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May 11, 2007, 8:29 AM

Andy

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May 11, 2007, 8:29 AM

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[ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free)

Hi,

I'm please to announce the release of Recommend_It v3.5. This is an update to the 3.0.1 version, and also uses the luna template set much more to its advantage =)

You can download the new version from this post, or on our site: http://www.ultranerds.com/...ns/Recommend_It_L85/

Enjoy =)

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May 14, 2007, 9:30 PM

aus_dave

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May 14, 2007, 9:30 PM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Andy, a while back we talked about how the plugin was stripping out all of the line breaks in the emailed message when using the text template. This was solved by turning compression off in the build options.

We are only using the text template - have you got any tips on how the text template could be parsed better with compression on? The site we are using it on continues to grow and the bandwidth saving that compression offers is looking more attractive.

I'm guessing this is the offending line of code that parses the template and somehow strips the line breaks:

Code:
my $formatted_message = Links::SiteHTML::display($template, {%$TAGS, %$IN, %$rec});

From what I understand the 'new' email templating system uses .eml files that are specific email templates - not sure if that would fix the problem or not?

May 15, 2007, 1:16 AM

Andy

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May 15, 2007, 1:16 AM

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Re: [aus_dave] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Hi,

You could try the attached version. I've changed it so that it uses Links::send_email() instead of GT::Mail::send().

This means that the templates can be processed as .eml files, and makes it a bit easier to work with - as the emails / headers etc can be edited via Build > Email Templates Smile

Enjoy.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

May 15, 2007, 7:20 AM

aus_dave

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May 15, 2007, 7:20 AM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

That works perfectly Andy - thanks for the update.

There's a minor typo in recommend_it.cgi that affects the email headers (around line 218):

Code:
$TAGS->{'to_name'}    =  $IN->param("recipename_$i"),

Should be "recipname_$i" - took me a while to find it since it's actually being used on a recipe site! Wink

May 15, 2007, 7:48 AM

Andy

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May 15, 2007, 7:48 AM

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Re: [aus_dave] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Hi,

Thanks for the heads up - all sorted now =)

New version attached.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

May 17, 2007, 6:36 AM

Andy

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May 17, 2007, 6:36 AM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Hi,

Another update.

Seems that when sending in plain text, it was just making an attachment (noname), instead of putting the content into the email itself. This was due to a header issue.

There was also the issue of the "Unknown tag: IP" error popping back in somehow - but that is fixed now too =)

Also, there was a bit of a problem with the new emailing method - which has been resolved now.

If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to post them here.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Feb 29, 2008, 12:17 PM

DeadMan

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Feb 29, 2008, 12:17 PM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Maybe to put CAPTCHA like in ContactPage. Recently I've noticed some abuse from "buy viagra" emails...

UnReal Network

Mar 3, 2008, 1:49 AM

Andy

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Mar 3, 2008, 1:49 AM

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Hi,

Sorry, not sure about that - It takes a while to add a CAPTCHA system into a script, and Recommend_It is free, so I can't really allow the time for that , sorry Frown

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 2, 2008, 5:38 AM

DeadMan

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Jul 2, 2008, 5:38 AM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Got any free time soon?

Recently I got much spam over this plugin so if there is no plan of putting CAPTCHA system I need to deinstall this plugin because it takes lots of system load.

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Jul 2, 2008, 5:39 AM

Andy

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Jul 2, 2008, 5:39 AM

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Re: [DeadMan] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Not really got much free time ATM, but I'll see if I can fit it in at some point.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 2, 2008, 9:36 AM

Andy

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Jul 2, 2008, 9:36 AM

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Re: [DeadMan] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Hi,

I hope you apreciate this Tongue

Version 3.6 is now available from our site: http://www.ultranerds.com/...ns/Recommend_It_L85/

It now has a built in CATPCHA system. Wasn't exactly simple to add in - but works very well =)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 2, 2008, 9:29 PM

DeadMan

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Jul 2, 2008, 9:29 PM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

I apreciate it very much. Thank you!

Now, just explain me how to install CAPTCHA system? Wink

I try to install plugin, but nothing happens. Only can see new file, messagecaptcha.cgi but don't know how to use it.

Thank you in advance.

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Jul 2, 2008, 11:25 PM

Andy

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Jul 2, 2008, 11:25 PM

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DeadMan wrote:

I apreciate it very much. Thank you!

Now, just explain me how to install CAPTCHA system? Wink

I try to install plugin, but nothing happens. Only can see new file, messagecaptcha.cgi but don't know how to use it.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

NP

You need to edit the templates (recommend_it_form.html) - and the rest should work then

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 31, 2008, 4:47 PM

fantasyman

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Jul 31, 2008, 4:47 PM

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Re: [Andy] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

I was getting too much spam too so I tried to update to this new version. I did a full uninstall of the old version and installed this one but the captcha doesn't work :( The link seems to be created correctly, but no image is produced (broken image).

http://speculativevision.com/network/

Jul 31, 2008, 11:05 PM

Andy

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Jul 31, 2008, 11:05 PM

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Re: [fantasyman] [ UPDATE ] Recommend_It v3.5 (free) In reply to

Hi,

Can you PM me a link, along with a username/password to login with (if you have it setup to require a user before they can send a recommendation of a listing).

It *could* be that GD isn't installed on your server.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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