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[usermike]

When a user subscribes to the newsletter, in order to prevent people who don't want to be signed up and people who sign other people up, I have coded a way so that the email address be checked before it is added to the newsletter list.

I did this pretty quickly, so if anyone has any improvements, I would be happy to see them Always remember to backup all files before implementing anything in case you miss something.

First, in /customer/home_main.tpl add the following code right after the first if statement:

{elseif $smarty.get.mode eq "subscribed_ch"}
{include file="main/subscribe_confirmation_ch.tpl"}

then make a file called subscribe-ch.php (in the /mail directory) and put the following code in it:

<?

#
# $Id: subscribe-ch.php,v 1 2003/1/27 10:59:49 matr Exp $
#

require "../smarty.php";
require "../config.php";
require "./func.php";
include "../include/get_language.php";


$email = trim(($email));

if (!is_correct_efunc_send_mail($email)) {
	header("Location: ../$redirect/error_message.php?subscribe_bad_email");
} else {
	$result = db_query("select count(*) from $sql_tbl[maillist] where email='$email'");
	list($c) = db_fetch_row($result);
	db_free_result($result);
	if ($c > 0) {
		header("Location: ../$redirect/error_message.php?subscribe_exist_email");
	} else {
		//db_query("insert into $sql_tbl[maillist] values('$email', '".time()."')");
#
# Send mail notification to customer
#
		$mail_smarty->assign("email",$email);

    	func_send_mail($email, "mail/newsletter_subscribe_subj.tpl", "mail/newsletter_subscribe_ch.tpl", $config["Company"]["newsletter_email"], false);
#
# Send mail notification to admin
#
        func_send_mail($config["Company"]["newsletter_email"], "mail/newsletter_admin_subj.tpl", "mail/newsletter_admin.tpl", $email, true);


		header("Location: ../$redirect/home.php?mode=subscribed_ch&email=".urlencode($email));
	}
}
?>

then add the following template file called subscribe_confirmation_ch.tpl in the skin1/main directory:

{* $Id: subscribe_confirmation_ch.tpl,v 1 2003/1/27 13:54:57 zorg Exp $ *}
{ include file="location.tpl" last_location=$lng.lbl_newsletter_subscription}
{capture name=dialog}
{$lng.txt_newsletter_subscription_msg_ch}


{$smarty.get.email}



{/capture}
{ include file="dialog.tpl" title=$lng.txt_thankyou_for_subscribing content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}

note the creation of: txt_newsletter_subscription_msg_ch. This will be a message such as:

Thank you for subscribing. You will receive an email with a URL in it. Please click on that URL to complete your registration to our newsletter.

Then, create newsletter_subscribe_ch.tpl in the skin1/mail directory and include the following code:

{* $Id: newsletter_subscribe_ch.tpl,v 1 2003/1/27 06:55:21 lucky Exp $ *}
{config_load file="$skin_config"}
{$lng.lbl_hello}

{$lng.eml_tobe_subscribed}
{$http_location}mail/subscribe.php?redirect=customer&email={$email|escape}

{include file="mail/signature.tpl"}

Note the creation of eml_tobe_subscribed - this will be something that says

This email will be subscribed in the newsletter. Please click on the following link to complete registration.

and finally, modify subscribe_confirmation.tpl in the skin1/main directory to have this code:

{* $Id: subscribe_confirmation.tpl,v 1.11 2002/10/17 13:54:57 zorg Exp $ *}
{ include file="location.tpl" last_location=$lng.lbl_newsletter_subscription}
{capture name=dialog}
{$lng.txt_newsletter_subscription_msg}:

{$smarty.get.email}



{/capture}
{ include file="dialog.tpl" title=$lng.txt_thankyou_for_subscribing content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}

Note that I took out the unsubscribe information. This is not necessary anymore.


Let me know how the installation went. I don't think I left out anything

[belen]

thank you so much for this wonderful added customer service bit. we are always very very careful with our opt-in lists, as we are in the adult industry and really respect our user's privacy. this code puts my mind much more at ease that our users will feel protected.

just a small note:

the only thing i found that was off in the code was a missing "/" - i am not sure if it would effect anyone else. but on file skin1/mail/newsletter_subscribe_ch.tpl, i found that this code:

{$http_location}mail/subscribe.php?redirect=customer&email={$email|escape} 

needed to have a "/" before mail:

{$http_location}/mail/subscribe.php?redirect=customer&email={$email|escape} 

again, thank you so much for this code...it helped immensely!

belen