New module - eCard

It works for me, although it looks like you will have to learn some css to get the other modules out of the way or reorder some of the block in the sidebar.

Dave
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I found the issue and will fix later today in git:

1. In views\ecard_block.html.php, find:

<a href="<?= url::site("ecard/form_send/{$item->id}") ?>" id="g-send-ecard"
class="g-dialog-link g-button ui-state-default ui-corner-all">
<span class="ui-icon-ecard"></span>

Change to:

<a href="<?= url::site("ecard/form_send/{$item->id}") ?>" 
class="g-dialog-link g-button ui-state-default ui-corner-all">
  <span class="ui-icon-ecard"  id="g-send-ecard"></span>

2. In helpers\ecard_block.php, find:
$block->css_id = "g-send-ecard";

Change to:
$block->css_id = "g-sendecard";

That should take care of it for you.
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The background is controlled by your theme's CSS.

I'm using the stock wind theme and the size is fine in IE8 and FF 3.6.13.

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Not yet. It's on my list.

I'll add these, too.

The ecard is not stored on the server, so there is no way to track when it is viewed.

This can be done.

I'm not a big fan of this, since not all clients support it, and those that do don't support it uniformly.

If you are logged in, it will pre-populate your information. If you are a guest, it will not.

That's not a bad idea. I'll see what it would take (obviously some database work).

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I'm wondering why there is a background behind the text that only shows in this module?

The option to include yourself on the card is now in my repo and should be pulled shortly, and available at GalleryModules.com as well. It is version 6 of the module.

I will try to get in the fixed-length text field tonight, as well.

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great job.. thanks a million..

I guess no need to show the chars. left in realtime.. just give the webmaster an option to limit it with a certain characters.

Another idea I just got could be the option to block certain words from the comment area, so no one abuses it.. just a thought..

As far as censoring the message contents, I'm not going to touch that one. If someone wants to write up a module that does that, I can extend the functionality here if they provide hooks.

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A thought about an option..... possible for the administrator to toggle/select between sending the sized version of an image vs. the thumb version of the image?

Further thought would be to allow the user to select the sized vs. the thumb to send...

The thumb version of an image is useful when sending to cell phone and similar devices.

Just a thought.

Great module.

Wow, that was easy I have the code working. I just need to commit it when I get home.

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@vallu - that was the approach I had first, but it was easier to get it working as a dialog. I'll see what it takes to get it working like that now, since I'm more familiar w/ the framework, and maybe make it an admin option.

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Ok, I will confess to another 'wish list' as an extension for this wonderful eCard module.

In addition to being able to send either a sized or a thumb representation of an image which is fab.... I was thinking about being able to watermark the sized version which would then support the idea of advertising. All images coming out of a particular site could contain a watermark as in "The ABC123 Gallery" and of course the linkable image that is sent via email that already directs people back to the site too.

So I got to thinking.... being able to use the email message body to further advertising of each image that goes out, easy as pie now via the settings for eCard. Cool.

So then I got to think more.... dangerous now.... what advantage would there be to pushing a Tweet out at the same time? Meaning, every time an eCard is pushed out, possibly submitting a Tweet to a Twitter account at the same time? Mebbe more fuss than it is worth. But being able to broadcast to another conduit via the single action of an eCard.... ??? Just a thought. I have an application that creates a Tweet every time a Poll is created, and it significantly advances traffic back to the site via that single event. The author of the application slurped down the APIs for Twitter, added it to his app, and it has become one of the best features of the Poll app.

Am I overthinking stuff?

Anyway, the eCard module has excellent functionality towards reaching out and touching people.

I'm ok w/ sending the watermarked image, and making it an admin choice, but tweeting is outside the scope of an ecard.
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The thumbnail vs resized option was just pulled and is available at gallerymodules.com.

I'm still trying to figure out how to access non-watermarked images if the original is watermarked, or the other way around.

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I retract my last statement. I've got the code working now where the user can send the non-watermarked image if the admin permits them to do so. I will commit this to my fork later today and submit the pull request.

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This is quite a feat. To provide all of these variations is I have no doubt NOT for the feint of programming heart. What you have described is a substantial piece of work. Well done.

@wise_mike
1. I believe that if you want a field to be optional, you just leave out the "rules" attribute, and the associated error_messages attr.
2. Many people block hot-linking on the server side, and some mail clients don't display hot-linked images unless you explicitly allow it. Why would you want the image hot-linked as opposed to sent inline with the message?

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It's a nice thought. The music I disagree with, since the user would have to upload music, or choose from music that is already available. Either way, it's messy.

Creating a page on the fly could be done, giving an ecard a unique hash that is stored in the DB with the image and other info, then created on the fly when the page (w/ the hash as a GET option) is retrieved. I can look into this, but my time right now is very limited.

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re the first part of your second question of not being able to put it in two lines, simple use html tags in the "eCard settings" like:

but about text entered by the sender, I am not sure how to fix it.. it should be changed by allowing html in page, or even simple html as <br> or <p>, and converting any blank like to any of these tags

I noticed another problem: when one just writes any word in the "To" field, without adding "@website.com" or the service of the email, the webmaster receives an email with that email address ending with "mydomain.com"!

Example:
my domain name is: mydomain.com
the sender writes his full email address, but in the "To:" field writes the word:
hi
then he/she gets the normal confirmation that the message has been sent! and while the card has been sent to "hi@mydomain.com"!!

So, what is needed is when a user does that, he gets an error to type the email in the right way..

Thanks,

Hi,

I use this great module for over a year now, and I have two issues:

1- when a persons sends another an ecard through the module, when the receiver hits the reply button on their email to thank the sender, the email that is replied to is the webmaster's email! not the original sender's email!! Don't know why..! How can this be fixed?

2- sometimes when there is a load on the server and the php scripts are a bit slow, when someone is sending an ecard and gets a slow reply, he hits "Send Now" button more than once, and all are get sent! Is there a way to "shade" the button once it gets hit, so the user can't hit it again, till it sends..?

Thanks,