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Nuno Aguiar
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Posted on 12/06/2013 11:30:45

Hi,

 

I wonder if anyone has had this problem. May be solved using templates, but I am not sure.

 

We have a newsletter subscription and an extranet registration pages. We can simply register and immediately subscribe to the newsletter, but some users do it seperately.

 

For those, how can I avoid having 2 records?

  • Is there any template/configuration I am missing?
  • Do I need to subscribe to UserSaved Notification to check for existing newsletter subscriber records with the same email and update that record?
  • Do I need to subscribe to check for existing extranet user records with the same email and update the record?
  • How do I keep double opt-in newsletter log features through the API?

Nuno


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Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 12/06/2013 11:42:57
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You use e-mail marketing in stead of Newsletterv3.

 

The subscribe to newsletter feature should just update the existing record if the user is already in the database with an e-mail that is reused. What version are you running?

 

Nicolai

 
Nuno Aguiar
Posted on 12/06/2013 12:09:25
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Hi Nicolai,

 

E-mail Marketing

Was this not due to next year? In what version is it available from?

 

"Subscribe to Newsletter" feature

That works if the user is trying to register and subscribes to the newsletter. However that does not solve all of our problems:

  1. We cannot force the user to subscribe upon extranet registration. It has to be optional
  2. Some users subscribe to newsletter (Newsletter v3) and after register in the website
  3. Some users register, and after (even without being logged in) subscribe to the newsletter (not editing profile)

 

The only way I could think of was the UserSaved Notification, but for according to PT law, we have to store the double opt-in information for all newsletter related events (subscription, confirmation, cancellation), that's why I thought of using the API to control some records.

 

Version used

Right now we are stuck in DW7 due to the discounts bug in upgraded solutions using Cart v1, reaching the Gateway Provider template (step 5 - you told me someonw would contact me, but they never did).

We are working on upgrading this huge solution to Dynamicweb 8, but haven't yet because we are still finishing up some of the Checkout Handlers we need, because this client extensively uses Discounts.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Nuno

 
Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 12/06/2013 13:00:52
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Email marketing is out now. You can use it on 8.2+, but newest version 8.2.3 is recommended. If you have any solution with Newsletterv3/v2 and upgrade agreement they can get this as part of their upgrade plan.

 

Cartv1 is deprecated in DW8. So we cannot do any changes.

 

API for solving the Newsletter issue is my best bet for Dw7.

 

BR Nicolai

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Nuno Aguiar
Posted on 12/06/2013 13:12:19
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Hi Nicolai,

 

Thanks, I will take that into consideration.

 

Best Regards,

Nuno

 
Nuno Aguiar
Posted on 14/06/2013 11:56:31
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Hi Nicolai,

 

Being a BETA module, how do I activate it so that I can test it? I would like to work with it in a local/test environment.

 

Do I need to set it as "non-BETA"?

 

Nuno

 
Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 14/06/2013 14:25:38
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Go to modules table in the database an set it to active.

 

 

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