Newsletter - unsubscribe

General General Questions
1

I am getting newsletters in CS Cart to send but I would like my customers to have the choice to unsubcribe if they want to. It would be fantastic if the customer could follow a link on the newsletter and the system automatically removes them from the list…is this possible at all??



Please Help.



Jenn



www.textstyles.co.uk

2

Hi Jenn,



Here are the instructions -

[URL=“http://vb.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=2229”]http://vb.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=2229[/URL]

3

Thanks Luthien, I have done half of it and got stuck with the second half…



This bit I have done ok…



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Hi,

Here are instructions from csc support:





In order to add unsubscribe link to your newsletter, please modify the “newsletter_body.tpl” file located in the “skins/[CUSTOMER_SKIN]/mail/addons/news_and_emails” directory of your CS-Cart installation. And add there the following part of code:





Code:

{$lang.text_unsubscribe_instructions}


{$http_location}/{$customer_index}?{$target_name}=news&{$mode_name}=unsubscribe&key={$unsubscribe_key}

below this one:





Code:

{include file=“letter_header.tpl”}



{$body}

Save the file.









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Then I cannot find the Newsletter.php??





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The language variable that is used for the unsubscribe text is “text_unsubscribe_instructions”. You are able to change it on the “Languages” page(the link to this page you can find in the “Administration” sidebox on the right of your back-end).



Also please modify the “newsletters.php” file located in the “/addons/news_and_emails/include/admin” directory of your CS-Cart location and add there the following part of code:





Code:

$unsubscribe_key = db_get_field(“SELECT unsubscribe_key FROM $db_tables[site_subscribers] WHERE email=‘$eml’”);

$smarty_mail->assign(‘unsubscribe_key’, $unsubscribe_key);

above this one:





Code:

$smarty_mail->assign(‘subj’, $nl_data[$lang_code][‘newsletter’]);

$smarty_mail->assign(‘body’, $nl_data[$lang_code][‘body_html’]);

Save the file and check it.



Any ideas???



Sorry :frowning:

4

Sorry … update I have managed the changing the text in the ‘Languages’



I need to locate the “newsletters.php” file which is located in “/addons/news_and_emails/include/admin”



But what is the first part to the above directory??

I understand the other one and found it no problem…

“skins/[CUSTOMER_SKIN]/mail/addons/news_and_emails”



Please can someone help



Jenn

5

Hi Jenn,

You won’t find php files in the skins directories - these are tpl files only. To edit a php file you need an ftp program and a php editor program. Is this the part you are unsrue about?