Feature Questions

[angelalaw]

I am looking and trying to see if these features exist currently.

1) Newsletter Sign up and Sending (I see email list but I don't see signing up on the site allowed)
2) Advanced search (inputs) in the side bar that launches the advanced search page.
3) Bulk importing of images and converting to 3 different sizes

Thanks,

Angela

[mazhar]

1) Newsletter Sign up and Sending (I see email list but I don't see signing up on the site allowed)

You can use the SubscribeToEmailList ConLib control. Provide the your caption and EmailListId for desired Email list and put the control in store pages.

2) Advanced search (inputs) in the side bar that launches the advanced search page.

This doable. The logic of advance search page is inside the ConLib/AdvanceSearchPage control which contains both the input form and results grid. So if you want to put input form in sidebar and results grid in content area then you will need to create two custom controls for this purpose. All you need is to break the AdvanceSearchPage control in to two components. Please check the following link
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=9542
Something very similar is already available here.

[angelalaw]

Hi mazhar

great! Thanks so much.

I implemented the newsletter without a hitch.

And I am looking at the sample you gave for the sample search area.

Thanks so much for the help!

Have a great weekend,

Angela

[AbleMods]

Mazhar have you given any thought to an "opt-out" capability that could be included as a link in emails?

I was thinking maybe a new landing page that accepts the UserId and EmailListId as query parameters. When it's hit (from a link in an email), the code-behind automatically removes the UserId from the requested ListId and displays a "Sorry to see you go, your address has been removed...." message. Using the userId and EmailListId would allow the Opt-out link to be constructed using nVelocity right inside the email templates.

Maybe even some fancy functionality like a "Remove All" checkbox with an OnClick that searches all mailing lists for the passed UserId or an entered email address and opts the visitor completely out.

I've been meaning to write one as a gift for the community but my schedule just isn't giving me any breaks lately. How's your schedule these days? Feeling bored? Need something to keep you up late at night?

[mazhar]

Mazhar have you given any thought to an "opt-out" capability that could be included as a link in emails?

I was thinking maybe a new landing page that accepts the UserId and EmailListId as query parameters. When it's hit (from a link in an email), the code-behind automatically removes the UserId from the requested ListId and displays a "Sorry to see you go, your address has been removed...." message. Using the userId and EmailListId would allow the Opt-out link to be constructed using nVelocity right inside the email templates.

Maybe even some fancy functionality like a "Remove All" checkbox with an OnClick that searches all mailing lists for the passed UserId or an entered email address and opts the visitor completely out.

I've been meaning to write one as a gift for the community but my schedule just isn't giving me any breaks lately. How's your schedule these days? Feeling bored? Need something to keep you up late at night?

Many things will get involved if we try to put the direct unsubscribe link to some landing page with some required data. For example we must have to keep some verification information for each user so that user will not be able to unsubscribe some one else. We must have to keep this under private or member pages so that anonymous user must not access that page because we haven't any place to store the verification information for them. I think the best solution would be to just put the link to MyAccount page for registered users. After making a successful login each user will be shown its Email list on MyAccount page and he/she can update their preferences over there.

[AbleMods]

Many things will get involved if we try to put the direct unsubscribe link to some landing page with some required data. For example we must have to keep some verification information for each user so that user will not be able to unsubscribe some one else. We must have to keep this under private or member pages so that anonymous user must not access that page because we haven't any place to store the verification information for them. I think the best solution would be to just put the link to MyAccount page for registered users. After making a successful login each user will be shown its Email list on MyAccount page and he/she can update their preferences over there.

True. I hadn't given the security implications a full review in my mind. Although we're only talking about marketing email lists, so the security aspect may not necessarily be as important. If we were talking order notifications, shipment emails etc then yeah that's a big thing.

The problem is in the world of customer spam reports, you are far less likely to get reported as spam if it's a one-click easy step to unsubscribe. Most people, myself included, won't go to the trouble of logging in to a site and clicking stuff to get rid of the messages.