Seeking Aweber whitelabel "Profollow" integration capability

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Started 1 year ago by dioni2a
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dioni2a
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Hey Folks,

Aweber allows people to resell their product through personalized labels. I got it through Jeff Walker, called Profollow.

It is EXACTLY Aweber except that it would use the the listname email of "list-name@profollow.com" instead of "list-name@aweber.com". It uses the same custom parser, and in attempting to configure this to work with the eStore squeeze form, I got stuck. The emails are either not being sent to Profollow, or are not configured to be read by Profollow.

Two questions:

1. How can I get a copy of the auto-generated email that eStore sends to aweber/profollow? I need to grab a copy so that I can test it in their email parser tester.

2. Is the email the only thing that needs to change from eStore's side, or is there something else I can do to make changes for it to work? I'm intermediate level with php/xml/xhtml.

To be clear, I posted a question much like this on the sales pages at the main site and got a response that a developer would be working on this integration, but if I can speed things up (and learn a little) by contributing from my side, I'm all for it.

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master
1. Open the "eStore_includes4.php" file and look in the "eStore_send_aweber_mail" function. In that function you will see the following line:
```
wp_mail($list_name, $subject, $body, $headers);
```
Change the $list_name variables value to your email address and the email will be sent to you instead of AWeber.

2. I am not familiar with profollow so not sure what they might need. Officially we only support the following 3 autoresponders:

- AWeber
- MailChimp
- GetResponse

Do you have the "Enable this parser for all list" check in the parser that you created?
Posted 1 year ago #
dioni2a
Member

Hi Amin,

Thanks for the prompt response. In response to your numbered list:

1. When you say change the $list_name variable value to my email address, do you mean to actually delete the string $list_name and replace it with, for example, myemailaddress@gmail.com? If so, do I need to enclose it in quotes? To be more explicit:

wp_mail($list_name, $subject, $body, $headers);

becomes which of the following:

a. wp_mail(myemailaddress@gmail.com, $subject, $body, $headers);

b. wp_mail("myemailaddress@gmail.com", $subject, $body, $headers);

2. I may not have been clear in my post above, but Profollow **IS** Aweber. Literally. Not a duplicate autoresponder, but the SAME one. It's just that Aweber allows folks to sell Aweber's services under their own unique name, or "white label." So when I go to set up a new mailing list inside Profollow, it's checking for a unique list name through the entire Aweber database, including all the white label services. One Aweber databases serves all the white label companies.

So when I followed your directions to set up a custom email parser in Profollow, it was exactly what you you showed in your pictures of Aweber, because it IS Aweber. Is that clearer?

YES, I did enable the parser for all lists. I haven't been able to test it properly because I didn't have an actual email that would be sent. When you provide me the answer to question #1 above, I'll be able to do that, and will probably be able to get the rest done.

As I mentioned in my initial post above, according to Aweber, the listname goes to listname@profollow.com instead of listname@aweber.com. So, can I go in and change the copy of the subject line and body of the email in eStore_includes4.php to say "Profollow" instead of "Aweber"? Is there anywhere else I would need to make changes in the WP eStore code to make sure it's sending the email to listname@profollow.com, or can that be done simply by entering that email address in the Aweber autoresponder settings?

Thanks again for all your help.

Posted 1 year ago #

dioni2a
Member

Okay,

Did a little research. Determined that the value had to be enclosed in quotes.

Then I tested.

I cleared my customer databases so I could use my email addresses again.

Tried changing $list_name to an email address enclosed in single quotes, and then again in double quotes. Tried it with two different email addresses.

Each time, I get the opt-in download link message, but NO AUTORESPONDER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE.

Here is the simple test page I'm using:

http://findyourwayontheinternet.com/quick-opt-in/

Here is the code from wp_includes4.php:

<?php
function eStore_send_aweber_mail($list_name,$from_address,$cust_name,$cust_email)
{
    $subject = "Aweber Automatic Sign up email";
    $body    = "\n\nThis is an automatic email that is sent to AWeber for member signup purpose\n".
               "\nEmail: ".$cust_email.
               "\nName: ".$cust_name;

	$headers = 'From: '.$from_address . "\r\n";
    wp_mail('dioni2a@iglide.net', $subject, $body, $headers);
}

function eStore_send_notification_email($to_address, $subject, $body, $from_address, $attachment='')
{
    if (get_option('eStore_use_wp_mail'))
    {
        $headers = 'From: '.$from_address . "\r\n";
        wp_mail($to_address, $subject, $body, $headers);
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
       	if(@eStore_send_mail($to_address,$body,$subject,$from_address,$attachment))
       	{
            return true;
       	}
       	else
       	{
            return false;
       	}
    }
}
?>

Can you see what I'm missing? I almost thought that I didn't have wp_mail enabled or configured correctly somehow, but I AM getting the customer message. It's just apparently not even SENDING the autoresponder notification message.

Help?!

Posted 1 year ago #

dioni2a
Member

I've also done a couple screen-capture pics of my profollow custom email parser configuration. One thing I've noticed is that, even though I check the box for enable parser for all lists, every time I open up the parser using the "edit parser" link, it shows the checkbox as clear.

Here's the view of the parser detail:

http://insighttoadvance.com/training/wp-estore-profollow-custom-email-parser-configuration-2011-01-22_0912.png

Here's the parser as it shows in the list:

http://insighttoadvance.com/training/wp-estore-custom-parsers-listing-2011-01-22_0916.png

As a reminder and per my previous post, the notification email is apparently never even REACHING the parser as it seems to never leave the site -- at least I haven't gotten anything from it yet after a couple attempts -- so I have yet to test that the notification message is in the right format to test it in the parser tester.

Looking forward to your assistance on this!

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master

Thats very strange... can you please check the "Global AWeber Signup" checkbox and specify the list name just below that settings field and see what happens?

Posted 1 year ago #
dioni2a
Member

Hi Amin,

The checkbox has been checked through this entire process, with listname "find-your-way@aweber.com". You can see a screen-cap here:

http://screencast.com/t/FAu5iCNWe

Previous to this process I also tried "find-your-way@profollow.com" and that didn't seem to do anything either. But wouldn't this be over-ridden by the hard-coding customization using my email address in wp_includes4.php?

Next step?

Posted 1 year ago #
amin007
Key Master

Yes the list name with get overriden by the email address you hardcoded but making sure that the checkbox is checked helps.

Please enable debug and place a squeeze form for a product in a test page. Now fill out the form and share the content of the "squeeze_form_debug.log" file. This will reveal if the autoresponder stuff is getting stuck somewhere or not.

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