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15 years 2 months ago #210 by rtaylor
I purchased both JFBConnect and JFBInvite. The JFBConnect installation was simple without issues... but I'm running into an issue and have a few questions with the JFBinvite module.

Issue:
Invites by email do not appear to be working. I tried sending a few to myself to multiple different email addresses... I've been waiting over an hour and have yet to receive the invite email. Why is this not working?
*** I'm also assuming the friend invite is not working either. Shouldn't there be some sort of confirmation page telling me that my friend/email invites have sent successfully? After sending the invites, the page simply refreshes back to my invite page. I have no clue how to verify anything actually sent.

Here are how I have my module parameters set:
Module Class Suffix:
Invite Action Text: Invite your Facebook friends to join you on this site!
Invite Type: XFBML
Invite Content Please join me on the Zion Arendtsville United Church of Christ site!
Invite Content Url
Invite Content Url Label: Confirm
Post Invite Action Url: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="zionuccarendtsville.org/connect/invite-your-friends">zionuccarendtsville.org/connect/ ... ur-friends

My Server Specs:
OS: Linux
Apache: 1.3.41
PHP: 5
MySQL: 5.0.67-community

Questions:
How do I go about changing the following text elements (highlighted in the screen shot below)? ...
Image 1:
[img]http&#58;//zionuccarendtsville.org/uploads/invite1.gif[/img]
Image 2:
[img]http&#58;//zionuccarendtsville.org/uploads/invite2.gif[/img]

Is it possible to remove the 'Skip' buttons from the invite page? This is pretty much useless when embedded on a website... or at least give me the option to redirect them back to the homepage.
[img]http&#58;//zionuccarendtsville.org/uploads/invite3.gif[/img]

Thanks for any info!
- Ryan
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15 years 2 months ago #255 by rtaylor
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any feedback??? i can't be the only one with these issues ;)
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15 years 2 months ago #272 by alzander
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Alright, I do apologize for the delay.

Button Text (XFBML)
We do have a quick primer on how to use the FBInvite module (to which you've responded already, which caused me to re-read it). There was (fixed now) an error in that thread.

The below parameter will fix most of the questions you ask for (The string XFBML showing up all over):
Invite Type - This is what the blue button at the bottom of the invite module says for the user to click on. "Send XXXX Invitation" where XXXX is what you put in this field.

For anyone else who wants to read the full thread of configuration parameters:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.cmsmarket.com/forum/index.php?f=38&t...&rb_v=viewtopic#p150">www.cmsmarket.com/forum/index.ph ... topic#p150

Skip button
As for the "Skip" button, there is no way to get rid of this. The invite module is pulled from Facebook's page, and they include that. However, if you are interested, you can change the text to any of the following: "Skip this step", "Cancel", or "Skip" by adding the following line to this file:
modules/mod_jfbcinvite/tmpl/default.php (line 30):
<fb:multi-friend-selector
showborder="false"
actiontext="<?php print $inviteActionText; ?>" bypass="cancel">
Replacing "cancel" with either "step", "skip", or "cancel".
However, using firebug and looking at the returned code, the skip buttons are contained in the following id tags: "skip_top", "skip". If you're interested in adding the following to your template css file, it may hide these 2 buttons (Not tested):
#skip_top, #skip {
display:none;
}

Sending Invitations
Finally, as for sending invites... There is no confirmation for sending invitations, you have to 'trust' Facebook on this (it's not done by the module itself). You can use the module parameter "Post Invite Action Url" to redirect users to after the hit "Send". This would ideally be a Joomla article you've created to thank your visitors (provide confirmation) for sending the invitation.

Invitations that are sent by selecting photos are sent to their Facebook home page, similar to other application requests (Lil Green Patch, Racecars, etc). They are not emailed to the user. If you use the "Invite friends not on Facebook" button in the top right and are inviting your friends this way, emails will be sent to them. We just tested this on the facebook.sourcecoast.com site and it appears to be working. If this isn't working on your site, could you try on our demo site and report your findings?

Thanks again for your patience, and sorry for some of the confusion with the module.
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15 years 2 months ago #278 by rtaylor
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seriously... thanks for the response. i said this in another thread, but i apologize if i sounded rude. rough day.. stressed.. and frustrated. nothing against you guys.

you have proven going above and beyond in these forums. thanks much for all the work you have been doing. it's greatly appreciated!

thanks again!
- Ryan
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15 years 2 months ago #284 by alzander
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No problem.. we're stressed too.. hoping that v2.0 will reduce forum posts for issues.. feature requests are always great to hear (though that doesn't guarantee they'll show up!)

Thanks for the good words, and glad to help you get set up.
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15 years 1 week ago #1024 by idreammedia
Ok so I'm pretty lost on this. The invite module works great when I pick pictures out of my facebook address book, no problems there.

But I'm lost when it come to inviting using the email address field. Can I enter ANY email address in their and receive an invite? If so, this is not working for me either.

A little help, some clarification ... something. <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" title="Embarrassed" /><!-- s:oops: -->
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15 years 6 days ago #1038 by alzander
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Yes, you should be able to enter any email address in the field. Those email addresses are then sent to FB which will distribute them to the users with their own pretty headers and images. They also (of course) perform SPAM validation and check to see if the user is already a FB member... if so, they just add it to their notifications page.

In essence, yes, you should be able to email. We're unsure why FB seems to be disallowing some of the email invitations through.
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