Email Inactive Members

[Martingonnella]

Ok Thanks..

Are you able to Code a Auto Email Inactive Ordinary Users....

There are once on the mod list, but owners don't support it no more..shame too lol

[Matthew K.]

Of course I "could", but right now I am not taking on free projects as my time is limited and I have a lot of other things that I need to get done.

[Martingonnella]

Oh Ok..No worries.

[Matthew K.]

Actually, it sounds like a fun one.

Send me a message with the desired feature-set, and I'll consider writing it up.

[Martingonnella]

How The Mod Works
=> User has not visited for 21 days or more
==> An Initial Email Sent
===> Another 21 days passes and user still has not visited
====> A Final Email Sent
=====> Another 21 days passes and user still has not visited
======> (Optional for SMF 1.1.x) Delete User Account (With a Threshold setting eg Delete users only if they have made less than 10 posts)

Features
o Adds a new section in the admin area (With a Small Icon next to it)
- Admin > Features & Options > AEIOU (SMF 1.1.x)
- Admin > Modifications > Email Inactive (SMF 2.0 Beta 3 / 3.1)
- Note: The mod is disabled straight after installation to enable you to customize the emails and settings.
o Includes Settings
- Customize Initial Email Subject (text-only) [with replaced variables]
- Customize Initial Email Message (text-only) [with replaced variables]
- Customize Final Email Subject (text-only) [with replaced variables]
- Customize Final Email Subject (text-only) [with replaced variables]
- Enable/Disable Deleting of Users (Only SMF 1.1.x)
> Set a Post Threshold
o Other Settings (But NOT recommended to alter) (Only SMF 1.1.x)
- Chunksize
- Max Emails To Send Per Hour
- Max Emails To Send Per Day
o Panel showing stats and status of the mod
o Panel showing last 10 inactive users emailed
o Tries to prevent overloading your mail server
- Uses hourly / daily mail limits (SMF 1.1.x)
- Uses the mail queue if enabled (SMF 2.0 Beta 3 / 3.1)
o Anti-spam prevention
- Sending times/periods are hard-coded and cannot be changed
- Limits the no. of emails to be sent out by this mod to TWO.
- User who return after receiving an email have the email process reset (back to 0 email sent)
o Supports Languages
- Note: I welcome translations for other languages. Please post the translated language strings in the Support Topic.
- English/English-utf8
- English_British/English_British-utf8 (Only SMF 1.1.x)

Installation
Any previous versions of this mod MUST be uninstalled BEFORE installing this version.
(Note: Existing database settings will remain. However existing custom emails created in pre-v1.3 will be reset)

Install the mod via the Package Manager to install on ALL themes.
As there are no theme edits for this mod. It only affects Source Files.

If your using a different language than those supported by this mod (listed above), then you will need to add (and translate as necessary) the

language strings to your Modifications.{language}.php and/or Modifications.{language}-utf8.php for each theme (The language folder can be found at Themes/{themename}/languages/).

Common Questions
o Can the periods before and between sending emails be changed?
- No. The periods are hardcoded.  However the periods are ONLY minimums. On large forums, it could be longer.
o Whats the minimum period between becoming inactive and user deletion?
- 63 days minimum
- Minimum 21 days to become inactive for sending the initial email
- Minimum 21 days before sending the final email
- Minimum 21 days before deleted user (Optionally with SMF 1.1.x)
> Note however, it may take longer in each stage depending on the no. of users to email/delete.
o Emails are not being received. Why is it not working?
- A 5 point checklist
1) Get users to check their spam/junk folder. The users mail provider may believe it to be spam.
   > If so, this is not a bug with this mod.  It could be being labelled as spam for several reasons.
2) Even though the mod takes care not to overload your mailserver, it is possible it may have been by SMFs other emailing functions.
   > Email yourself using SMF, if you don't receive the email then it is likely your mailserver is overloaded or not functioning
   > Most hosts have limits (not always publicised) on the no. of emails per hour/day - Contact your host and find out what they are.
   > Sending Newsletters and announcing topics are common ways to overload your mail server.
3) Is the Last 10 Inactive Users Emailed showing recent emails?
   > If it is, then as far as the mod is concerned its working properly.
4) Are there any errors related to it in your error log?
5) Alternatively I am willing to consider it could be a bug. See Support.

[Matthew K.]

I've been working on this in my very slim amount of free time. Here is what I have so far for the Settings page: http://prntscr.com/29yy5

[Martingonnella]

Many Thanks ! :-) Let me know

[Matthew K.]

Depending on how it goes, it could be done in the next few days. As I'm just doing it for fun, and to help you out, we'll see.

[Martingonnella]

Thanks Dude...Your a really nice person. Martin

[Martingonnella]

Thanks Mate...I know this tricky....but can you spread any word on the AjaxChat Integration (latest version 3.2.1).....Or do you have a chat room mod available?

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1319

It just aint compatible for 2.0 at all....and i can't get compatible with any edit I do...confusing...

[Matthew K.]

It's actually fairly easy to install manually, although it could be tricky to learn. Did you post on the mods support topic?

[Martingonnella]

Yep...I followed the manuals in prase and did it and then I got a Connection Error: 500

I'm thinking maybe you could load this program into your forum on 2.0 and see what I experienced and make a few tweaks for it to work..I know it cheeky, but it would be appreciated.

 

[Matthew K.]

No, I've done it before, I know how to do it. If you need help installing it, and can't get it on the mod topic, open a support topic.

[Martingonnella]

I've been speaking to mods creation on that mod support page, but make things difficult lol not like I ain't been trying lol ... It's installed ok.. Just give connection error 500 on the chat interface lol

Also
.. Thanks for doing the email inactive mod... Is that going with your mod collection and published on
smf?

[TheDel]

I hate to thread jack but it is about the same mod-
I would certainly like to see the 21day thing changeable- 21 days being away from a forum is much too soon (IMO) to start sending out the "Where have ya been?" cards

[Matthew K.]

Well, if you look at the screenshot I provided, you'll notice that it allows you to define how many days YOU consider to be "inactive".

[razors edge]

Has this been released or just in closed beta? I would like to see this mod available.

[Matthew K.]

It's not even come out of development yet, I hit an issue I didn't feel like fixing. In addition, this is just something I'm doing on the side for fun, there are some other things that are taking priority.

[razors edge]

It's not even come out of development yet, I hit an issue I didn't feel like fixing. In addition, this is just something I'm doing on the side for fun, there are some other things that are taking priority.

Thats cool, I would not have a problem donating cash to help with the development if needed? Please keep me informed of the progress and its release.

[Matthew K.]

I'll have to see how time goes, it might have to be a little.