Our first documentation writing sprint was a big success: we had a great time and got a lot of work done… the perfect combination! What we did The sprint started at 8am GMT on the Friday the 10th, when people started to gather in the IRC. Anna, the phpList Community manager, was the first to… [+]
Join in the fun On the 10th and 11th of October we will be having a manual writing sprint. A bunch of phpList users, developers and translators will get together, online and/or in person, to work on the new phpList manual. Sprint Details… Where: the phpList IRC on freenode What?! Not sure what that is?… [+]
We have added an exciting new feature to our phpList Hosted service: you can now use your own domain. Using your own domain for your phpList newsletter has many benefits, for example your phpList subscribe pages and emails will look more professional and trustworthy. This option is available if you have a PLUS account.
phpList 3.0.8 is a minor update, released primarily to fix processing the queue via PHP-CGI cURL. We’ve also taken the opportunity to present several new tweaks and features. Processing the Queue via PHP-CGI cURL Following a bug report by a phpList community member (nymisoa) we have released a minor bugfix version. Nymisoa described using a… [+]
Some settings for phpList are available via the web interface. This video shows how to locate the settings, gives a brief explanation of their purpose, and suggests values you should use for your system.
The phpList team is pleased to announce a new version of phpList, 3.0.7. This release is a minor update. We have added some more security defences, and updated the interface in a few places. Visit the changelog page to view a more detailed list of changes. Favourite Feature Back by popular demand is the option… [+]
If you Google phpList, you’ll see some great reviews… from 2012. It’s not that we’re ungrateful — really — we’re not. It’s just that since 2012 so much has happened! We launched phpList 3, which included major changes (and excluded the orange interface!) The hosted service has taken off, to the extent that… …in 2013… [+]
This video gives a high level overview of the architecture of phpList. It explains how the website, the database, and the mail server are all connected via php, and what you need to edit to configure the system.
The time has come for a new phpList manual to be written, and we are delighted to announce that we will be working with FlossManuals to write it. More than a manual This partnership between FlossManuals and phpList is about more than writing a single manual, however: we are working together to create a re-usable,… [+]
During a fast-paced, productive meeting of the Documentation Team on Monday 14th of July, an initial chapter outline for the new phpList manual was decided. The team have agreed to spend the first chapters of the manual describing very basic tasks, including logging-in, sending a simple campaign and seeing how many people opened the message…. [+]