NMS - Anyone else having probs making messages?

[diad]

Using CMS Made Simple 1.0.4 "Lanai" on mysql server macbook osx 10.4 and nms 1.0.1

It looks like I just can't send anything but a message that is a text message. When I try to use html I get "form error". I use the html that has been auto filled in the message area. I have uninstalled and installed a few times.

When I use any other template I have, I can make the message and a job and when I process I get the Newsletter Made Simple Batch Processing Window and it just hangs up. Eventually times out, nothing happens. After a while I see that the job has an error and I have to reset. If I delete before reset I get another error about the NMS temp folder so I have to go into myadmin and delete that extra temp table that has been created.

The only time anyting has worked is when I've done a text message. Also, the mailer is working just fine and seems to be set up ok

thanks, diad

[diad]

Also, I never have been able to find: "3. Configure NMS using the "configuration" panel in the NMS Module. "

There is no configuration panel on any of my tabs. I have looked everywhere. Any ideas?

[diad]

NM, I think that's what I have been configuring in the message area, like choosing html or text or a template, etc... correct?

thanks! diad

[calguy1000]

Also, I never have been able to find: "3. Configure NMS using the "configuration" panel in the NMS Module. "

There is no configuration panel on any of my tabs. I have looked everywhere. Any ideas?

if you don't see a great deal of tabs (like 7 or more... don't make me look ) then you don't havea all of the permissons required for the NMS moduel.

[diad]

I have: lists, users, messages, jobs, preferences, subscribe, confirm subscribe, unsubscribe and user settings.

And I have assigned myself as the user in the group admin, and I have given the admin group permission to do everything in every module.

can't think of any other permissions...

[Foton]

Having the same problem here; I can only sent text messages. When choosing for html the message will not be saved. Choosing a template ans the processing will freeze.
Probably the mailer has to be set correctly...
BTW, I think that Configuration is the same as Preferences (I hope )

[docomo]

Hi,

I am having the same issue too - Text newsletters are being sent fine. HMTL newsletters and ones using page templates aren't being sent. The popup screen that just sits there and never finishes. I have made sure that my user has all of the possible NMS permissions as well.

Any ideas what's causing it?

Regards

michael

[RonnyK]

Same here,

only text files are being sent, HTML gives an error on "temp table". Another thing I noticed is that my default template is not in the option list for the HTML-mail. All others are available.

Ronny

[docomo]

Hi Ronny,

To get rid of the error on the temp table, i had to go into the database and delete the 'cms_module_NMS_tmp somthing' (i forget the name). After this the temp table error dissapeared. This didn't fix the html newsletter problem though.

Also, my default page template isn't appearing in the list.

Regards

> michael

[RonnyK]

I deleted the table as well, but it keeps coming back when I try to send html-mail. For text mails I don't need to delete the table.

Ronny

[chris..]

Maybe a stupid question, but I had the same issue until I replaced {$content} with {$message_text} in my template.
Did you did that ?

[RonnyK]

Chris,

what was solved after your change, were you able to send HTML-mails?

Ronny

[chris..]

Yes, that's what I'm saying.
I did several tries sending html newsletter whitout success, but no problem for text messages. Html ones did freeze my Firefox or was sending errors.
Then I made a duplicate of my template and just replaced {content} with {$message_text}, then called this duplicate in my NMS message and everything worked fine.
I know this trick is hard to find in the help because it is not in the help, it's in NMS>message.
Hope this help

[RonnyK]

Thanks chris...,

an applaud to you. I had noticed the line in the NMS -> message but didn't react as you did. I didn't think of copying the template as the error didn't point in that direction. I'll point to the solution as well in the other topic that concerned the NMS HTML temp-table issues.

Thanks again,

Ronny

[chris..]

I did a duplicate of my template (without menus nor news actually) because I wanted my newsletter to look like my site, but you can do it looks  whatever you want.

By the way : some subscribers didn't receive the good layout : yahoo mails, for example, don't interpret as it must style links or metadata. No problems for outlook or thunderbird. I don't know if there's a way to avoid that (except by copying all needed styles in the html head), but maybe a list of some of the principals mail services (gmail, hotmail,..) and their errors should helps us to do better job.