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An update to the Newsletter plugin has just been released. This update is mainly a bug-fix with an upgrade to Swift Mailer v3.3.1 which has some excellent new error-reporting features for when your running your Swift Tests. Swift Tests have also been adjusted for easier configuration within WordPress. Download your update on the My Paid Plugins page. More updates to follow soon!

EDIT: Updated to 2.0.9 for Sendmail bug fix!

EDIT: Updated to 2.1 - Fixed some deprecated functions and added support for “To Name” and “From Name” in the Newsletter Options.

Here is a handy plugin for those of you interested in using the WP Newsletter Plugin or having troubles with the WP Swift SMTP Plugin. This plugin includes Swift 3.0.6 and allows you to run all of the Swift Smoke Tests, Unit Tests and Benchmarks to see just what your server is capable of or what’s causing problems.

Download: swift-tester.zip

We are back online again on a new server, so hopefully all those registration errors will be in the past. I’ve upgraded this site to WP 2.2.1 and the forums to the latest Vanilla. I’ve also moved the forums from the subdomain into a subdirectory for better integration with the shared cookies, so now if you login on this WordPress site, you will also be logged in on the Vanilla support forum, and vice versa. I still have some work to do on the store interface, but it should be as functional as it was before. (send me an email if anything goes wrong). I’m now working hard at getting the next Newsletter plugin release out for tomorrow night. Thanks for your patience guys!

Just a fair warning that ShiftThis.net is going to be experiencing some minor downtime this weekend as I switch servers and do some site upgrades.  Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.  Have a great weekend!

I’ve done some updating and fixes for the Newsletter 2.x Branch. Owners are welcome to update to v2.0.75 which is now available in the My Paid Plugins page. After updating, please check the Newsletter Options page as you will likely need to run an upgrade script and save the new options.

I’ve changed the template to allow for multiple templates, unfortunately any previous newsletters will need to be resaved to set there template correctly - I’ll fix this in the next release next week - I’m out of town all weekend or it would be ready sooner.

I’m putting together the final updates to release the Newsletter Plugin 2.0 Release Candidate 1 to be released either tonight or tomorrow night. Includes major bug fixes and a couple new features such as the ability to use multiple templates. Just a heads up to keep your eyes open in the next day or two for the anticipated release. Thanks!

[UPDATE] A family emergency has put me behind schedule yet again, so although I’m not quite up to the point I was hoping for, I’m going to release what I’ve done so far and get the rest out next week for the final release. Thanks for your patience all!

Since I finally managed to figur out exactly how the WordPress Plugin SVN Repository works after filtering through hints and trail and error, I thought I would share with fellow plugin developers who are just as lost as I was after trying to add a plugin to the Official WordPress Plugin Repository. It’s actually not that difficult - if you know what you’re doing! Note: This tutorial is for Windows users only. (more…)

A few bugs have been addressed in the update of the stable 1.x branch of the Newsletter plugin. Fixes include a link issue in WordPress 2.1.x as well as a missing submit button and a problem with the user code during subscriber importing. Version 1.70 is now available for all paid owners. Thank you!

It’s come to my attention that the Contact Form has not been sending me any emails! I’ve updated the form and it’s now working again. So if you’ve attempted to contact me in the past few weeks, consider it lost in the tubes! Sorry!

WP Newsletter 2.0 beta is available to all owners now! Login to your My Paid Plugins area to access. There is a new licensing system there as well. You will now be required to enter the domain(s) you are using the plugin for to obtain an unlocking license for the plugin. Let me know of any issues you experience with this new system as well as with the new plugin in the new WP Newsletter 2.0 forum (for owners only).

I’ll also be working on updating the documentation for this version as soon as possible.