I have a great php newsletter system, but in DNN I've found that the IFrame to be a little flakey.... so I thought this would be a great time to port that system to DNN.
What I need to implement
1. Needs to have a customizable "welcome" page. This page should have Captcha, "where I learned about you", birth date, etc. Now some how it should have capability to add additional fields (drop downs, edits, and radio groups, check boxes) if desired.
2. Should have "opt-in" so sends an email to user. on "clicking" it goes to a form that allows you to make newsletter recomendations to friends. (they get the opt-in email).
3. Should have a mechanism to allow user to opt-out. Which sends an email to the email address which will opt them out.
4. email domains should be validated, and checked for proper nomenclature.
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Now DNN has some newsletter capabilities. Can I either augment the existing system, or build a replacement that works with it, or am I really building my own newsletter mechanism?
What parts of DNN do need to be considrerate of, and whats out there that I can leverage?
Also when a user does a "contact us" (its a different page ) which is a variation of the newsletter (welcome) page in that it allows the user to join the newsletter at the same time.
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So any information will be greatly appreciated. Also is there an example or examples I could look at or a how-to on making my own containers? This one is a little tricky with the multiple pages as well as interactions. Possibly more then I should bite off for my first container, but ignorance is bliss.
Thanks again,
Quentin J Sarafinchan
www.totalgarage.ca
quentinjs@totalgarage.ca