How to make a substitute for newsletter?

Hi esteban,

I would do this by creating a "Subscribers" section with the Section Editor and adding an "Email" field to it, then use the CSV Export Plugin to get a list of subscribers.

Does that help? If not, please describe exactly what it is you're trying to achieve. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hmm ... still do not know anything :-) but what's next? What type of box? Maybe text field? How to put the field on website for the users? Can it show up a page or cloud confirming the sending?

Hi Esteban,

That actually more up to you -- we don't design your page, or the way you want your site to work for you... we just come up with ways to make it work the way you want it to. :) Give us a bit more of an idea of what you're looking for, and we can help you come up with ways to create it. :)

Hi esteban,

Let's break this down into two problems: (1) having a form which adds records to your "newsletter" section, and (2) CSV export.

1. Write up a form similar to this:

<?php
require_once "/your/path/to/viewer_functions.php";

if (@$_REQUEST['email']) {
mysqlStrictMode(false); // disable Mysql strict errors for when a field isn't defined below (can be caused when fields are added later)
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `{$TABLE_PREFIX}newsletter` SET
email = '" . mysql_escape(@$_REQUEST['email']) . "',
createdDate = NOW(),
updatedDate = NOW()")
or die("MySQL Error:<br/>\n". htmlspecialchars(mysql_error()) . "\n");

print "Thanks!";
exit;
}
?>

<form method="post" action="?">
<input name="email" />
<input type="submit" value="Subscribe">
</form>

2. Get the [url http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/detail.php?CSV-Export-1005]CSV Export Plugin[/url]

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks! Works great. Form and CSV Eport plugin working fine.

Csv file, however, gets all the data from the Newsletter section such as: num, createdDate, createdByUserNum, updatedDate, updatedByUserNum, dragSortOrder. Csv getting large amounts of garbage that is not structured to - in one line. Only needs to export to CSV file e-mail addresses. My client will be copied from this file, e-mail and copied to the program.

Can I remove these fields from the database? Is there another way to not export these fields in the csv file.

And one more thing. I locked the addition of the same results even though it can be added for the second time the same e-mail. -> i setup: "user may not enter the same value as another record".

and ... i test this and will be better to make after subscribe go to Thanks page [thnx.php] than print word: "Thanks!". How to do this? :-)

Thanks a lot for help.

Hi esteban,

Yes, you can remove all the fields you don't need via the section editor. If you need the CSV customized further, we can help through our consulting service. Please let me know if you're interested in that.

To redirect your user to another page, replace:

print "Thanks!";

with:

header("Location: thnx.php");

Finally, the "user may not enter the same value as another record" option only works for adding and editing records inside the CMS Builder admin. To make sure no duplicate email addresses are added, you can add a check for them like this (new code in red):

if (@$_REQUEST['email']) {
if (mysql_select_count_from('newsletter', "email = '" . mysql_escape(@$_REQUEST['email']) . "'") > 0) {
mysqlStrictMode(false); // disable Mysql strict errors for when a field isn't defined below (can be caused when fields are added later)
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `{$TABLE_PREFIX}newsletter` SET
email = '" . mysql_escape(@$_REQUEST['email']) . "',
createdDate = NOW(),
updatedDate = NOW()")
or die("MySQL Error:<br/>\n". htmlspecialchars(mysql_error()) . "\n");
}
...

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.