Version 0.0.3: WP to phpBB Bridge

Right now we are using WP e-Customers on the WebTechGlobal website. You can register using WordPress as normal. Login and you will be confronted with an anti-bot question offered by WP e-Customers. This is what my plugin already offers. Failure to login and answer the question results in the account being deleted.

So my approach is to allow bots to register in WordPress because just 1 hour later the bot accounts are automatically deleted by WP e-Customers. The time can be changed but lets face it if someone wants to use your site they usually complete the entire registration and activation within 2-3 minutes.

On answering the question correctly WP e-Customers creates a phpBB forum account for the user. This is working on my own website right now and you can give it a try. You do not need to be a customer. You’ll find that you can view WP e-Customers downloads screen but it will not offer anything. Eventually it will act as a store with e-commerce ability.

Email Templates and Bulk Email System
Another feature being added is an Email Template post type and a bulk email system. The idea is to allow mass sending of emails without sending them all at once. This has many advantages. Version 0.0.3 already sends emails to customers when their package version increases. This is automated. It is all very new and rough but the procedure is there and working.

Within the next few days I’ll be adding this new email system to the plugins existing schedule system. The schedule procedure is very controlled, balancing all auto-mated actions so all tasks get a turn. This approach with emails will spread out the traffic response so it does not happen all at once. I’m considering the ability to stop emailing in a specific campaign when certain response limits have been met i.e. the click and purchase of a limited product. So we can email 1000 potential customers offering a limited discount of 75% OFF for just 50 people. The schedule system can send a few emails every 10 minutes. After around 170 emails are sent if there are 50 purchased then the remaining 730 emails are cancelled. The functions to make this work are not complete but it is easily done. If you like the sound of it you got to let me know.

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