hi, i'd appreciate some hint here:
1. i have some hypertexts in my email newsletter. but everytime i make the address whole, eg http://www.mysite.com/..., drupal automatically changes it to /.... when this is sent to subscribers, it becomes plain texts (because invalid addresses). is there a way for me to make drupal use full link rather than an abbreviated one?
2. when a subscriber receives the newsletter, there's a footer at the end of the message, "-- Footer will be appended here". what is this? how can i get rid of it?
3. how can i put at the end of the newsletter a link for the subscriber to unsubscribe if he chooses so?
4. i want to send a mass mailing to ask people for subscription. how do i include in the email a link for them to click to subscribe?
5. for an anonymous user, he has to go through 3 steps to subscribe, a) put email, and click subscribe button. b) receive email and click the link. c) go to the site to click the confirm button. can i make it such that only step a) is required?
thanks,
eric

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sutharsan commented

Re 1. Will be investigated during the Simplenews 6 development.
Re 2. This text causes confusion with other users too. Will be improved in the next version.
Re 3. Theming: make a custom theme_simplenews_newsletter_footer() function
Re 4. a link to: http://mysite.com/newsletter/subscriptions
Re 5. No

-- Erik

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sutharsan commented
Version: 4.7.x-1.0 » 5.x-1.x-dev
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gmclelland commented

2. when a subscriber receives the newsletter, there's a footer at the end of the message, "-- Footer will be appended here". what is this? how can i get rid of it?

I have this same problem. It seems to happen on line 1218 in the simplenews.module file.
$node->body .= "\n\n-- \n". t('Footer will be appended here');

Hope that helps.

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sutharsan commented

1. Dunno. Do you send plain text of HTML? Do you have any filters that could do this? It needs investigation.
2. This is because you send a newsletter node as test newsletter.
3. This is the default when you send newsletter to all subscibers, using the Send newsletter option.
4. something like mysite.com/newsletter/subscriptions
5. not by default, needs coding. But do you really want this, have a ton of invalid email addresses in your subscription list?

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brm320 commented

All the lines of question 5. How do I change the title and text of the confirmation email?

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sutharsan commented

The only way to change this is by using the localisation module and translate the text of the mail.

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marco88 commented
Component: User interface » Code

I got the same problem. What is the solution if any?

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sutharsan commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

@marco71: pls be more specific.

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marco88 commented

Thanks

I have problem number #2 as well quite confusing indeed.

I read the answer above. This is very likely because I sent it as test (I need to double check that).

By the way what is the point of printing this message instead of the footer when sending a test message?

Why not just sending the complete newsletter with footer and header?

Cheers,
Marc.

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sutharsan commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

The footer message has been changed in the 6.x-1.0-BETA release. It displays the unsubscribe message plus an additional message. In 5.x this will not be changed.

If you want you can change the footer message by theming.

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marco88 commented

I will hopefully migrate to 6 in a few months. This new footer with unsubscribe button sounds really good.

Thanks,
Marc.

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FeedTheBull commented

I only get that "footer will append here" on a test message. When you send out the real message, it will actually place your footer in there. Hope that helps.

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marco88 commented

yes thanks I should verify this behaviour very soon.

Cheers,
Marc.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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