I’ll stop the selling of Newsletter Pro from December 1, 2012. This is not a bad news anyway: the pro features will be merged into the new Newsletter 3 withing six months. For customer, support and updates will continue (I’m using the pro version on most of my blogs…) and a migration guide will be available in the near future. More on Newsletter page.
Newsletter Pro are a pretty stable plugin: there are lot of installation on lot of different environments. But problems can happen: specific hosting space configurations, conflicting plugins and other compatibility issues in rare cases can make Newsletter Pro not working.
But Newsletter and Newsletter Pro plugin are quite similiar so if Newsletter works, Newsletter Pro should work as well and a Newsletter installation can discover problems that won’t be solved by Newsletter Pro. I do not leave bug on free version to sell the pro version!
Hence, the steps below must be followed (let me to use this strong verb) before purchase the pro version. Direct support won’t be available to Newsletter Pro NEW customers staring from January 1, 2012.
- Install Newsletter plugin from WordPress Plugin Directory (to intsall it from WordPress plugin panel, just search for “newsletter” and install the one “by Satollo”)
- Configure its main setting reading the info boxes under each option
- Enter some test email addresses and test them: if something goes wrong try to change the configuration (re-read the info boxes under each option)
- Create a WordPress page dedicated to the newsletter subscription and put in it the short code [ newsletter ] (do not copy that one, it contains spaces, write it by hand without spaces)
- Copy the address of that page (it will be something like http://www.yourdomain.com/newsletter or, without permalinks active – discuraged – , http://www.yourdomain.com/?page_id=nnn) and copy it exactly on Newsletter main settings
- Go to the subscription form panel and, just to start, check if the email and name fields label are filled up; check the configurable buttons labels as well
- Open your just created newsletter page and verify if the subscription form is there; adjust the subscription form panel options as needed
- Do couple of real subscriptions from that page: all messages will be in english, but you can change them on the subscription process panel; single or double opt-in option is there as well
- Be sure to have some confirmed subscribers searching them on the “subscribers” panel
- Create an email from the “emails” panel and do some real sending test: real mailing test are harder to do when the list is already grown
That’s all, you have the newsletter system active and probably you can use it for a while before evaluate if the added features of the pro version are something you really need!
If something does not work, for example if the real emails do not start, check the official Newsletter plugin page because you may have issues with the internal WordPress cron system.
Caro Stefano,
After doing an upgrade of your Newsletter plugin (Version 2.5.2.9), somehow about 400 unsubscribers were lost. We went from 645 to 230 unsubscribers.
Any ideas on how to repair that AND how to avoid this happening in the future?
Your thoughts on this are highly appreciated.
Warmly,
Angie
Hi, no subscriber (in any status) are deleted on upgrade, so i’m pretty sure the database is still as before. Where that number changed?
Hi Stefano, the basic plugin is working brilliantly – many thanks for that.
I have only one issue, that is – is it possible to notify the administrator when a new subscriber is listed? I cannot find any option in the configuration that allows for this, so the only way to see if there is to see new subscribers is to check in Dashboard.
Is this something that the Pro version offers?
On main configuration there is such option.
I’ve been using Newsletter pro on my site now for about 4 months. Aside from a learning curve it get over the configuration, I am very pleased with it.
Its saves me from paying a monthly service to host my newsletter. That savings alone it critical as I’m in the beginning stages of my new site as a business.
I’m using hostgator.com on a shared server and I’ve not had any issues at all. To date I have about 100 people on my optin list.
Thanks for writing this plug-in!
Dave
Caro Stefano,
We are using your plugin for a number of weeks now, and I want to compliment you on this great plugin!
Reading through your documentation on the pro version, I didn’t find the specifics on the WordPress unsubscribe issue.
Right now, we give our users the option of deleting their WordPress account in order not to receive our newsletter any more, but that is a somewhat drastic measure.
So my question is: does the pro version of your plugin allow for unsubscribing WordPress members?
Thank you in advance for responding,
Angie
Newsletter does not (actually) manage the wp user unsubscription.
Great plug-in Stefano. We’re trying out the free version now. If we want to upgrade to the Pro version, what should we do? Can we transfer the information (subscribers, etc.) from the free version to the Pro version? Does the Pro version over-ride the free version? Thanks!
Pro version is alternative to free version but shares the database. So just deactivate the free version and activate the pro.
Dear Satollo,
tell me how much does cost the Newsletter Pro or is it for free? I ask you because expression “pre-purchase note” suggest to pay a fee for downloading of this plugin.
Please advise. Thanks in advance!
Mateusz
I am definitely not happy about this! I have been working on a project in which I implemented the Newsletter and the File Commerce for a customer!
Now I am confronted with you not selling it anymore :S
Guess I am in trouble now!
As you can see they are on sale again. More, the support and development has never stopped.
I stopped temporary the selling for law changes not because I was running out of the business.
Bye!
Subscription form customizations only seem to show up for users logged into the blog site. When a logged in user accesses the subscription page all customizations show up. When a non-logged in user accesses the same page none of the customizations show up – the form displayed has all the original default values.