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Hello,
I am trying to use the Email function of the Events+ and E-Newsletter plugins. I have the E-Newsletter plugin activated. I have the Email: E-Newsletter Integration plugin activated.
When creating an event I see an "e-Newsletter" dropdown and see only one option under it "Do not send a newsletter". (see attachment)
Hope someone can assist on this as it is driving me nuts! (or at least helping to drive me nuts)
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Hey there,
This is how it works. You have the module and both the plugins ready. Go to eNewsletter and create a newsletter and save it.
Now when you create a new event, you will get the newsletter in the drop down. Select that one and when you publish the event, the newsletter will be sent.
See the screenshot attached. Hope that makes sense. Good luck!
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Hello,
Well, we created a newsletter template. From events+ we selected the newsletter template, saved the event, then the system went to newsletters for us to decide who to send the newsletter to. We decided to send it to the admins, status bar saying "sending".
Received the newsletter in our email, but there was no content, nothing. :(
Probably something obvious, but we cannot figure out what we missed.
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Does this pull the data automatically from the event? to the newsletter? or it needs to be duplicated... like this.
1. create an "event" newsletter - not blank but add the information of the event into this newsletter.
2. "add" an event adding the same information again.
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Hello,
We used a current template that came with the plugin, just named it "Event" so we could pick it from the dropdown list.
I was under the impression that it would "pull" event information. On the event page you select the newsletter and then "update" the page. The system will then take you to the page to send out the newsletter. That implies, at least to me, the newsletter for the event is ready to send, otherwise the functionality does not make a lot of sense.
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Hey guys,
It doesn't pull in the details from the event. You have to create the full newsletter before hand and save it. Then when the event is published, the chosen newsletter is sent.
Pulling in data sounds cool and that is the way it should be. We will get there soon, moving this in as a feature request.
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Hey Scot,
Here is what you have to do.
- Go to the e newsletter plugin and create the newsletter with all the details you want and save the newsletter.
- Then create the event, with the same or similar content (it really doesn't matter what goes in there).
- Select the newsletter in the event editor, right sidebar meta box.
- When you publish the post, the newsletter will be sent.
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Arun,
That makes sense... However, By no means is that functionality premium... That is frustrating. Double entry is No Bueno. A client would not and does not understand that.. This is a problem. Seriously think about it like this. Deliver a website to a customer and then explain to them how to use it...
Add your events here and your articles and News and posts... Oh and then when you want to send a newsletter do it all again...
i think the Newsletter plugin needs some ability to pull data from posts... I sort of in a round about way solved it by adding an iframe to my "Event" Newsletter... So far this worked. but i don't think this is the best way to do it. here is a similar post regarding what we have been chatting about above... Respectfully, Scot
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Hey Scot,
I hear you man, of course that is how it makes sense to me too as well. I have had a chat with our developer regarding this earlier today and he is planning on this one for a future release.
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So, you don't have any way of actually tracking when features are going to be released? Or even which are in active development?
These plugins are ones I use to run a business. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but someone being a "super star" is not something I can plan business decisions on.
Having a public tracker of some kind would help us at least make an educated guess at how many things are "planned for a future release" and which are being actively developed on each plugin. I see you guys have a UserVoice, but it doesn't seem to be very trafficked and it says it is only for new projects. A forum is just not adequate for tracking this kind of information.
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Hey there,
This is how it works. You have the module and both the plugins ready. Go to eNewsletter and create a newsletter and save it.
Now when you create a new event, you will get the newsletter in the drop down. Select that one and when you publish the event, the newsletter will be sent.
See the screenshot attached. Hope that makes sense. Good luck!
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That was the step we missed! It did not make sense how it worked, but now it does.
Thanks,
Rhek
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Glad to hear that man, Good luck :)
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Hello,
Well, we created a newsletter template. From events+ we selected the newsletter template, saved the event, then the system went to newsletters for us to decide who to send the newsletter to. We decided to send it to the admins, status bar saying "sending".
Received the newsletter in our email, but there was no content, nothing. :(
Probably something obvious, but we cannot figure out what we missed.
Help!! :)
Rhek
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Hey Rhek,
You said you created a newsletter template. Can you try using one of the templates included in the plugin?
You need to create a newsletter as such and that will be sent when the event is created. The plugin won't fill up a template. I hope you get it.
Let me know.
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Does this pull the data automatically from the event? to the newsletter? or it needs to be duplicated... like this.
1. create an "event" newsletter - not blank but add the information of the event into this newsletter.
2. "add" an event adding the same information again.
?? curious.
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Hello,
We used a current template that came with the plugin, just named it "Event" so we could pick it from the dropdown list.
I was under the impression that it would "pull" event information. On the event page you select the newsletter and then "update" the page. The system will then take you to the page to send out the newsletter. That implies, at least to me, the newsletter for the event is ready to send, otherwise the functionality does not make a lot of sense.
Rhek
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Hey guys,
It doesn't pull in the details from the event. You have to create the full newsletter before hand and save it. Then when the event is published, the chosen newsletter is sent.
Pulling in data sounds cool and that is the way it should be. We will get there soon, moving this in as a feature request.
Cheers!
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Hey Scot,
Here is what you have to do.
- Go to the e newsletter plugin and create the newsletter with all the details you want and save the newsletter.
- Then create the event, with the same or similar content (it really doesn't matter what goes in there).
- Select the newsletter in the event editor, right sidebar meta box.
- When you publish the post, the newsletter will be sent.
I hope this makes sense. Good luck!
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Arun,
That makes sense... However, By no means is that functionality premium... That is frustrating. Double entry is No Bueno. A client would not and does not understand that.. This is a problem. Seriously think about it like this. Deliver a website to a customer and then explain to them how to use it...
Add your events here and your articles and News and posts... Oh and then when you want to send a newsletter do it all again...
i think the Newsletter plugin needs some ability to pull data from posts... I sort of in a round about way solved it by adding an iframe to my "Event" Newsletter... So far this worked. but i don't think this is the best way to do it. here is a similar post regarding what we have been chatting about above... Respectfully, Scot
http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/show-recent-posts-in-newsletter
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Hey Scot,
I hear you man, of course that is how it makes sense to me too as well. I have had a chat with our developer regarding this earlier today and he is planning on this one for a future release.
Cheers!
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Do you have a roadmap for when this feature will be included?
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Hey @cheekyboots
Welcome to the Community!
Hard to say, We are not great at giving out ETA's. But Ve is a super star, you should have it soon enough :)
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So, you don't have any way of actually tracking when features are going to be released? Or even which are in active development?
These plugins are ones I use to run a business. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but someone being a "super star" is not something I can plan business decisions on.
Having a public tracker of some kind would help us at least make an educated guess at how many things are "planned for a future release" and which are being actively developed on each plugin. I see you guys have a UserVoice, but it doesn't seem to be very trafficked and it says it is only for new projects. A forum is just not adequate for tracking this kind of information.
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