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Embedded Images v1.1 Release Notes

Antonie Potgieter — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:44:47 +0000

« Releases

WordPress Newsletter plugin: Embedded Images v1.1 release notes.

Added

Cleanup procedure with schedule to remove old attachments
Automatic updates/upgrades in WordPress

Improved

WordPress multi-site compatibility for storage of images/attachments
New hooks to filter content instead of direct, core integration

Fixed

IMG attributes on the element/tag are removed
Windows/IIS recognition for paths and other things
Email client cache on embedded images by CID
Images/attachments are created for [wpmltrack] links/images

Embedded Images Release Notes

Antonie Potgieter — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:37:11 +0000

« Embedded Images

WordPress Newsletter plugin: Embedded Images extension plugin release notes.

Newsletters v3.9.9 Release Notes

Antonie Potgieter — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:04:07 +0000

« Release Notes

WordPress Newsletter plugin v3.9.9 release notes.

Added

Contact Form 7 integration (extension)
DKIM signature for outgoing emails
Universal confirmation email for multiple lists
Unsubscribe from all link via shortcode [wpmlunsubscribeall]
Mailing list(s) as special, editable custom field
Require activation/confirmation for importing subscribers
From Name/Address per newsletter/email
URLs list at the bottom of TEXT emails when using multi-part
Encoding setting to set the encoding of outgoing emails
Preview iframe under Newsletters > Create Newsletter
New user notification when registering a subscriber as a user
Auto conversion of theme CSS to inline styles when saving theme
Bounce statistics per sent email/newsletter
Errors in the email queue section for failed emails
Record/save unsubscribe data globally and per newsletter
Editable templates for posts and latest posts
Years/months/days options in the statistics chart of Overview
Date range (from/to) for the statistics chart of Overview
WordPress dashboard widget with newsletters overview
Really Simple Captcha plugin settings/configuration for subscribe forms
Excerpt length and read more settings/configuration
Link/click tracking globally, per newsletter and per subscriber

Improved

Better unsubscribe options
Choose email to send Preview to under Newsletters > Create Newsletter
Show private lists on the unsubscribe page
Autoresponders to send X days from now
Call Javascript in external file where possible
Date picker custom field to have dates before 1950
Activate all subscribers button for each mailing list
Add parameter to excerpt shortcode to limit the number of words
Make HR tags in post templates invisible
Parameters for shortcode and hardcoded subscribe forms
Load jQuery UI core and widget Javascript
Remove Javascript dialogs/alerts/notifications and display in page
Trim left/right spaces from email address before saving
Change all static instances of “wp-content” to dynamic
qTranslate support for email templates/snippets
Change CSS selector for borders
Prevent blank spaces at the end of the CSV file to break the import
phpMailer upgrade for PHP 5/6
Match plugin date/time with the WordPress date/timezone
Shortcode to display unsubscribe URL only [wpmlunsubscribeurl]
Secure the subscribers CSV export folder/directory
Remove custom RAW shortcode definition
Convert all emails to lowercase before saving
TinyMCE editor for email templates/snippets
Remove X-MileOLE email header on all emails
Subject and message fields for the “Test Email Settings” utility
Remove Gmail SMTP setting and use the same SMTP for all SMTP
Improvements to 2CheckOut (2CO) for paid subscriptions
Add “Configure Email Scheduling” button under email queue section
TimThumb turn off ALLOW_ALL_EXTERNAL_SITES for security
Move “Server Type” setting to the “Bounce Configuration” section
Parse all shortcodes in history and preview emails like regular emails
“Emails” link for each Autoresponder under Newsletters > Autoresponders
Improvements to PayPal for paid subscriptions
Auto authenticate/validate the [wpmlmanage] shortcode link
Rename “Email Templates” to “Email Snippets” throughout the plugin
Move “Email Templates” under Create Newsletter to “Insert into Newsletter” box
Remember the last selected tab under Manage Subscriptions section
Sortable columns/fields in all sections of the admin panel
Moved emails sent above the preview when viewing a history email
Updated “Support & Help” section links
Improved “Recent Emails” design under Overview
Improved error messages for ajax sending/queuing of emails
Remove subscriber, list, etc. requirements when viewing an online email
New Iris Color picker integration into the plugin
User-friendly image/icon for certain shortcodes when inserting into newsletter
IP address column in the CSV export of subscribers
Improve sending from the queue procedure
“Select All” checkbox for inserting posts into newsletter
Changed “History/Draft Emails” to “Sent & Draft Emails”
Implement the WordPress Widget API for subscribe forms
Really Simple Captcha plugin cleanup schedule and settings
Show private lists under auto import WordPress users settings
Move “Newsletters” menu up to Objects below posts, comments, etc.
Change “Post Publishing Configuration” to “Posts Configuration”

