[UCIMC-Tech] fwd: [Bikecoop] auto-welcome messsage to Paypal
subscribers now live
Barry Isralewitz
barryi at ks.uiuc.edu
Wed Sep 3 20:29:08 CDT 2008
Hi,
Got auto-welcome messages going to actual Bike Project susbcribers.
Could now set this for some other UC-IMCgroups if in a hurry for this.
Still, consider it 'beta', a few seconds/minutes of outages a week when I update
/test it, if coincides with a subscription, that one would not get a
welcome message. Note that worst-case failure here only silences/garbles
"welcome" message, the financial transaction and Paypal records go
completely untouched since this works on one-way Paypal Notifications of
already-completed transactions.
Will take a little more work to do this a little more elegantly, so
that I or other tech-type will not needed to help whenever a group's
welcome message needs to be changed; plus needs other robustness improvements.
Cheers,
Barry
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:10:02 -0500
From: Barry Isralewitz <barryi at ks.uiuc.edu>
To: Bike Project Discussion List <bikecoop at lists.chambana.net>
Subject: [Bikecoop] auto-welcome messsage to Paypal subscribers now live
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Hi,
I've gone from 'alpha test' to 'beta release' with the system to send
an automatic welcome message to new Bike Project membership Paypal
subscribers. Next real subscriber should get a welcome mail; skip to the
below for a sample. I try to point out a few resources and try to
anticipate a couple of common questions. Comments/edits/additions
welcome.
After we agree we have a new-user orientation page in good shape,
I'll add a pointer to that, plus properly integrate the welcome text
that Nicole P. wrote. Whatever the message, we'll need to change it over
months/years as TBP facts change, another item on the 'things to
periodically update' list.
Jen: if you want, I can have this system bcc: a copy to you whenever
it generates a mail; you could tell your mail software to send it
straight to a folder, so memberships don't clutter your Inbox.
(Especially since you would have to deal with mails about the 2-cent
test subscriptions I generate every so often). But I might get database
additions working not too long from now. Persistent database would
allow us to differentiate renewals from first-time signups, keep a
running tally of current subscribers, and timesavers like: take new subscriber
input directly from someone typing into our web site in the shop,
allow member-info lookups for authentication and quick sales receipt printing.
Current implementation is PHP, does reasonable security checks, may move
to Perl for database stuff.
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Sample automatic welcome message sent to
Bike Project membership Paypal subscriptions.
(still to do: different message for renewals)
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:02:14 -0500 (CDT)
To: Barry Isralewitz <isralewi at uiuc.edu>
Subject: Welcome to The Bike Project! Your subscription ID is
S-1B163692878538104
From: The Bike Project <thebikeproject at gmail.com>
Welcome, Barry!
Thanks for joining the Bike Project! You paid via PayPal recurring annual
payment. Here's some information about your subscription:
====
Subscription ID: #S-1B163692878538104
Name: Barry Isralewitz
Email: isralewi at uiuc.edu
Subscription date: 18:02:10 Sep 03, 2008 PDT
Item number: 2000-1023-test2
Item name:
The Bike Project - Annual Membership Subscription ($00.02/yr., test rate)
Price: $0.02
Subscription-only Username: pp-tingeaspen
Note: this payment will recur annually until you stop it. If you don't want
to pay in future years, cancel the subscription after 5 - 10 days (to ensure
transaction clears).
======
Again, welcome!!
(or maybe: thanks for renewing!)
Getting started:
Come work on a repair in the shop!
For our open hours, events, and a list of your member benefits, see:
http://thebikeproject.org
As a member, you can get keys for shop access at off-hours.
To get keys, take the free, one-time Shop Orientation Class, details at:
http://thebikeproject.org/orientation.html
For a list of Shop Rules and more, browse our wiki via:
http://thebikeproject.org/wiki/
(then click on 'The Bike Project Wiki', then 'Shop Rules')
..or go directly to Shop Rules:
http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/shop-guide
Email lists:
Most members are already signed up for the (roughly)
two-mails-per-month Bike Project Announcement Email List:
http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/bikecoop-announce
..but you might also consider the more active
Bike Project Discussion Email List, where details of Bike Project operations
are hammered out:
http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/bikecoop
You can set mail from this mail list to arrive in 'daily digest' form, to keep
from being buried in emails.
Frames, parts, tools and Tri-Flow await! Hope to see you soon
around the co-op shop!
Happy wrenching, and happy biking!
The Bike Project
thebikeproject at gmail.com
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====end of sample mail=========
Hope it works, and helps...
Cheers,
Barry
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Barry Isralewitz, Ph. D.
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman 3043 Phone: (217) 244-1612 Home Phone: (217) 337-6364
email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
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Barry Isralewitz, Ph. D.
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman 3043 Phone: (217) 244-1612 Home Phone: (217) 337-6364
email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
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