=== Plugin Name === Plugin Name: IFS Simple Mailing List Mailer Contributors: guusifs Donate link: http://www.inspiration-for-success.com/pay/ Tags: mailer, mailing list, simple mailer, mass mailer, mass mail Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 3.6 Version: 1.21 Stable tag: 1.2 License: GPLv2 Purpose of this plugin is to maintain a simple mass mailing list and send simple html e-mails to the people in the list. We are working on better options for creating the messages in html. == Description == With this plugin you can maintain a simple mailing list and send html e-mails to people in this list straight from your own server. For people signing up a confirmation e-mail is supported. The plugin supports 'batches' so if your hosting provider limits the number of e-mails you can send in a certain amount of time you can split your sending up. Users can subscribe from the front-end. Just add a div with id "frontendaddemail" in any page: <div id="frontendaddemail"></div> to add the subscription form. Planned features like unsubscribe link. == Installation == The IFS mailinglist plugin doesn't require any specific installation. Just unpack the zip file, upload the files to the plugins folder and activate the plugin. Easiest way to include the signup box is to include it with the string [ifsmailersignupbox] in the content. For advanced use like in your theme just add a div with id "frontendaddemail" in your theme. For sending e-mails just set the configuration options first like your e-mail address that will be used as the 'To' and 'From' addresses (E-mails are sent with the BCC option). Upgrade from very old versions not supported. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How do I include the e-mail box for signup in a post = Just add the text [ifsmailersignupbox] anywhere in the text of your post. = How many e-mail addresses can I maintain? = The number of people in the e-mail list is unlimited. = What is a batch = Batches are intended to bypass the limit of the number of mails you can send per hour through your (shared) hosting account. A batch is nothing more or less than a grouping for the people in your mailing list. Of course you could use this functionality in different ways, but the origin was just to bypass the server limit of maximum number of e-mails per hour. == Screenshots == No screenshots yet. == Changelog == = 1.3 = * Current version in development * Planned nicer columns in the sending screen with clearer explanation. * Planned sending individual e-mails instead of BCC. * Planned to include unsubscribe link. = 1.2 = * Include signup with [ifsmailersignupbox] string instead of a div. * Improved the color chooser. * Added option for wysiwyg editing. = 1.1 = * Added selection of color and background color with color picker. * Some minor improvements in the description, lay-out and text = 1.0 = * just made ready for publishing on Wordpress * Fixed some minor issues = 0.99 = * Well, basic stuff is ok now, including version management * See version 1.0 for planned changes * Looking forward to suggestions and feedback = 0.46 = * Nothing really changed. Just some fixes with upload to Wordpress = 0.43 = * Enhanced e-mail functionality and more option fix= 0.1 = * Initial version without mailer = 0.42 = * Fixed initialization issue with default batch = 0.41 = * Fixed naming issue= 0.41 = = 0.4 = * Added functionality for subscription in front-end including confirmation e-mail. * Added configuration option for default batch. Batch can also be any string, not only numeric. * E-mails are sent to people with status 'active'. = 0.3 = * Added configuration options for sender name and sender address. = 0.2 = * Added mailer option.