Hi.

I'm going to create a newsletter that should be very flexible for a user.
It means a user should be able to choose:
- choose content to send by views (separately for each newsletter)
- choose time - how often to send newsletters (I would give 3 option of time to choose for each taxonomuy term)

Is this possible to fire mail sanding not only if the time is right but also if there are any fresh nodes in such category and stop sending if not? I think it's best to prepare content to send by views and than if it's empty than simply not send anything...

Will I be able to do this by Simple News or I need to mess up in php?

Sory for stupid question by the handbook does not look reliable and not answears all that questions...

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simon georges commented

With Simplenews alone, I don't think you'll be able to, but combined with Simplenews Scheduler as well as Simplenews Content Selection, I think it could be possible.

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simon georges commented
Status: Active » Fixed
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konrad1811 commented

Thanks.

I use Content Selection and Schedule

however things does not seems to be easy

I guess I can prepare a newsletter using Views bulk Operation

but I don't see how to allow users to choose different newsletter sending period for a newsletters

I can only set fixed period of spool...

I wish this could be posible or simpler... like:

"Create sending periods" option on newsletters, that could be chosen by each user separately
and
"Create newsletter from a view" ...

Now there is no such direct options...

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simon georges commented
Project: Simplenews » Simplenews Scheduler
Version: 6.x-1.3 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Fixed » Active

Maybe this could be a support request best answered by Simplenews Scheduler ?

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konrad1811 commented

Maybe... but as I see it this will be still far from functionality I need...

There are 2 important things that are VERY user friendly:
1. more options in newsletter periods aplied whatever user like to different newsletters
2. more options in newsletter taxonomy

@1. user should be allowed to choose by himself how often does he want to receive specific newsletter... at least there shoul be some options created by admin like "ones a month" or "once a week" or "once a 3 month"

@2.there are 2 different vocabularies

and I want to allow user to choose a newsletter that contains titles of nodes that contains both specific vocab 1 and vocab 2 terms...

there is the operator AND I have to deal with...

regular mailing lists only allows 1 taxonomy term and OR operator (by means we select which taxonomy we like and receive all chosen)

there is no option to create a newsletter with node that have to meet several taxonomy conditions at the same time

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konrad1811 commented

I am not sure if many peaople need a feature like me

so I think I will just try to change some code in simple news

my last request is just where to change the php code to:

- prepare newsletter content according to views result ?
- change newsletter list (few newsletters) to link to those views somehow
- allow different sending periods to be chosen by user...

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joachim commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Closing this to keep the issue queue tidy, as it's over a year old.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.