Fixed

Shortcodes didn’t work in the text part of multi-part emails
Register subscribers as users problem
Change all instances of the Order object to prevent conflicts with other plugins
Subscription form fields disappear with no list selected
Configuration right sidebar doesn’t show in Firefox
Emails from newsletters RSS feed is not viewable online
Multiple manage subscriptions pages being created due to W3 Total Cache
Delete all associations when a sent/history email is deleted
user_id is not saving to subscriber when adding a registered email
Subscription Orders section bulk actions were faulty
qTranslate and widgets was breaking the Appearance > Widgets section
Couldn’t edit groups, could only create new ones
CGI bounce piping fixed
Newsletter history/archive “Subscriber cannot be read” error fixed

Newsletters: Contact Form 7 Subscribers Extension Plugin

phil — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:55:52 +0000

« Extensions

WordPress Newsletter plugin : Contact Form 7 Subscribers extension plugin

With this FREE extension plugin you can easily integrate the free Contact Form 7 plugin’s forms with the WordPress Newsletter plugin by adding a simple checkbox to your website’s contact form.

Installation

1. Make sure that you have the WordPress Newsletter plugin and Contact Form 7 installed AND ACTIVATED.

2. Download the Contact Form 7 Subscribers extension plugin (free) in a ZIP archive.

Automatic Installation

3. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload in your WordPress dashboard where you can browse to the newsletters-cf7.zip file and then click the “Install Now” button. Upon successful installation you will be given the option to activate the plugin immediately so you can click the “Activate Plugin” link and skip the upcoming activation instructions.

Manual Installation

3. Extract the ZIP archive named newsletters-cf7.zip in order to be presented with a single folder named newsletters-cf7.

4. Upload the newsletters-cf7 folder to the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation, as seen in the example image below. Follow the upcoming activation instructions to activate the Contact Form 7 extension plugin.

Activation

Once you have installed the Contact Form 7 Subscribers extension via FTP you need to activate it.

To activate it you need to go to the normal Plugins > Installed Plugins section via your admin sidebar. There you will see the extension as a plugin listed amongst other plugins, as in the screenshots below:

Before Activation

After Activation

Once activated you will see it listed in the Newsletters > Extensions section (via the “Newsletters” menu item in the admin sidebar), as seen in this image below:

Usage

The Contact Form 7 Subscribers extension plugin has no configuration settings and can be used in conjunction with the WordPress Newsletter plugin and Contact Form 7 plugin right out the box, so to speak.

When creating or editing a contact form with Contact Form 7, the Contact Form 7 Subscribers extension plugin adds an item called “Newsletters” to Contact Form 7′s “Generate Tag” selection:

When selected, the “Newsletters” item presents the user with the following interface:

1. Name

A name (no spaces or special characters) given to the checkbox that is created by the “Newsletters” item. A default name is generated by the plugin, but you can rename it if you want.

2. Checked by default

Select this checkbox if you want the subscription checkbox (to be included in the contact form) to be checked by default.

3. Checkbox Label

Give the checkbox a descriptive such as “Please subscribe me to your newsletter.”

4. Mailing List(s)

Select the mailing list(s) that a person should be subscribed to if they choose the option to subscribe via the contact form.

5. Custom Fields

Any custom fields from the Newsletter plugin for the mailing list(s) listed above will be displayed here. The corresponding Contact Form 7 field names should be inserted into these fields to map the fields from Contact Form 7 with those of the Newsletter plugin.

6. The Shortcode

This shortcode should be copied and added to the form HTML (to the left of this interface in Contact Form 7 as seen in the screenshot below), to insert the checkbox that allows visitors to contact you to subscribe to your mailing list at the same time.

Checkout: Using Child Theme Folders

Antonie Potgieter — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:44:40 +0000

« Theme, Scripts & Custom CSS

Using child theme folders with the WordPress Shopping Cart plugin.

The WordPress Shopping Cart plugin has theme folders inside wp-checkout/views/ . For example the wp-checkout/views/default/ folder which contains all templates, Javascript files, CSS files, images, etc. These are served to the customers on the shop front.

You can use child theme folders to create the same files and folders as inside wp-checkout/views/default/ for example so that these new files are served rather than the ones inside the plugin. To do this, create a folder named checkout inside your current, active WordPress theme with the same files and folders as inside one of the theme folders.

So say your current WordPress theme folder is wp-content/themes/mytheme/ you’ll create a wp-content/themes/mytheme/checkout/ folder with files using the same folder/file names as the ones in the theme folder of the plugin.

All files inside wp-content/themes/mytheme/checkout/ will now be served as priority above those in the plugin’s theme folder. This includes all files like PHP, CSS, JS, etc.