Newsletter-Only Subscriptions for v1.3x

[NotGoddess]

Once a site has been blacklisted, is it a real process to 'remove' the blacklisting?

It can be, but there are a number of things you and your host can do. You can google 'mail server blacklisted' for more ideas, but some basic things:

You can:
See if you can send using the php mail instead of smtp (or vice versa).

Suggest to your host that they:

Track down the spammer (if still hosted there-spammers are notorious for signing up for 1 month, sending as much spam as they can, then diving out with no forwarding address) and shut him down if still active.

Change the MX ip address for the mail server.

You can also see what servers have you blacklisted and see what requirements they have for removal (if the other address didn't have one you can also do it at http://www.dnsstuff.com/ )

In reality it's up to your host to handle the situation, and most good hosts already have policies in place to do so. If they are unwilling or unable, your best bet is to use an external mail server or switch hosts.

-Ng_

[bhfruitcakeco]

If this question has been answered already, I apologize. I've seen it asked a few times, but not answered because the OPs never seem to want to provide an example.

Anyway, I have a problem with the email entry box in the sidebox being too wide in Firefox. In IE it's both too wide and screws up the the look of the sidebox.

Example can be found at http://bishiharem.com

I noticed that in the tpl_subscribe file there is no width defined, however if I give it one I find not only does the width not matter (145px and 25px both look the same), but adjusting the width screws up the text in the other sideboxes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[knuckle-101]

edit file includes\templates\your template\sideboxes\tpl_subscribe.php

edit line
$content .= '  ' . zen_draw_input_field('email', '', 'size="18" maxlength="30" style="width:

where it says 18, make this smaller or larger to fit your template.

Rob

[Radish]

Ng,

Thanks for the info on removing my site/server from being blacklisted. I spoke with my host and they are going change the MX ip address of the mail server. Hopefully that will fix the problem.

Thanks again!

[NotGoddess]

If this question has been answered already, I apologize. I've seen it asked a few times, but not answered because the OPs never seem to want to provide an example.

Anyway, I have a problem with the email entry box in the sidebox being too wide in Firefox. In IE it's both too wide and screws up the the look of the sidebox.

Example can be found at http://bishiharem.com

I noticed that in the tpl_subscribe file there is no width defined, however if I give it one I find not only does the width not matter (145px and 25px both look the same), but adjusting the width screws up the text in the other sideboxes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Forgive for sounding a bit annoyed, but as the OP ....

I posted something blandly assuming it was the issue. I'm rechecking it....

[NotGoddess]

Your box width is only 146px wide (inner width), so with the padding on the input, it's too wide at 145px (col width 175-30=145) to fit.

You need to find in the template:
style="width: ' . ($column_width-30) . 'px"

and change that 30 to 40 or 45, etc until it fits for you.

I'll do some research and see if I can find the proper reference for the box width and adjust the template.

-Ng_

[NotGoddess]

@Radish:

btw, I just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten you-I just haven't had a chance to research it properly as above, when I try to answer hastily it's trouble. :)

My first thought is that it's just an error in the subscription checking-see it shouldn't LET you subscribe the same email twice.

If that email already has a news-only subscription:
If you try to do another newsonly: it should give a dup error. (in zc not sql).
If you make an account, it should merge those records.

If that email already has a customer account:
newsonly: it's says that and tells you to change on your account page.
new acct: shouldn't allow it (std zen, not just this mod).


So if it's not doing that, it's a bug in the script, not anything you've done and I just have to get the time to fix it. I've got a new setup for the error checking but I'll especially test that case.

The sql you posted won't do any harm, but it's for cased where you uploaded your table and 'lost' the auto-increment values. You can try it but I don't think that's the issue.


-Ng_

[bhfruitcakeco]

Forgive for sounding a bit annoyed, but as the OP ....

I posted something blandly assuming it was the issue. I'm rechecking it....

I apologize for your annoyance. I did not mean you. I was referring to the querants with similar problems, whom you tried to help, but they wouldn't provide you with an example to help you figure out the problem (OPs=plural).

[NotGoddess]

I apologize for your annoyance.

Then it should be I that apologizes. I've been oversensitive of late.

At any rate...did either Knuckle-101's or my suggestion help?

-Ng_

[knuckle-101]

NG,
You know we all love ya anyway.

By the way get on messenger later i finally got the id we need for the sp mod if you are ready to mess with it.

Let me know.