Posts Tagged ‘WordPress Mailing List Plugin’

WordPress Newsletters plugin v3.7.5 release notes.

• Added
  Updates notification on ‘Plugins’ page.
• Changed
  ‘listdiv’ has been changed to ‘mailinglistdiv’ on ‘Send Newsletter’ page.
• Improved
  Use get_locale() to get current language code.
• Changed
  ‘languages’ folder for language files.
• Changed
  Changed the string ‘Newsletter could not be sent’ to ‘Newsletter could not be queued/scheduled’ when scheduling is turned on.
• Changed
  Moved tracking code from ‘views/email/send.php’ to ‘views/email/foot.php’.
• Improved
  Overflow DIV on the ‘Send Newsletters’ page for ‘Mailing List(s)’ box.
• Fixed
  Empty $filefull variable in the bounce() function.
• Improved
  The url() method in the wpMailPlugin class for better compatibility.
• Added
  SMTP port setting in ‘Configuration’ when using SMTP or Gmail.
• Removed
  Contact form from the ‘Support & Help’ section.
• Removed
  ‘Support Forums’ link in the ‘Support & Help’ section.
• Improved
  wpautop() for paragraphs instead of the “the_content” filter.
• Added
  Ability to turn on/off jQuery scrolling on Ajax subscription forms.
• Improved
  Checking for updates to increase performance.
• Added
  Date shortcode/variable to put the current date into a newsletter in your preferred format.
• Added
  Row actions in all sections below each record when hovered.
• Fixed
  Send on publish excerpt bug with length of excerpt.
• Added
  TinyMCE button on WYSIWYG editor for quick insertion of subscription form shortcodes.
• Improved
  WordPress 2.9.1 compatible meta boxes in admin sections which are draggable & collapsable.
• Updated
  The nl_NL (Dutch) translation.
• Compatibility
  Fixed the Viper’s Video Quicktags breaking the editor in ‘Send Newsletter’ and ‘Save a Template’ sections.
• Change
  ‘(add new)’ link to ‘Add New’ buttons in all sections.
• Added
  Setting to change the redirect after subscription confirmation.
• Added
  Sections metabox in ‘Configuration’ for better navigation.
• Compatibility
  Directory separator (DS) constant for paths. Windows compatibility.
• Fixed
  Autosave on ‘Send Newsletter’ and ‘Save a Template’ showing a permissions error message.
• Fixed
  Input field ID values starting with numeric value which caused invalid XHTML.
• Improved
  Subscription form Ajax updates the FORM element instead of the entire widget. Helps better overall compatibility with all themes even if they don’t have the proper “before_widget” and “after_widget” values set in the functions.php file.
• Fixed
  “wpmlonline” shortcode/variable was displaying blank when emails were sent through the queue.
• Changed
  MySQL database tables now uses UTF-8.
• Fixed
  Tabindex on subscription forms.
• Fixed
  Absolute URLs for Ajax calls and other functionality specific to Windows servers.

The WordPress Newsletters plugin has some configuration settings specifically related to WordPress users and other factors.

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User Access Level

Set permission to the user role you wish to grant access to the Newsletters plugin.

Auto Import WordPress users

When you set this to Yes, the plugin will automatically import new WordPress registrations on your site into the mailing list specified.

WordPress Mailing List Plugin v3.7 Release Notes

• WordPress 2.8 Integration.
• Update Notification in “Plugins” section.
• Pass $post_id to render_email in Queue > Bulk Actions: Send.
• [wpmlonline] Authentication Bug Fix.
• Template rendering bug fix when saving to the queue.
• Changed “Send Newsletter” to “Queue Newsletter” in “Send Newsletter” section when scheduling is turned on.
• Changed plugin name from “Mailing List” to “Newsletters”.
• Administration menu icon change.
• Administration menu caption changes.
• Show [wpmlonline] in the “Variables & Custom Fields” box in the “Send Newsletter” section.
• Fixed FORM enctype=”multipart/form-data” bug in the “Send Newsletter” section.

WordPress Mailing List Plugin v3.6.8 Release notes

• IP logging of subscribers
• WordPress Shortcode API Integration (docs)
• View email in browser feature (docs)
• Administrator email setting
• Fixed “Preview” button in “Send” section
• “Displaying…” count in admin paging
• Fields (not) required bulk action
• New admin menu icon
• Fixed custom fields edit/change ALTER query
• Porting to jQuery from Prototype/Scriptaculous
• Reduced JS files/scripts
• Featured Content Gallery plugin compatibility
• “Show All” feature in admin sections
• Sorting by A to Z & New to Old in admin sections
• In/Active colors in admin sections (red & green)
• History/Drafts edit button caption change
• Subscription form scrolling to with JS
• SQL optimization for sending newsletters
• Unsubscribe comments
• Email exists improvements
• Email tracking
• Auto iFrame height when viewing template or history item

The WordPress mailing list plugin comes with an email queue which allows you to schedule emails into the queue as a mechanism of load-shedding if you have large mailing lists with too many subscribers to send at the same time.

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