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/* PHP-NUKE-Addon Newsletter                                              */
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/* English readme.txt                                                     */
/* Andreas Gnther, 02.10.2002                                            */
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/* Version 1.70                                                           */
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What is this ?
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You can start a newsletter for your nuke page with this module

Please read this
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If you install the script on you page please drop me the url. I'd like to 
make a list :)

Whats new ?
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- Should work now with PHP-Nuke 5.5 and up if you need a lower Version Download the Newsletter Version 1.61
- Bug fixes with the annoying \\\\\\ error

More Features
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- Languagefiles for german, english, spanish, schwedisc, traditional chineese, 
  french, dutch, norwegian, polish... I think that's it for now
  ==> Thank you out there for the translation
- Finaly integration in the normal admin menu
- Insert alternate email sender for the newsletter
- Some bugfixes
- You can insert a story in the newsletter. As a link, with hometext or the
  full story
- Subscribe and unsubscribe a newsletter - wow :)
- If a nuke user is logged in his email address is suggested
- A confirmation mail is send with an activation link
- HTML mail or text mail
- Admins can see who got when what newsletter
- Add stories and banners to the newsletter
- view old newsletters
- view all your subsribers and how many newsletters they got
- Alternate From Email

Future features?
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- Postnuke support ==> Will be done by Tim Litwiller
- Multilanguage newsletter texts - when I've time...
- Delete Users
- Further suggestions?

Installation (new)
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- if you have to change the prefix in the "install.sql" file for your tables
- Create the tables with the "install.sql"
- Copy the "Newsletter" Directory in the Nuke Modules directory ("/modules")
- Change the $moudl_name variable in every *.php file if you want to rename it
      
- Copy the file "links.newsletter.php" in your admin/links directory for the Newsletter 
  link in the admin menu
- As default the last 50 stories will be listed in the selection box. If you want more or less 
  you have to change the $maxstories variable in the Admin function.  

Update from 1.6x
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- Just copy the files in the right place - no SQL update needed.
  
Known Bugs
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If you find one please post it in the Forum.
http://www.bariba.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=13&forum=1

Update
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If yo Update from versions pre 1.40 you only have to add the new tables. So please
use the update.sql. The Install.sql will drop your tables!

License
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GNU - read the license.txt

What can you do for me if you like?
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Make translations in new languages
If you are nice vote for my site. There is a vote box on the right side (the 3 TOPxxx images)
If you have to much money you can send me some via paypal. The link is in the download section.
Thank you.