I'll test this out with something a bunch of people have asked about, and give it an offical status.
I have the 1.1x postcards add on ready for public consumption.
requirements:
You need to have a working install of Links 1.1x series.
You need to have a working mailer (I know it works with sendmail, it may need to be tweaked to work with SMTP, I've never tried it, but it hasn't been disabled).
You need to know how to make a table, add the .def file and set permissions on an uploaded script.
You need to know how to edit a file, and add a few subroutines to HTML_Templates.pm.
You need to know how to edit templates, since the basic templates are just that _basic_ and made for step-by-step leading a person through a postcard, but also to be easily inserted into your default page template.
You need to have a page, program, or script that will send this script the information it needs to send a postcard, meaning it needs to be called with a link like:
/cgi-bin/links/postcards.cgi?Picture=http://url.of.picture
You can do that either through standard <A> links, or via a form. The script expects to be passed a 'Picture' tag to start off.
If you know how to edit templates, and take a bit of time to look at how the program looks for the input, you can change that behavior as well.
Lastly, you need to follow the directions :)
It's very, very simple. It collects information from a form, stores it, then sends out some email. It accepts information from a form, and then displays the database record. It's the _SAME_ script we are running on our three main sites.
The upgrade version to the NG version of links is in the works, and should be ready once a stable beta hits. Upgrading to this version is free to anyone who buys the 1.1x version.
Version 2.0 of the program is also in the works, and will have expanded user features, and hopefully "plug-in" functionality. There should be two versions. One will hopefully just be an upgrade of the existing program, the other will out of necessity be a full-site postcards program requiring most likely another install of links. We'll also have an image subscription service for new images, under license, starting the end of January. "Different" images, not your usual stock photography, since everyone has those kinds of images.
This is all geared to the medium site that wants to add postcards to increase return rates, and create a very unique and personal look. Larger sites are on their own as far as images and feeding into the scripts.
There is a forum linked from the FAQ (on the main page) to specifically discuss these programs, so please ask your questions there!
I'm posting this here, since I've lost track of everyone who's asked about it, due to some personal things going on at my end. It qualifies as a mod since I've been asked about it at least a dozen times in other forums or email.
Costs are $75 for the script (you are on your own to install, other than regular forum support), or $125 installed. MC/Visa via Paypal or fax.
Ooops, and very lastly, we do need a signed/faxed (or emailed as a printable image) statement that "Digital Postcards® is a registered trademark of PUGDOG® Enterprises, Inc." The lawyers made me add that. That statement with a link back to our page needs to be at the bottom of the send-confirmation page (the page the person who sends the card sees after they send the card) and we would appreciate a similar link somewhere in your site's credits or copyrights page if you have one. You are not granted a license in any other way to use "Digital Postcards®" so you are encouraged to come up with some sort of catchy name for your area :) "Postcards", "Virtual Postcards," "Electronic Postcards," "Electronic Greetings," etc are all ok. "E-Greetings" is also a trademark of another company, as are a few other names.
We would love to cooperate with sites for additional links, but the trademark law says we have to be nit-picky about the use of our trademark.
Also, if you set up a postcards site, don't forget to add it to http://postcardsportal.com another Links SQL based site. (Many of the 'standard' mods posted here, or fixes came from working on that site!).
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://postcards.com/FAQ
I have the 1.1x postcards add on ready for public consumption.
requirements:
You need to have a working install of Links 1.1x series.
You need to have a working mailer (I know it works with sendmail, it may need to be tweaked to work with SMTP, I've never tried it, but it hasn't been disabled).
You need to know how to make a table, add the .def file and set permissions on an uploaded script.
You need to know how to edit a file, and add a few subroutines to HTML_Templates.pm.
You need to know how to edit templates, since the basic templates are just that _basic_ and made for step-by-step leading a person through a postcard, but also to be easily inserted into your default page template.
You need to have a page, program, or script that will send this script the information it needs to send a postcard, meaning it needs to be called with a link like:
/cgi-bin/links/postcards.cgi?Picture=http://url.of.picture
You can do that either through standard <A> links, or via a form. The script expects to be passed a 'Picture' tag to start off.
If you know how to edit templates, and take a bit of time to look at how the program looks for the input, you can change that behavior as well.
Lastly, you need to follow the directions :)
It's very, very simple. It collects information from a form, stores it, then sends out some email. It accepts information from a form, and then displays the database record. It's the _SAME_ script we are running on our three main sites.
The upgrade version to the NG version of links is in the works, and should be ready once a stable beta hits. Upgrading to this version is free to anyone who buys the 1.1x version.
Version 2.0 of the program is also in the works, and will have expanded user features, and hopefully "plug-in" functionality. There should be two versions. One will hopefully just be an upgrade of the existing program, the other will out of necessity be a full-site postcards program requiring most likely another install of links. We'll also have an image subscription service for new images, under license, starting the end of January. "Different" images, not your usual stock photography, since everyone has those kinds of images.
This is all geared to the medium site that wants to add postcards to increase return rates, and create a very unique and personal look. Larger sites are on their own as far as images and feeding into the scripts.
There is a forum linked from the FAQ (on the main page) to specifically discuss these programs, so please ask your questions there!
I'm posting this here, since I've lost track of everyone who's asked about it, due to some personal things going on at my end. It qualifies as a mod since I've been asked about it at least a dozen times in other forums or email.
Costs are $75 for the script (you are on your own to install, other than regular forum support), or $125 installed. MC/Visa via Paypal or fax.
Ooops, and very lastly, we do need a signed/faxed (or emailed as a printable image) statement that "Digital Postcards® is a registered trademark of PUGDOG® Enterprises, Inc." The lawyers made me add that. That statement with a link back to our page needs to be at the bottom of the send-confirmation page (the page the person who sends the card sees after they send the card) and we would appreciate a similar link somewhere in your site's credits or copyrights page if you have one. You are not granted a license in any other way to use "Digital Postcards®" so you are encouraged to come up with some sort of catchy name for your area :) "Postcards", "Virtual Postcards," "Electronic Postcards," "Electronic Greetings," etc are all ok. "E-Greetings" is also a trademark of another company, as are a few other names.
We would love to cooperate with sites for additional links, but the trademark law says we have to be nit-picky about the use of our trademark.
Also, if you set up a postcards site, don't forget to add it to http://postcardsportal.com another Links SQL based site. (Many of the 'standard' mods posted here, or fixes came from working on that site!).
PUGDOGŪ
PUGDOGŪ Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ: http://postcards.com/FAQ
postcards add-on 1.1x