when. I would love to hear anymore suggestions and ideas at http://board.ebizbd.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=134 - here . ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/">  Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 2:25pm
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I PMed boRg asking for permission for creating a new admin page from
where Administrators can send emails to members that didn't visit the
forum for a while. He replied, ppl would need to buy licensed webwiz
newspad in order to mass email members. So the admin page gets stopped and so the feature. ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/"> Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 5:57pm
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Hello StarDust, This is the first time I hear that you have to PM Borg to get a Mod done!! Whoever has a premium license will use the Mod, like the rest of the mods here!! Borg did not mean to stop you from creating the Mod, he only stated that licensed user are the only people authorized to use Mod's which is not something new!
I myself have a premium license for both, Newspad and Forums. ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 7:22pm
I understand your eagerness and so others and mine, but i do not want to be in any license issue nor do i want to be some one who disrespect the development of WWF. To tell you frankly, this site gave me a lot more than some ppl can think. I knew from the previous versions of WWF, creating/modifying admin are IS a license violation. So I asked him if it would be a problem. I am not blaming the developers of WWF. We should understand there is a different application to mass email WWF members which can be purchased and licensed to avail the same purpose. I'll be looking forward to find out a way though ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/"> Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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Info_Tech wrote:Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 18 September 2007 at 9:32am
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This mod should really be for Web Wiz NewsPad rather than for Web Wiz Forums, as NewsPad is the mass email module for Web Wiz Forums. NewsPad is also designed for sending mass emails and includes batch sending to take the strain off the SMTP server, and can also rember where it left off if the browser or server were to crash halfway through. It should be fairly simple to modify NewsPad to tell it to send an eNewletter to those members who's last visit was before a particular date, and this may well be built into future releases of NewsPad. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 19 September 2007 at 12:30am
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I will prefer having this feature built in with WWF as the earlier versions had a batch email members script. Will you consider this? Please? ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/"> Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 September 2007 at 8:26am
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The batch send email was removed as it did work in many cases, and often overloaded mail servers, or simply crashed the web server, as Web Wiz Forums isn't designed to send out bulk email on this scale. This is where NewsPad comes in as this is the bulk email module for Web Wiz Forums. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 19 September 2007 at 1:53pm
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boRg, even after your explanation, i will still prefer having batch email feature built in with WWF. If WWF does not support it, I will request to include this feature in the next version. ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/"> Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 September 2007 at 2:49pm
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Web Wiz Forums supports batch and bulk email sending through the Web Wiz NewsPad module. If you want to send bulk and batch email you need the add-on module, Web Wiz NewsPad. Web Wiz Forums and Web Wiz NewsPad are like two peas in the same pod, they both work together to give extra functionality to both programs. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: WebCity
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 4:10am
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BoRg, I agree with you. They are 2 programs that are made to work together. However, the point stardust was trying to say as I unstood his posts They may work together but to use the admin of the programs you need to login two different locations.
To better the linkage of the bridge of the two programs I suggest that you create a link that lets a admin of a WWF to his/hers WWNP system without relogging in. This could be done in the setup of WWNP by asking if you have WWF if yes then It also looks at the WWF insert check user file in WWNP.
I know some of these items are not part of the WWNP system. I am sure you could build them in.
This is just an idea, I'm not trying to step on any toes
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:56am
I asked borg the same thing a while back also about using sharing the db for both apps to be able to use the same login... this was his response:
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Posted By: WebCity
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 5:07pm
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I understand its a standalone sytem, however I am refuring to the integration setup of this system. I am saying if you give a place where the admin of the NP system can also input there wwf login sysetm. then when you click on the link from your wwf admin it will recive a request input from this click ie ../../../news/wwfcheck.asp?userid
this would then be check in the np's admin's configeration setup files. once it sees your a wwf admin then it will let you in as the admin.
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 5:31pm
| I agree with you and I also would like to see something like this come to life. I use both extensively and its a pain having to login to both all the time. |
Posted By: Praveen
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:24pm
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I did the same thing in my IIS. But it crashed my IIS and the IUSR and IWAM permissions have been removed from my system!! ------------- 
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Posted By: StarDust
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:39pm
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Developing a application, in fact any application requires tremendous determination and efforts. I have full respect to that. In spite of this, i do think using two different application to avail similar purpose does not mean usability. I never support NewsPad integration to email my forum users. Why should I or am I being forced to do that? There should have some option inside the forum so that I can email everyone of them, in fact all of them at once. WWF had this before. It does not really make much sense to me having topic/forum subscriptions in the forum but not the 'member mailer'. NewsPad is born, in my opinion, as a newsletter manager and WWF is born as a forum. Fro a forum we can run discussions on different threads, track the threads through email subscription. Is it sound good that we need a different software for the subscription? No. Here is my point why I should use different software to communicate with my forum members? But to send newsletters, may be i need a different software. Sometimes, as a forum admin, i might require to send announcements to all my members. There is one and only one way doing this. Having some script in the forum. I understand having the feature to be implemented in WWF, may be a better email function is required. This better code block has been included with the NewsPad. I request, humbly, if needed, to use such code in the forum. As I stated earlier, i do respect the efforts behind these applications. What I am saying or suggesting is only a better feature for the WWF. I am not offending anyone's feelings or contributions. I support WWF as it is and when it is better. ------------- http://board.ebizbd.net/"> Tips, mods and skins for WWF v9.x
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