phplist Documentation: phplist Hacks

Revision [2016]

Last edited on 2009-09-29 18:02:11 by AlStillero [Reverted edits by MirthCordon]

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This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor.
A GUI for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'. Upgrades will be announced in [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=31497#31497 this forum thread]].

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[[http://www.devlounge.net/code/php-security Basic PHP Hacks and How to Secure your App]]
You have people stealing your server information, database login details, user passwords, script insertions and more. Several years ago security wasn't a big deal, but now is a desperate time, and desperate times call for desperate measures that the php virgins such as those who are into [[http://www.superiorpapers.com term paper writing]] about PHP should know about.
This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [[http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers]].
A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]] for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'. Upgrades will be announced in [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=31497#31497 this forum thread]].

Revision [2015]

Edited on 2009-09-26 04:43:15 by MirthCordon

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This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [[http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers]].

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This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [[http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers]]

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Edited on 2009-09-26 04:42:19 by MirthCordon

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Revision [2013]

Edited on 2009-09-26 04:41:35 by MirthCordon

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This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [[http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers]]

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This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers.]

Revision [2012]

Edited on 2009-09-26 04:40:40 by MirthCordon

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[http://www.devlounge.net/code/php-security Basic PHP Hacks and How to Secure your App]]
You have people stealing your server information, database login details, user passwords, script insertions and more. Several years ago security wasn't a big deal, but now is a desperate time, and desperate times call for desperate measures that the php virgins such as those who are into [http://www.superiorpapers.com term paper writing]] about PHP should know about.
This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor that is commonly used by people who document it in [http://www.superiorpapers.com/term_paper.php term papers.]
A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface GUI]] for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'. Upgrades will be announced in [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=31497#31497 this forum thread]].

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Revision [2001]

Edited on 2009-08-20 19:57:47 by LwC [Link to a newer solution]

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[[http://mantis.phplist.com/view.php?id=15235 Accept preselections in subscribe pages]]
Use additional $_GET parameters in subscribe pages in order to:
# Preselect HTML format for e-mails.
# Preselect one, all or several lists on subscribe pages.

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[[http://mantis.phplist.com/view.php?id=11011 Make preselected lists in subscribe pages]]
You can preselect one, all or several lists on subscribe pages by using an additional URI-parameter.

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Edited on 2008-10-14 21:00:52 by LwC [Fixed links]

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[[NewsletterArchive Newsletter Archive]]
Documentation can be found in the wiki [[MailToList here]].

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[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=22501#22501 Newsletter archive]]
Documentation can be found in the wiki [[http://docs.phplist.com/MailToList here]].

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Edited on 2007-10-12 02:58:10 by MichielD

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**Please note** some of these hacks may address issues that happened in older versions of phplist and have been addressed in the latest release. Only try to apply a hack if you experience the same problem in the version you are using. Also in some cases, these hacks were made against older versions, so the instructions to apply them may not be entirely correct for the latest version. In general, it is likely you will need some knowledge of PHP in order to apply a hack.

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Edited on 2007-10-08 04:59:42 by BhugH [formatting]

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Revision [1408]

Edited on 2007-10-08 02:06:31 by BhugH [refining categories a bit]

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==Interfacing with PHPlist by email==

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Edited on 2007-10-08 02:04:08 by BhugH [Fixing formatting of categorization of hacks plus the occasional error]

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==Interfacing with external programs==
==Templates==
==Placeholders & "mail merge"-type functionality==
==Clicktracking/statistics==
==Criteria==
==Importing users==
==Cron==
==Extended PHPList functionality==
[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?=&p=16582 Displaying additional attributes on users page]]
==Miscellaneous==

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====Interfacing with external programs====
====Templates====
====Placeholders & "mail merge"-type functionality====
====Clicktracking/statistics====
====Criteria====
====Importing users====
====Cron====
====Extended PHPList functionality====
[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?=&p=16582 Displaying addtional attributes on users page]]
====Miscellaneous====

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Edited on 2007-10-08 02:00:52 by BhugH [First stab at categorizing hacks--they were just a long confusing blobby mess]

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Revision [1405]

Edited on 2007-10-08 01:49:46 by BhugH [Added link to mod about merge duplicate users]

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[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=37651 Merge Duplicate Users with improved functionality]]
If you import users with a Foreign Key you may end up with many Duplicate Users. This improved functionality allows you to merge the attributes, list subscriptions, RSS Frequency, and other useful info from the Duplicate User back to your Main User in a nice way.

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Edited on 2007-10-07 21:32:02 by BhugH

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[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=37643 "Soft Match" for CSV Imports that include Foreign Key]]
This mod creates a "soft match" so that users imported to PHPlist with a Foreign Key, are matched to current users via Email matching if that Foreign Key does not exist yet in the PHPlist database. [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=37643 More explanation of the problem/solution here.]]

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Edited on 2007-10-07 19:08:27 by BhugH [Added link to textline as criteria hack]

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This is a hack posted in the mantis tracker to use textline attributes as criteria, which would otherwise not be possible. A [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=32137#32137 more extensive hack]] allows you to list several matching values rather than just one (for example, send a message to all users whose attribute city=New York OR city=Chicago).

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~~This is a hack posted in the mantis tracker to use textline attributes as criteria, which would otherwise not be possible.~~

Revision [1393]

Edited on 2007-10-01 08:12:17 by BhugH [conditional includes & placeholders]

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[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=37376#37376 Conditional includes and placeholders]]
This hack allows you to customize email messages for each user by including different information in the email message depending on whether a certain attribute exists or not. For instance, you can write "Dear Bobby!" to a user whose first name is in your PHPlist database, and simply "Greetings!" to someone whose first name is unknown. Allows PHPlist messages to be much more customizable, like mail merge with a word processor.

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Edited on 2007-09-18 11:56:50 by CyriC

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[[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=36650#36650 HTML or text format by default]]
phplist v 2.10.4
To have "HTML" or text checked by default in "send a message" > "format" tab

Revision [1340]

Edited on 2007-08-11 04:32:38 by AlStillero [Small edit]

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A GUI for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'. Upgrades will be announced in [[http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=31497#31497 this forum thread]].

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~~A GUI for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'.~~

Revision [1339]

Edited on 2007-08-11 04:28:02 by AlStillero [added: Colizer's Windows-like design for the admin module]

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[[http://www.colizer.com/free-newsletter-template.php Colizer's Windows-like admin module]]
A GUI for the newsletter system that has more Windows feeling to it, with drop down menus from the top. And you can still get to the original view through 'advanced mode'.

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The oldest known version of this page was created on 2007-08-11 00:14:00 by SamOmat