Action for double opt-in only working with forms?

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retiolum
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Action for double opt-in only working with forms?

Post by retiolum »

Hello,

I've set up a newsletter subscription process with double opt-in and it works fine. Now I wanted to change the confirmation page so that the user isn't shown a form page from OpenEMM but instead a page on our website. So I added a link to the mailing and set the action for the link to the double opt-in action, but this doesn't work. Do I have to add some additional parameters for the link or does the double opt-in action simply not work with links? An y hints are highly appreciated!

Best regards,
Thomas

P.S. I'm still using OpenEMM 5.5.1.
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Post by Hofmann M. »

Hello retiolum,

i've tested your scenario. I've got the same problems. The action "Double-Opt-In confirmation" apparently does not work with trackable links.

If you dont maintained the Welcome-Page in the EMM, it's possible to redirect with a meta-refresh in the EMM-Forms. For example:

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
   <head>
      <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/subscribewelcome.html">
      <title>Welcome to our newsletter</title>
           <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yourdomain.de/favicon.ico">
   </head>
   <body>
        <p> You will be <a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/subscribewelcome.html">redirected</a>!
   </body>
</html>

It is not the best way, but a possibility to administrate the success and error pages on the website.

I hope it helps!

Greetings.
retiolum
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Post by retiolum »

Hello,

the idea with the meta refresh is a good hint, thanks for that!

I digged a bit into the source code yesterday and couldn't find any reason, why the double opt-in confirmation shouldn't work with links, so that's really strange.

Best regards,
Thomas
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Post by maschoff »

It's not strange - it's a bug! :-(

We will address it and communicate availability of a patch via our Twitter channel at www.twitter.com/openemm .
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retiolum
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Post by retiolum »

maschoff wrote:It's not strange - it's a bug! :-(

We will address it and communicate availability of a patch via our Twitter channel at http://www.twitter.com/openemm .
I just tested this with a fresh installation of OpenEMM 2011 and it still does not work. Has this bug been filed for correction at all?
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Post by retiolum »

retiolum wrote:I just tested this with a fresh installation of OpenEMM 2011 and it still does not work. Has this bug been filed for correction at all?
OK, sorry for the update, I just tested it again and now it works. Perfect!
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